Researching James Seward
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1645 people with the Seward surname? In that year Seward was ranked number 2067 for popularity in the UK. |
The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Seward on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of James Seward in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Seward and the Seward Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Seward Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Seward family tree.
Study Parish Records for James Seward at Find My Past.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about James Seward.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1811 people with the Seward surname in the UK? Seward is now ranked number 2465 for popularity in the UK. |
Seward Family Tree Databases
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Seward Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 15191 people with the Seward surname in the USA? Seward is ranked number 152 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Seward Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on James Seward. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called James Seward
James Lindsay Seward
right|thumb|James L. Seward, photographed in 1859.James Lindsay Seward (October 30, 1813 – November 21, 1886) was an American politician and lawyer.
Born in Dublin, Georgia in 1813, Seward moved with his family to Thomas County, Georgia, in 1826. He studied law, gained admission to the state bar in 1835, and began practicing law in Thomasville, Georgia.
Seward was elected to the Georgia State House of Representatives in 1835 and served in that position through 1839. He was elected to that body again in 1847 and served through 1852. He was elected in 1852 as a Democrat to represent Georgia's 1st congressional district in the United States House of Representatives for the 33rd Congress. He was elected to two more terms in that seat before not seeking reelection in 1858.
Returning to his practice of law, Seward also served as a delegate to the Democratic State conventions in 1858, 1859, and 1860. He was elected to the Georgia Senate from 1859 through 1865 and was a delegate to the 1860 Democratic National Conventions in Baltimore, Maryland and Charleston, South Carolina.
Seward served on the board of trustees of Young’s Female College from 1860 through 1886 and of the University of Georgia in Athens from 1865 through 1886. He continued to be involved in politics, serving as a delegate to the Georgia constitutional convention in 1865, the Democratic Conservative Convention in 1870 and the Georgia constitutional convention in 1877. He died in Thomasville on November 21, 1886, and was buried in that city's Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Source: James Lindsay Seward, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Seward
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