Researching Jean Clift
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1638 people with the Clift surname? In that year Clift was ranked number 2073 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Jean Clift on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Jean Clift 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 Jean Clift and the Clift Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Clift 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 below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. 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 Clift family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 2331 people with the Clift surname in the UK? Clift is now ranked number 2140 for popularity in the UK. |
Clift Family Tree Databases
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Clift Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Clift surname in the USA? Clift is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Clift Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Jean Clift. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Jean Clift
Jean Dalby Clift
Jean Dalby Clift was an American priest of the Episcopal Church and a pastoral counselor in private practice. She was the author of books in the fields of psychology and spirituality. "Dr. Clift has had many roles in her life, including lawyer, spiritual director, pastoral counselor, author, lecturer, workshop presenter, priest, mother, grandmother, and poet." She lectured and gave workshops in the United States, Australia, Europe, Asia and Africa on such topics as pastoral counseling, prayer, spiritual growth, journaling, pilgrimage, and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Three of her five books were co-authored with her husband, the Reverend Wallace Clift.
Source: Jean Dalby Clift, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Clift
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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