Researching Jerry Schad
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The name Jerry means "Form of GERALD. Spear Warrior" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jerry Schad on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jerry Schad and the Schad Family History
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Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Jerry Schad. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Jerry Schad
Jerry Schad
Jerry Schad (also known as Gerald Schad, November 3, 1949 – Sept. 22, 2011) was an American educator and nonfiction writer, who had extensively documented local hiking trails in San Diego, Orange County and Southern California.
His book Afoot & Afield San Diego County is widely considered the local bible of hiking.
Jerry Schad Observatory was dedicated by San Diego Mesa College on the rooftop of the Math and Science building of the community college. Jerry Schad Memorial Trail was dedicated at Balboa Park in honor of him.
Source: Jerry Schad, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Schad
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