Records of Jess Cates on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Jess Cates in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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DNA

Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Cates ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jess Cates and the Cates Family History

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cates 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 Cates family tree.

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Cates Genealogy Databases

Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.

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Some Famous People called Jess Cates

Jess Cates

Jess Cates (born July 27, 1976 in Nashville, Tennessee) is an American songwriter who has co-written songs such as Nick Lachey's "What's Left of Me" and the Backstreet Boys hit of 2006, "Incomplete". In recent years, Cates has worked in a songwriting team with Lindy Robbins and Emanuel Kiriakou. In its 2008 "Roundup", ASCAP characterized the trio as "award-winning, multi-platinum selling songwriters."

Other artists who have recorded his songs include Kevin Paige, Jordin Sparks, Britt Nicole, The Jonas Brothers, LeAnn Rimes, Clay Aiken, Kimberley Locke, The Afters, Bo Bice, JC Chasez, Taylor Hicks, plus international artists including Australian Idol's Shannon Noll and Dean Geyer, Canadian Idol's Melissa O'Neil and Ryan Malcolm, Germany's Stanfour and Tobias Regner, and Latin singer David Bisbal.

Cates wrote five songs for Nick Lachey's album "What's Left of Me", including the first two singles, the title track, and "I Can't Hate You Anymore". In April 2007, Cates received an ASCAP Award for "What's Left of Me" being among the most performed songs of 2006. In 2002, Cates was recognized by ASCAP for cowriting "I Don't Want to Go", one of the year's most frequently performed Christian songs.

In 2008, he co-wrote David Archuleta's debut single, "Crush". Ben Ratliff of The New York Times wrote that it was one of the "few dollops of good writing" on Archuleta's debut album.

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Other names that sound a bit like Cates

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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