Researching Jim Nichols
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 9757 people with the Nichols surname? In that year Nichols was ranked number 422 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Jim means "Form of JAMES. one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jim Nichols on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jim Nichols and the Nichols Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Nichols 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 Nichols family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 9050 people with the Nichols surname in the UK? Nichols is now ranked number 640 for popularity in the UK. |
Nichols Family Tree Databases
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Nichols Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 182295 people with the Nichols surname in the USA? Nichols is ranked number 97 for popularity in the USA. |
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Jim Nichols. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Jim Nichols
Jim Nichols
Jim M. Nichols is American college administrator and former football coach. He was the first head football coach at Faulkner University in Montgomery, Alabama, leading the Faulkner Eagles in its first two seasons of play, 2007 and 2008. Nichols was hired at Faulkner in 2006 following three seasons as a graduate assistant at Auburn University, where he worked under head football coach Tommy Tuberville.
Nichols was the athletics director at Mount Dora Christian Academy in Mount Dora, Florida from 2015 to 2018 and was the school's head football coach in 2016. He resigned in December 2018 to take a job as Assistant Athletic Director and Chief of Staff for Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Nichols is now the Vice President of University and Athletic development for Liberty University.
Nichols was born in Camden, Arkansas and grew up in Searcy, Arkansas, where he went to Searcy High School and graduated from Harding University.
Source: Jim Nichols, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Nichols
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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