Researching Jim Rogers
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 38881 people with the Rogers surname? In that year Rogers was ranked number 77 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jim means "Form of JAMES. one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jim Rogers on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jim Rogers and the Rogers Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Rogers 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 Rogers family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 50375 people with the Rogers surname in the UK? Rogers is now ranked number 81 for popularity in the UK. |
Rogers Family Tree Databases
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Rogers Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 373704 people with the Rogers surname in the USA? Rogers is ranked number 48 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Rogers Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Jim Rogers. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Jim Rogers
Jim Rogers (California politician)
Jim Rogers (born September 10, 1955) is an American politician. He served on the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors in the 1990s, and was a city council member for the city of Richmond, California for three terms. He was first elected to the city council in 2002, and his final term expired in January 2015. He is a Democrat, considered a moderate, and has also been referred to as a progressive. He was called the San Francisco Bay Area's most famous lawyer because of television ads in which he dubbed himself as "The People's Lawyer".
Source: Jim Rogers (California politician), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Rogers
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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