Researching Jim Roth
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 166 people with the Roth surname? In that year Roth was ranked number 3413 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Jim means "Form of JAMES. one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jim Roth on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jim Roth and the Roth Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Roth 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 Roth family tree.
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Roth Forums
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Some Famous People called Jim Roth
Jim Roth (politician)
Jim Roth is an American politician from the state of Oklahoma. A Democrat, Roth was appointed by Republican Governor Mary Fallin to serve on the Oklahoma State Election Board as the panel's lone Democrat. His nomination was rejected by the Republican-controlled Senate. Previously, Roth served as one of three members of the Oklahoma Corporation Commission from June 2007 through January 2009. He had been appointed to the seat by Governor of Oklahoma Brad Henry.
Prior to his statewide positions, Roth had served as an Oklahoma County Commissioner, a post to which he had been elected in 2002 and re-elected in 2006.
Born in Prairie Village, Kansas, Roth attended Shawnee Mission East High School, Kansas State University, and Oklahoma City University School of Law. He then went on to work as a Chief Deputy and Attorney to the Oklahoma County Commission and the Oklahoma County Clerk.
Roth is openly gay and was the first ever openly LGBT person to hold a statewide elected office in Oklahoma.
In his bid to serve out the last two years of the corporation commission term to which he had been appointed, Roth was defeated 52%-48% by Republican Dana Murphy.
Roth endorsed the MAPS 3 proposal on the December 8, 2009 ballot in Oklahoma City.
Roth is Dean and Professor of Law at Oklahoma City University School of Law.
Source: Jim Roth (politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJim Roth (musician)
Jim Roth is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter from Des Moines, Iowa. He has played with several indie bands including The Chant(Des Moines, Iowa), Sinister Sons, The Delusions, Voodoo Gearshift, Helvetia, and The Hollowmen. He also has released a solo album called Anti-Rad. Roth also plays guitar in Built to Spill. He initially started playing with them on the Keep It Like a Secret tour, when The Delusions were opening, but was a full-time member of the band by the time You in Reverse was released.
Source: Jim Roth (musician), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Roth
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