Researching Joe Jones
Dig into the past of Joe Jones using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 339169 people with the Jones surname? In that year Jones was ranked number 2 for popularity in the UK.
The name Joe means "form of JOSEPH - God shall add" and is of Hebrew origin.
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Records of Joe Jones on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Joe Jones family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Joe Jones and the Jones Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Joe Jones 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 Joe Jones family tree.
Explore the huge Ancestry records Database for Births, Marriages and Deaths of Joe Jones.
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Did you know that there are currently 393190 people with the Jones surname in the UK? Jones is now ranked number 2 for popularity in the UK.
Jones Genealogy Databases
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Jones Forums
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Did you know that there are currently 1886751 people with the Jones surname in the USA? Jones is ranked number 4 for popularity in the USA.
Miscellaneous Jones Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Joe Jones. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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the Jones surname in both 1881 and 1998. It also contains data on the ethnicity breakdown of the Jones surname.
Some Famous People called Joe Jones
| Joey Jones | Wiki Detail | Joseph Patrick "Joey" Jones (born 4 March 1955 in Bangor, Gwynedd) is a former Wales international football full-back who played for Liverpool for three seasons, including the 1977 season, in which they chased the "the European Treble". |
| Joe Jones | Wiki Detail | Joseph "Joe" Jones is the 20th men's basketball head coach at Columbia University. |
| Joe Jones | Wiki Detail | Joseph Willie "Turkey" Jones (born January 7, 1948 in Dallas, Texas) is a former American football defensive end who played eleven seasons in the National Football League. |
| Joey Jones | Wiki Detail | Joseph Russell Jones (born October 29, 1962 in Mobile, Alabama) is an American college football coach who currently serves as the head coach of the University of South Alabama Jaguars. |
Other names that sound a bit like Jones
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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