Records of Johan Evensen on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Johan Evensen in your 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 Johan Evensen and the Evensen Genealogy

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

Check out Parish Records for Johan Evensen at Find My Past.

Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Johan Evensen using the FreeBMD database.

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Evensen Genealogy Databases

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Evensen Forums

There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.

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Miscellaneous Evensen Databases

Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Johan Evensen. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

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Some Famous People called Johan Evensen

Johan Remen Evensen

Johan Remen Evensen (born 16 September 1985) is a Norwegian former ski jumper. He is a two-time world record holder in ski flying, achieving his peak distance of in 2011.

A late bloomer, Evensen made his World Cup debut during the 2008/09 season at age 23, and earned a place in the Norwegian World Cup team following consecutive top 12 finishes at Granåsen. On 14 December 2008, Evensen finished on the podium for the first time in his career, when he finished third in the World Cup event at Pragelato. On 11 February 2011, Evensen made the world's longest ski jump with 246.5 meters in the ski flying qualification round in Vikersund, Norway. The following day he won his first world cup competition in the main event. he announced his retirement from the sport just prior to the 2012 Ski Flying World Championships.

Source: Johan Remen Evensen, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Evensen

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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