Records of John Carey on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of John Carey in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Carey ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Carey and the Carey Family History

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

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ukDid you know that there are currently 10991 people with the Carey surname in the UK? Carey is now ranked number 528 for popularity in the UK.

Carey Family Tree Databases

Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.

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Carey 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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ukDid you know that there are currently 57727 people with the Carey surname in the USA? Carey is ranked number 138 for popularity in the USA.

Miscellaneous Carey Databases

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

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John Carey (Australian politician)

John Newton Carey (born 11 July 1974) is an Australian politician who is the Labor member for the seat of Perth in the Western Australian Legislative Assembly.

Carey founded Western Australia's first : the Beaufort Street Network, and was co-founder of the then popular street festival, the Beaufort Street Festival.

Before being elected as Mayor of the City of Vincent, Carey worked for five years as the Director of the Kimberley Conservation Project for the Pew Environment Group, where he successfully campaigned for the creation of the Great Kimberley Marine Park.

He was the mayor of the City of Vincent from 2013 to 2017. As Mayor of Vincent, he advocated for greater transparency and accountability in local government, writing and releasing a public discussion paper "Raising the Bar", and introduced a series of measures to enhance public reporting at the City of Vincent, including an online gifts register and WA's first contact with developers register.

During his tenure in 2016 with a new CEO at the helm and council, the City of Vincent was independently rated first among 25 councils, receiving an overall performance score of 82 out of 100, compared to 16th out of 18 councils in 2010. The Catalyse Community Scorecard surveys households across a local government area, and found the City of Vincent ranked highest in 18 out of 40 benchmarks, including place to live, governing organisation, and the city's leadership within the community.

On his election at the State Member for Perth, he was appointed the Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier; Minister for Public Sector Management; State Development, Jobs and Trade; Federal-State Relations. He received the additional appointment of Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport; Planning; Lands on 3 August 2017. Carey was re-elected at the 2021 Western Australian state election with an increased electoral margin of 29.3 per cent. Carey was appointed as the Minister for Housing and Local Government as part the Second McGowan Ministry. On 17 December 2021, Carey became the Minister for Homelessness, the first person to hold that position, and Minister for Lands, succeeding Tony Buti.

Carey is openly gay.

Source: John Carey (Australian politician), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

John Carey (botanist)

John Carey (1797 – 26 March 1880) was a British botanist who studied in North America between 1830 and 1852. Carey was a "frequent guest and invaluable companion" to Asa Gray. Carey revised Gray's proofs of the first edition of the Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States, also contributing articles on Salix (willows), Populus (poplars), and Carex (sedges). In his obituary, Gray described Carey as "a near and faithful friend, an accomplished botanist, a genial and warm-hearted and truly good man."

John Carey described several species, primarily in the genus Carex, including Carex grayi. Several species are named in his honor, including Carex careyana and Persicaria careyi.*

Source: John Carey (botanist), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Carey

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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