Records of John Chaney on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of John Chaney 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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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Chaney and the Chaney Genealogy

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

Investigate Parish Records for John Chaney at Find My Past.

Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of John Chaney using the FreeBMD database.

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Investigate the LDS Database for records about John Chaney.

Research the Chaney surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Chaney Military records.

ukDid you know that there are currently 961 people with the Chaney surname in the UK? Chaney is now ranked number 3139 for popularity in the UK.

Chaney Family History 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.

Check out the WikiTree database for user contributed records for John Chaney.

Study MyTrees for information on the Chaney family and people looking to contact living Chaney relations.

Investigate One Great Family for Chaney records submitted by people who are already researching the Chaney Family Tree.

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Chaney 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 Chaney Databases

Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on John Chaney. 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 John Chaney

John Chaney (judge)

John Anthony Chaney (born 26 February 1953) is a former justice of the Supreme Court of Western Australia and President of the Western Australian State Administrative Tribunal. He was also formerly a judge of the District Court of Western Australia.

He was educated at Aquinas College, Perth and the University of Western Australia. He graduated from UWA with a B.Juris in 1975 and LLB in 1976. He was a partner in the firm of Northmore Hale Davy & Leake, later Minter Ellison & Co, from 1980-1994. In July 1994 he commenced practice at the Independent Bar and joined the WA Bar Association. He was Convenor of the Law Society Education, Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee for many years, a Councillor of the Law Society of Western Australia and President of the Law Society in 1991. He has been a member of various Committees of the Law Council of Australia. He was a member of the Faculty of Law at the University of WA from 1988-1991.

He has been a member of the Murdoch Law School Board and various Committees of that Law School in the period from 1988 to 2000. He has also been a foundation member of the Notre Dame Law School since 1996 and a Director of the Australian Advocacy Institute Ltd since 1991. He was Chairman of the WA Municipal Association Taskforce on the Recommendations of the Royal Commission into the Commercial Activities of Government.

He has served as a Commissioner of the District Court in 1995 and 1996. He was appointed a Foundation Board Member of the WA Municipal Workcare Scheme in 1995. He has been the Acting Deputy Chairman of the Town Planning Appeal Tribunal since 1997 and the Editor of the Law Society's Brief magazine since March 1997. In the year 2000 Mr Chaney was counsel assisting the Gunning Inquiry into matters related to complaints against Finance Brokers and the Finance Brokers' Board.

Source: John Chaney (judge), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Chaney

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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