Researching John Collis
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3096 people with the Collis surname? In that year Collis was ranked number 1320 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Collis on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Collis and the Collis Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 3664 people with the Collis surname in the UK? Collis is now ranked number 1549 for popularity in the UK. |
Collis Family Tree Databases
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Collis Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Collis surname in the USA? Collis is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Collis Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on John Collis. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Collis
John Collis
John Collis, (born 1944 in Winchester) is a British prehistorian. His first dig was in Longbridge Deverill with Christopher and Jacquetta Hawkes. He studied in Prague (with E. Soudská), Tübingen (with W. Kimmig) and Cambridge, where he studied from 1963 to 1970 and was awarded his Ph.D.. He joined the Archaeology Department in Sheffield in 1972 and was made professor in 1990. He has acted as Head of Department and became Emeritus Professor there in October 2004.
His speciality is the European Iron Age. He has dug in Britain, Germany, Spain and central France, and appeared in two episodes of Channel 4's popular archaeology programme Time Team.
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