Researching John Curley
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1042 people with the Curley surname? In that year Curley was ranked number 2551 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Curley on Ancestry
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DNA
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 Curley 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 Curley and the Curley Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Curley 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 Curley family tree.
Check out Parish Records for John Curley at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of John Curley using the FreeBMD database.
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Research the Curley surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Curley Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 2521 people with the Curley surname in the UK? Curley is now ranked number 2041 for popularity in the UK. |
Curley Family History Databases
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Curley 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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| Did you know that there are currently 15191 people with the Curley surname in the USA? Curley is ranked number 152 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Curley Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on John Curley. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Curley
John Curley
John Curley is a Professor, Distinguished Professional in Residence, and Co-Director of the Center for Sports Journalism at Penn State. He was head of Gannett News Service, during which time the news service won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. The first editor of USA Today, Curley was a member of Gannett's Board of Directors from 1983 until his retirement. He retired from Gannett as chairman in January 2001 after more than 30 years with the company. During that time, he served as an editor at the Rochester Times-Union in Rochester, NY; as editor and later publisher of the Courier-News in Bridgewater, NJ; and later as publisher of the News-Journal in Wilmington, DE. In May 1996, he was selected as chairman of the Newspaper Association of America. In 1999, he was made an honorary alumnus of Penn State.
The John Curley Center for Sports Journalism is named in his honor.
Curley was born 31 December 1938 in Easton, Pennsylvania. He is a 1956 graduate from Easton High School. He is a 1960 graduate of Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA, where he graduated Omicron Delta Kappa. Curley was a member of Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity at Dickinson. He earned a Master's Degree from Columbia University in 1963.
His younger brother Tom Curley was the president and chief executive officer of the Associated Press until he retired around August 2012.
He received the 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, for his outstanding service and accomplishments spanning his career in journalism.
Source: John Curley, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJohn Curley (musician)
John Curley Jr. (born March 14, 1965 in Trenton, New Jersey) is an American musician best known as the bassist for, and co-founder of, the Afghan Whigs. When he co-founded the Afghan Whigs, Curley was working as a staff photographer for the Cincinnati Enquirer. He also produced or engineered the Ass Ponys' first four albums, all of which were recorded at his recording studio, Ultrasuede Studios. Ultrasuede Studios is located in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Camp Washington. As of 2016, Curley still works at Ultrasuede.
Source: John Curley (musician), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Curley
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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