Records of John Geer on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of John Geer 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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DNA

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Geer and the Geer Family Tree

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

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Geer Genealogy Databases

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Geer Forums

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Some Famous People called John Geer

John van de Geer

Johannes Petrus "John" van de Geer (21 June 1926, Rotterdam – 9 February 2008, aged 81) was a Dutch psychologist, and Professor Experimental Psychology at the Leiden University, particularly known for his "Introduction to multivariate analysis for the social sciences".

His daughter is Sara van de Geer.

Van de Geer received his PhD in 1957 at the Leiden University with a thesis entitled "A Psychological Study of Problem Solving" advised by Alfons Chorus.

Van de Geer was appointed Professor Experimental Psychology at the Leiden University Department of Data Theory in 1961. Among his doctorate students were Willem Levelt (1965), John Michon (1967), Willem Albert Wagenaar (1972), Jan de Leeuw (1973), Willem Heiser (1981) and Jacqueline Meulman (1986). Van de Geer was Visiting Professor at the University of Ankara in 1969. He retired as Professor of "Social Research Methodology, in particular the data theory relating to the social science research" from the Leiden University in 1987.

Source: John van de Geer, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

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