Researching John Haley
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3569 people with the Haley surname? In that year Haley was ranked number 1172 for popularity in the UK. |

The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Haley on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of John Haley 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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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. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Haley 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 Haley and the Haley Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Haley 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 Haley family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for John Haley at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of John Haley using the FreeBMD database.
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Search the LDS Database for records about John Haley.
Research the Haley surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Haley Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 3867 people with the Haley surname in the UK? Haley is now ranked number 1486 for popularity in the UK. |
Haley 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.
Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for John Haley.
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Find John Haley from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Haley 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.
Research the Haley surname using Genealogy.com forums .
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 48612 people with the Haley surname in the USA? Haley is ranked number 141 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Haley Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on John Haley. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Haley
John Haley
John Haley (1931 – December 4, 2003), born in Hot Springs, Arkansas, was an attorney in Little Rock, Arkansas. He attended Emory University, where he served as president of the student body and as vice-president of the National Student Government Association. He then attended the University of Arkansas Law School, where he served as editor-in-chief of the law review. After clerking for the Arkansas Supreme Court, he joined the Rose Law Firm. In the 1960s, he led the Election Research Council, which exposed and combatted voter fraud in the State of Arkansas. In 1967, Haley was appointed to the Board of the Arkansas Department of Corrections, which oversees the Arkansas state prison system. As Chair from 1968 to 1972, Haley interviewed more than 100 inmates and led major reform efforts.
In the 1990s, John Haley came into front page national news as a result of the Whitewater investigations. Haley was a close personal friend and attorney for convicted Arkansas governor Jim Guy Tucker. On February 20, 1998, John Haley pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of "willful failure to supply information to an accounting firm" to the Internal Revenue Service. On August 20, 1998, Haley was sentenced to three years of probation and eight hours a week of community service. He was fined $30,000 and ordered to pay back $40,000 to the IRS.
On December 4, 2003, Haley was killed in a crash during an attempted landing at the Boone County airport in northwest Arkansas. One passenger, Farish Kincaid, was also killed.
Source: John Haley, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJohn Wesley Haley
John Wesley Haley (August 25, 1878, Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada - January 26, 1951, Cleveland, Ohio, USA) was pastor, missionary and mission strategist. He grew up in a farming family near Sarnia, Ontario, was involved in church planting in Saskatchewan, worked as a missionary in Mozambique, South Africa, and Burundi. After serving for many years as a Free Methodist Church missionary in Southern Africa, Haley and his family moved to Burundi in the African Great Lakes Region and initiated new church planting work. Haley was profoundly influenced by the writings of Roland Allen and the idea of the indigenous church principle in cross-cultural mission strategy.
Source: John Wesley Haley, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Haley
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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