Researching John Hendrix
Investigate the background of John Hendrix using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 12 people with the Hendrix surname? In that year Hendrix was ranked number 3567 for popularity in the UK. |

The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Hendrix on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of John Hendrix 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. 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 Hendrix 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 Hendrix and the Hendrix Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Hendrix 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 Hendrix family tree.
Look at Parish Records for John Hendrix at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of John Hendrix using the FreeBMD database.
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Hendrix Genealogy 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.
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Hendrix 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 36459 people with the Hendrix surname in the USA? Hendrix is ranked number 145 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Hendrix Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on John Hendrix. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Hendrix
John Shannon Hendrix
John Shannon Hendrix (born 1959) is an architectural historian and philosopher who has written and lectured extensively on the subjects of architecture, art, philosophy, aesthetics, psychoanalysis, science, culture and history. Much of his work focuses on connections among those topics, such as interactions of vision, perception, and sensation with the arts and architecture, the relationships between psychoanalysis and architecture, physical sciences and architecture, and philosophy and architecture. His career focuses on research and writing about "mostly European precedents in architecture and philosophy, for the purpose of suggesting alternatives to the practice of architecture and philosophy at the beginning of the twenty-first century."
He has taught at Roger Williams University since 1999. He was Professor of Architectural History at the University of Lincoln, Lincoln, England from 2007 through 2015, Lecturer, History of Art and Visual Culture at the Rhode Island School of Design from 2004 through 2010, and has been lecturer at John Cabot University in Rome, the University of Connecticut, Rhode Island College, and the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He earned his B.F.A. in painting at the Art Institute of Chicago, M.A. at the Rhode Island School of Design, M.Arch. at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a Ph.D. in architecture at Cornell University.
Source: John Shannon Hendrix, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Hendrix
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