Researching John Kitching
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1737 people with the Kitching surname? In that year Kitching was ranked number 2002 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Kitching on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of John Kitching 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 Kitching 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 Kitching and the Kitching Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Kitching 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 Kitching family tree.
Search Parish Records for John Kitching at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of John Kitching using the FreeBMD database.
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Explore the LDS Database for records about John Kitching.
Research the Kitching surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Kitching Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 3509 people with the Kitching surname in the UK? Kitching is now ranked number 1614 for popularity in the UK. |
Kitching 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.
Study the WikiTree database for user contributed records for John Kitching.
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Kitching 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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Miscellaneous Kitching Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on John Kitching. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Kitching
John Alwyne Kitching
John Alwyne Kitching (24 October 1908–1 April 1996) was a British biologist.
He was educated at Cheltenham College, Trinity College, Cambridge and the University of London. He was a Lecturer at Birkbeck, University of London, the University of Edinburgh, the University of Bristol and a Rockefeller Fellow at Princeton University. He was Professor of Biology at the University of East Anglia from 1963 to 1974 then Emeritus Professor, and also served as Dean of School of Biological Sciences from 1967 to 1970. He was made an OBE in 1947 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1960.
Source: John Alwyne Kitching, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Kitching
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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