Researching John Nee
Dig into the past of John Nee using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 102 people with the Nee surname? In that year Nee was ranked number 3477 for popularity in the UK. |

The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Nee on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of John Nee 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 Nee 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 Nee and the Nee Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Nee 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 Nee family tree.
Study Parish Records for John Nee at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of John Nee using the FreeBMD database.
Study Genealogy Bank for John Nee records.
Study MyHeritage for John Nee information.
Check out the LDS Database for records about John Nee.
Research the Nee surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Nee Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 419 people with the Nee surname in the UK? Nee is now ranked number 3646 for popularity in the UK. |
Nee Family History 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.
Check out the WikiTree database for user contributed records for John Nee.
Study MyTrees for information on the Nee family and people looking to contact living Nee relations.
Investigate One Great Family for Nee records submitted by people who are already researching the Nee Family Tree.
Find John Nee from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Nee 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 Nee surname using Genealogy.com forums .
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Nee surname in the USA? Nee is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Nee Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on John Nee. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Nee
John Nee
John Nee (born 1959; ), more commonly known by his stage name Little John Nee, is an Irish storyteller, writer, performer and musician based in Galway on Ireland's West Coast. Nee was born in Glasgow in 1959. He returned to Letterkenny, in Co. Donegal, with his family when he was twelve. It was here that he began performing in punk bands, such as Joe Petrol and the Petrol Bombs and Hemlock. He lived in London during the late seventies where he continued to perform, taking inspiration from the growing punk movement. Nee returned to Ireland in 1982, and since then has employed a variety of media, including street performance, theatre, radio, poetry, music, live-streaming and installation art, to pioneer his own unique style of story-telling. He is the author of a book of haikus "The Apocalypse Came on a Friday", as well as numerous one-man shows, including "The Derry Boat" (1998), "Limavady My Heart’s Delight" (2006), "Dead Rooster Blues" (2008) and "Radio Rosario" (2017). In 2016 Nee was elected a member of Aosdána. He works both as a solo artist and collaboratively.
Source: John Nee, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Nee
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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