Records of John Test on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of John Test 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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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for John Test and the Test Family History

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

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Test 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.

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Test 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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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on John Test. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

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Some Famous People called John Test

John Test

John Test (1781 – October 9, 1849) was a U.S. Representative from Indiana.

John Test was born and raised near Salem, New Jersey. He moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and operated Fayette Chance Furnace for several years.He moved to Cincinnati, and then to Brookville, Indiana, and operated a grist mill.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar and began practice in Brookville, Indiana.He held several local offices.He served as judge of the third district circuit 1816–1819.

Test was elected as a Jackson Republican to the Eighteenth Congress and reelected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth Congress (March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1827).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1826 to the Twentieth Congress.

Test was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first Congress (March 4, 1829 – March 3, 1831).Presiding judge of the Indiana circuit court.He moved to Mobile, Alabama, and resumed the practice of law.He died near Cambridge City, Indiana, October 9, 1849.He was interred in Cambridge City, Indiana.

Test was the maternal grandfather of author and American Civil War Union Army Major General Lew Wallace, the son of Indiana lawyer and politician David Wallace and Test's daughter Esther. His daughter Mary was the wife of James Rariden, a fellow U.S. Representative from Indiana.

Source: John Test, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Test

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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