Researching Jon Johansen
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 70 people with the Johansen surname? In that year Johansen was ranked number 3509 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jon means "form of JONATHAN - God has given" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jon Johansen on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Jon Johansen 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 Johansen 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 Jon Johansen and the Johansen Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Johansen 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 Johansen family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Jon Johansen at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Jon Johansen using the FreeBMD database.
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Search the LDS Database for records about Jon Johansen.
Research the Johansen surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Johansen Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 482 people with the Johansen surname in the UK? Johansen is now ranked number 3586 for popularity in the UK. |
Johansen 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.
Look at the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Jon Johansen.
Study MyTrees for information on the Johansen family and people looking to contact living Johansen relations.
Search One Great Family for Johansen records submitted by people who are already researching the Johansen Family Tree.
Find Jon Johansen from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Johansen 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 9115 people with the Johansen surname in the USA? Johansen is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Johansen Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Jon Johansen. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Jon Johansen
Jon Lech Johansen
Jon Lech Johansen (born November 18, 1983 in Harstad, Norway), also known as DVD Jon, is a Norwegian programmer who has worked on reverse engineering data formats. He wrote the DeCSS software, which decodes the Content Scramble System used for DVD licensing enforcement. Johansen is a self-trained software engineer, who quit high school during his first year to spend more time with the DeCSS case. He moved to the United States and worked as a software engineer from October 2005 until November 2006. He then moved to Norway but moved back to the United States in June 2007.
Source: Jon Lech Johansen, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Johansen
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.
Jamesion Jameson Jamieson Jamison Jammison Jamson Janisson Jankin Jannequin Jansema Jansen Jansenius Jansens Janson Janssen Janssens Jansson Janzen Jeanequin Jeanesson Jeannequin Jeannesson Jeansonne Jehnzen Jemison Jemmison Jemson Jencken Jenison Jenken Jenkens Jenkin Jenking Jenkins Jenkinson Jenkyn Jennison Jensen Jenson Jimeson Jimison Jimmison Jimpson Jimson Jinkin Jinkins Jinkinson Johanchon Johannessen Johannesson Johannsen Johanson Johanssen Johansson Johnakin Johnican Johnigan Johniken Johnikin Johnsen Johnson Johnsonbaugh Johnsson Joinson Jonassen Jonasson Jongsma Jonican Jonigan Jonsen Jonson Jonsson Jouannisson Joynson Jungenberg Jungknecht Jungman Junkan Junken Junkin Junkins Junkinson
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