Researching Joseph Meeks
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 514 people with the Meeks surname? In that year Meeks was ranked number 3065 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Joseph means "God shall add (another son)" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Joseph Meeks on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Joseph Meeks and the Meeks Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Meeks 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 Meeks family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Joseph Meeks at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Joseph Meeks using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Joseph Meeks.
Research the Meeks surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Meeks Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 762 people with the Meeks surname in the UK? Meeks is now ranked number 3323 for popularity in the UK. |
Meeks Family Tree Databases
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Find Joseph Meeks from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Meeks Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 36459 people with the Meeks surname in the USA? Meeks is ranked number 145 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Meeks Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Joseph Meeks. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Joseph Meeks
Joseph Meeks
Joseph Meeks (September 4, 1771 – July 21, 1868) was a furniture maker in New York City who founded what would become a large firm that produced good quality furniture from 1797 to 1869.
In 1833 the firm published a broadside with an illustration of the firm's building and 39 illustrations, mostly of furniture, but also of window drapery. The furniture is in simplified American Empire style. The broadside includes prices and was intended to be a catalog that consumers could use to order furniture from Meeks. Instead, judging by the large quantities of furniture in the style of the broadside either not signed or known to be by other cabinet makers (e.g. Thomas Day (North Carolina) all over the east coast of the United States, Meeks's broadside was often used by customers to specify to local cabinet makers what was wanted.
Later in Meeks's career, the firm produced Rococo Revival furniture.
Other names that sound a bit like Meeks
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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