Researching Joseph Slevin
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 88 people with the Slevin surname? In that year Slevin was ranked number 3491 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Joseph means "God shall add (another son)" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Joseph Slevin on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Joseph Slevin and the Slevin Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Slevin 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 Slevin family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Joseph Slevin at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Joseph Slevin using the FreeBMD database.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 964 people with the Slevin surname in the UK? Slevin is now ranked number 3136 for popularity in the UK. |
Slevin Family Tree Databases
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Slevin Forums
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Miscellaneous Slevin Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Joseph Slevin. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Joseph Slevin
Joseph Richard Slevin
Joseph Richard Slevin (September 13, 1881 – February 17, 1957) was an American herpetologist and the second curator of herpetology at the California Academy of Sciences, with which he was affiliated for over 50 years. He collected reptile and amphibian specimens from around the world, notably in the Galápagos Islands in a 17-month expedition, and was largely responsible for re-growing the Academy's herpetological collection following its destruction in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. He wrote or co-wrote nearly 60 scientific papers, and is commemorated in the scientific names of over a dozen species or subspecies of animals and plants.
Source: Joseph Richard Slevin, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Slevin
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.
Salfen Salvens Salvin Salvoni Scalvini Schlauffman Schlobohm Sclafani Seelbinder Selivanoff Shelpman Shelvin Shillevinatz Sillevan Sillifant Silliphant Silvagni Silvain Slaven Slavens Slavin Slobom Solivan Sullavan Sullavant Sullifant Sullivan Sullivant Sullivent Sylvaine Sylvan Sylvander Sylvanus





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