Researching Kate John
Dig into the past of Kate John using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 10829 people with the John surname? In that year John was ranked number 378 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Kate means "Form of CATHERINE. pure" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Kate John on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Kate John 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 John 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 Kate John and the John Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the John 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 John family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Kate John at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Kate John using the FreeBMD database.
Study Genealogy Bank for Kate John records.
Search MyHeritage for Kate John information.
Search the LDS Database for records about Kate John.
Research the John surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original John Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 14211 people with the John surname in the UK? John is now ranked number 406 for popularity in the UK. |
John Family Tree 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 Kate John.
Study MyTrees for information on the John family and people looking to contact living John relations.
Investigate One Great Family for John records submitted by people who are already researching the John Family Tree.
Find Kate John from Ireland on findmypast.ie
John 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 John surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 30382 people with the John surname in the USA? John is ranked number 147 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous John Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Kate John. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Kate John
Kate St John
Kate St John is a composer, arranger, producer and instrumentalist (oboe, cor anglais, accordion, saxophone and piano). She was born in London in 1957 and was classically trained on oboe. She gained a music degree at City University London. Her first band was The Ravishing Beauties with Virginia Astley and Nicky Holland. The trio joined The Teardrop Explodes in Liverpool during the winter of 1981 for a series of dates at a small clubs and a UK tour in early 1982. During the 1980s and early 1990s she was a member of The Dream Academy with Nick Laird-Clowes and Gilbert Gabriel. In 1985 they had a worldwide hit with "Life In A Northern Town" and produced three albums: The Dream Academy (1985), Remembrance Days (1987) and A Different Kind Of Weather (1990). In the 1990s St. John was a member of Van Morrison's live band playing oboe and saxophone. She played on 5 Van Morrison albums. In 1994 she co-wrote and sang on 4 tracks with Roger Eno on the album The Familiar on the All Saints Label. This led to the formation of Channel Light Vessel, a band with Kate, Roger Eno, Bill Nelson, Laraaji and Mayumi Tachibana.St John has released two solo albums: Indescribable Night (1995) and Second Sight (1997).
She has played and toured with many artists including Van Morrison, Julian Cope, The Waterboys, Damon Albarn, Marianne Faithfull and Morrissey.
Since 2005 she has specialised in being a Musical Director for multi-artist shows including working with Joe Boyd on the Way To Blue tributes to Nick Drake, Hal Wilner on his Rogues Gallery, Nino Rota concerts, Blood and Roses Tribute to Ewan MacColl, Bright Phoebus Revisited and the Imagining Ireland/Imagining Home concerts in 2016 at The National Concert Hall in Dublin and The Royal Festival Hall (London). She is also a string and woodwind arranger.
Kate and her husband and writing partner, Neill MacColl, specialise in On Set music production in films, having worked on Far From The Madding Crowd (2015), Tulip Fever (2017), My Cousin Rachel (2017), The Little Stranger (2018), Dirt Music (in Post production)
Source: Kate St John, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like John
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