Researching Kevin Owen
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 35544 people with the Owen surname? In that year Owen was ranked number 86 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Kevin means "gentle, lovable" and is of Gaelic origin.
Records of Kevin Owen on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Kevin Owen 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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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 Owen 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 Kevin Owen and the Owen Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Owen 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 Owen family tree.
Study Parish Records for Kevin Owen at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Kevin Owen using the FreeBMD database.
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Research the Owen surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Owen Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 47875 people with the Owen surname in the UK? Owen is now ranked number 86 for popularity in the UK. |
Owen 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.
Check out the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Kevin Owen.
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Look at One Great Family for Owen records submitted by people who are already researching the Owen Family Tree.
Find Kevin Owen from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Owen 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 Owen surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 75956 people with the Owen surname in the USA? Owen is ranked number 132 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Owen Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Kevin Owen. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Kevin Owen
Kevin Owen
Kevin Owen (born 1966) is a British television and radio news anchor, reporter and presenter who was born in Plymouth, UK. He has worked in UK regional and network broadcasting for more than three decades. He is now based in Moscow for Russian global news channel RT, where he is the longest-serving news anchor.
Following a post-graduate diploma in broadcast journalism from Cardiff University, early in his career Owen presented the BBC Wales news programme Wales Today in the 1980s. He then moved to commercial station HTV Wales to be one of the main anchors for the station's daily news programme Wales Tonight in the mid-1990s, before moving to sister channel HTV West in Bristol, in 1996. Owen also worked at Channel Television based in Jersey, and presented his own radio show on Orchard FM in Somerset. Between 2001 and early 2006, he anchored Sky News and since then has worked for Moscow-based TV channel RT as its senior news anchor. He also previously worked extensively for the BBC World Service.
In 2008, Owen won Russia's TEFI award for "News Anchor of the Year", becoming the first foreigner to win the award. The prize, similar to Britain's Royal Television Society awards, was established in 1995 by the Academy of Russian Television (ART), an association including professionals from leading domestic television companies.
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