Researching Kurt Travis
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3513 people with the Travis surname? In that year Travis was ranked number 1192 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Kurt means "Form of CURTIS. courteous" and is of German origin.
Records of Kurt Travis on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Kurt Travis and the Travis Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Travis 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 Travis family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 3745 people with the Travis surname in the UK? Travis is now ranked number 1524 for popularity in the UK. |
Travis Family Tree Databases
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Travis Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 42535 people with the Travis surname in the USA? Travis is ranked number 143 for popularity in the USA. |
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Kurt Travis
Kurt Travis (born January 16, 1984) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician from Sacramento, California. He is currently part of the American post-hardcore bands Royal Coda and Push Over and the math rock duo Gold Necklace, and was formerly a vocalist in the rock bands Dance Gavin Dance and A Lot Like Birds.
Travis began his musical career in 2001. He joined post-hardcore band Five Minute Ride, releasing the extended plays (EPs), Bathroom Walls... Lipstick Secrets in 2003, and The World Needs Convincing of All That It's Missing, on Rise Records, in 2005 before disbanding later that year. Travis later formed the folk group There & Back Again in 2006. Following these two groups, Travis helped form the band No Not Constant in July 2007, later disbanding the same year. In 2008, Travis became the lead vocalist for rock band O! the Joy, releasing one studio album, Zen Mode (2008). Following his underground success, Travis replaced Jonny Craig as clean vocalist in rock band Dance Gavin Dance. With the group, he released two studio albums, Dance Gavin Dance (2008) and Happiness (2009). After two years, it was revealed that Travis departed from Dance Gavin Dance, in 2010. The following year, Travis joined as a vocalist in the post-hardcore group A Lot Like Birds, releasing the studio albums Conversation Piece (2011) and No Place (2013) on Equal Vision Records, before departing in 2016. He briefly joined the math rock trio Eternity Forever, in 2016. He also formed the post-hardcore duo Push Over, along with The Fall of Troy's Thomas Erak, releasing a demo EP in February 2017. In 2018, he joined Royal Coda, having released two studio albums, Royal Coda (2018) and Compassion (2019).
As a solo artist, Travis has released three EPs, one split EP, and two full-length studio albums; Everything Is Beautiful (2014) and There's a Place I Want to Take You (2019). He launched his own record label, Esque Records, in 2016.
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