Researching Leavitt Hunt
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 39775 people with the Hunt surname? In that year Hunt was ranked number 75 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Leavitt Hunt on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Leavitt Hunt 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 Hunt 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 Leavitt Hunt and the Hunt Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Hunt 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 Hunt family tree.
Study Parish Records for Leavitt Hunt at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Leavitt Hunt using the FreeBMD database.
Search Genealogy Bank for Leavitt Hunt records.
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Explore the LDS Database for records about Leavitt Hunt.
Research the Hunt surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Hunt Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 48708 people with the Hunt surname in the UK? Hunt is now ranked number 83 for popularity in the UK. |
Hunt Genealogy 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.
Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Leavitt Hunt.
Study MyTrees for information on the Hunt family and people looking to contact living Hunt relations.
Explore One Great Family for Hunt records submitted by people who are already researching the Hunt Family Tree.
Find Leavitt Hunt from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Hunt 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 Hunt surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 191410 people with the Hunt surname in the USA? Hunt is ranked number 94 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Hunt Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Leavitt Hunt. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Leavitt Hunt
Leavitt Hunt
Col. Leavitt Hunt (1831–February 16, 1907) was a Harvard-educated attorney and photography pioneer who was one of the first people to photograph the Middle East. He and a companion, Nathan Flint Baker, traveled to Egypt, the Holy Land, Lebanon, Turkey and Greece on a Grand Tour in 1851–52, making one of the earliest photographic records of the Arab and ancient worlds, including the Great Sphinx and the Great Pyramid of Giza, views along the Nile River, the ruins at Petra and the Parthenon in Greece.
Source: Leavitt Hunt, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Hunt
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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