Records of Leo Meyer on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Leo Meyer 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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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Leo Meyer and the Meyer Genealogy

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Meyer 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 Meyer family tree.

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Meyer Family Tree Databases

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Some Famous People called Leo Meyer

Leo Meyer (baseball)

Leo Meyer (March 29, 1888, in Iowa City, Iowa – September 2, 1968, in Smyrna, Delaware), was a Major League Baseball player who played shortstop for the Brooklyn Superbas in .

After his year with the Superbas, he played several more years in the minor leagues. His best year in the minor leagues was with the Trenton Tigers of the Tri-State League. That year he had a .273 average 431 at bats. He also hit four home runs that year in the "dead ball" era. His last year in the minor leagues was with the Nashville Volunteers of the Southern Association in 1919.

Source: Leo Meyer (baseball), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Meyer

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