Researching Mag Jain
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3 people with the Jain surname? In that year Jain was ranked number 3576 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Mag Jain on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Mag Jain 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 Jain 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 Mag Jain and the Jain Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Jain 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 Jain family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Mag Jain at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Mag Jain using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Mag Jain.
Research the Jain surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Jain Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 747 people with the Jain surname in the UK? Jain is now ranked number 3337 for popularity in the UK. |
Jain 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.
Study the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Mag Jain.
Study MyTrees for information on the Jain family and people looking to contact living Jain relations.
Study One Great Family for Jain records submitted by people who are already researching the Jain Family Tree.
Find Mag Jain from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Jain 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 Jain surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Jain surname in the USA? Jain is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Jain Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Mag Jain. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Mag Jain
Mag Raj Jain
Mag Raj Jain (1931 – 4 November 2014) was a social worker of Rajasthan state in India and recipient of the Padma Shri award for his contribution to the development of the Thar desert region. A teacher by profession, in 1990 he founded the Society to Uplift Rural Economy (SURE) to work for the betterment of the poor in the Barmer district of Rajasthan. Presently the organisation reaches out to more than 30,000 people spread across 60 villages of the region.
For the population of the region - consisting mostly of scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and refugees of the Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts - major source of income is the traditional craft of patchwork and mirror embroidery practiced by the women of the area. Over the years contractors and middlemen exploited this trade by garnering major share of the profits. The non-profit SURE organisation aims to remove the middle-men involved and to provide maximum benefits to the local craftspeople.
Source: Mag Raj Jain, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Jain
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.
Jaan Jaehne Jahan Jahn Jaime Jaine Jame Jamie Jamme Jan Janaway Jane Janew Janeway Janey Jann Jannaway Janneway Janney Jannow Janny Janoe Janow Janu Janway Jaouen Jaume Jayme Jayne Jayume Jean Jeaneau Jeanneau Jehan Jena Jenna Jennaway Jenne Jenney Jenno Jenny Jeune Jim Jime Jimmo Jina Joan Johan Johann John Jon Jonah Jone Joney Jouanny Jouen Joughin Jouhan Juan Juhan Jumeau June Juneau Juno
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