Researching Michael Pitt
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6399 people with the Pitt surname? In that year Pitt was ranked number 642 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Michael Pitt on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Michael Pitt 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 Pitt 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 Michael Pitt and the Pitt Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Pitt 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 Pitt family tree.
Study Parish Records for Michael Pitt at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Michael Pitt using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 7366 people with the Pitt surname in the UK? Pitt is now ranked number 803 for popularity in the UK. |
Pitt Family Tree Databases
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Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Michael Pitt.
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Pitt 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.
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| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Pitt surname in the USA? Pitt is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Pitt Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Michael Pitt. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Michael Pitt
Michael Pitt
Michael Carmen Pitt (born April 10, 1981) is an American actor, model and musician. Pitt is known in film for his roles in Murder by Numbers (2002), Bernardo Bertolucci's The Dreamers (2003), Gus Van Sant's Last Days (2005), and Michael Haneke's Funny Games (2007), and in television for his roles as Henry Parker in the teen drama Dawson's Creek (1999–2000), Jimmy Darmody in the HBO series Boardwalk Empire (2010–2011), and Mason Verger in the second season of the NBC series Hannibal (2014). He has also appeared in the films Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001), Bully (2001), Silk (2007), Seven Psychopaths (2012), I Origins (2014), and Ghost in the Shell (2017).
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Other names that sound a bit like Pitt
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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