Researching Mike Watt
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 11484 people with the Watt surname? In that year Watt was ranked number 358 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Mike means "Form of MICHAEL. who is like God" and is of Not available or unknown origin.
Records of Mike Watt on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Mike Watt 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
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Mike Watt and the Watt Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Watt 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 Watt family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Mike Watt at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Mike Watt using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records about Mike Watt.
Research the Watt surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Watt Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 14323 people with the Watt surname in the UK? Watt is now ranked number 403 for popularity in the UK. |
Watt Family Tree Databases
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Find Mike Watt from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Watt Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 18229 people with the Watt surname in the USA? Watt is ranked number 151 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Watt Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Mike Watt. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Mike Watt
Mike Watt
Michael David Watt (born December 20, 1957) is an American bassist, vocalist and songwriter.
Watt co-founded and played bass guitar for the rock bands Minutemen (1980–1985), Dos (1985–present), and Firehose (1986–1994). He began a solo career with the 1994 album Ball-Hog or Tugboat?, he has since released three additional solo albums, most recently in 2010 with Hyphenated-man. He is also the frontman for the supergroup Big Walnuts Yonder (2008–present), a member of the art rock group Banyan (1997–present) and is involved with several other musical projects. From 2003 until 2013, he was the bass guitarist for The Stooges.
Watt has been called "one of the greatest bassists on the planet." CMJ New Music called Watt a "seminal post-punk bass player." Readers of NME voted Mike Watt one of the "40 Greatest Bassists of All Time" and LA Weekly awarded him the number six spot in "The 20 Best Bassists of All Time."
In November 2008, Watt received the Bass Player Magazine lifetime achievement award, presented by Flea.
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