Researching Nick Shinn
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 507 people with the Shinn surname? In that year Shinn was ranked number 3072 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Nick means "Form of NICHOLAS. Victory of the People" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Nick Shinn on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Nick Shinn and the Shinn Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Shinn 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 Shinn family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 581 people with the Shinn surname in the UK? Shinn is now ranked number 3491 for popularity in the UK. |
Shinn Genealogy Databases
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Shinn Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Shinn surname in the USA? Shinn is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
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Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Nick Shinn. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Nick Shinn
Nick Shinn
Nick Shinn (born London, England, 1952) is a typeface designer. He attended Bedford School then Leeds Polytechnic, where he earned a Dip. AD in Fine Art.
In 1976 he moved to Toronto, Canada, where he worked as an art director and creative director at a number of Toronto advertising agencies from the 1970s into the 1980s. In 1989 he started ShinnDesign, his own digital studio, specializing in publication design. Nick has designed everything from books and magazines to web sites.
Since 1980 he has designed over 20 typeface families, some for respected publishers, including Walburn and Brown for the Canadian daily "The Globe and Mail." Many of Nick's early type designs were published by various foundries, most notably the FontFont library. In 1999 he launched ShinnType, which now publishes and markets his fonts worldwide. Nick is a prolific writer and often contributes to "Graphic Exchange" magazine, as well as many other publications. He has also had speaking engagements at conferences such as ATypI and TypeCon and has served as a board member for The Society of Typographic Aficionados.
Of his typeface designs, Shinn says, “Beautiful letters aren’t enough to make a successful typeface; I also want to create faces that are design solutions.”
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