Researching Nigel Oakes
Delve into the history of Nigel Oakes using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4337 people with the Oakes surname? In that year Oakes was ranked number 976 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Nigel means "dark" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Nigel Oakes on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Nigel Oakes 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. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Oakes 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 Nigel Oakes and the Oakes Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Oakes 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 Oakes family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Nigel Oakes at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Nigel Oakes using the FreeBMD database.
Explore Genealogy Bank for Nigel Oakes records.
Study MyHeritage for Nigel Oakes information.
Search the LDS Database for records about Nigel Oakes.
Research the Oakes surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Oakes Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 6660 people with the Oakes surname in the UK? Oakes is now ranked number 905 for popularity in the UK. |
Oakes Genealogy 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.
Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Nigel Oakes.
Study MyTrees for information on the Oakes family and people looking to contact living Oakes relations.
Explore One Great Family for Oakes records submitted by people who are already researching the Oakes Family Tree.
Find Nigel Oakes from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Oakes 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 Oakes surname using Genealogy.com forums .
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 24306 people with the Oakes surname in the USA? Oakes is ranked number 149 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Oakes Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Nigel Oakes. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Nigel Oakes
Nigel Oakes
Nigel John Oakes (born July 1962) is a British businessman, and the founder and CEO of Behavioural Dynamics Institute and SCL Group (formerly Strategic Communication Laboratories), the parent company of Cambridge Analytica and her sister AggregateIQ ; the companies became known to a wider audience as a result of the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal involving the misuse of data. From the early 1990s Oakes' companies, operating under succession of names, were involved in influencing elections in developing countries, and with the onset of the War on Terror they were also contracted by the British military. Oakes first became known as the boyfriend of Lady Helen Windsor in the 1980s.
Source: Nigel Oakes, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Oakes
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.
Oajaca Oaxaca Occhiuzzo Ochs Ochse Ocock Oczkowski Ogus Oguz Ohsiek Okes Ooszwski Osieck Osiek Ososki Oswick Oukes Ozaki





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