Researching Pepper Rodgers
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8196 people with the Rodgers surname? In that year Rodgers was ranked number 494 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Pepper Rodgers on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Pepper Rodgers 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 Rodgers 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 Pepper Rodgers and the Rodgers Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Rodgers 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 Rodgers family tree.
Search Parish Records for Pepper Rodgers at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Pepper Rodgers using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Pepper Rodgers.
Research the Rodgers surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Rodgers Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 12463 people with the Rodgers surname in the UK? Rodgers is now ranked number 460 for popularity in the UK. |
Rodgers 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.
Check out the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Pepper Rodgers.
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Look at One Great Family for Rodgers records submitted by people who are already researching the Rodgers Family Tree.
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Rodgers 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 91147 people with the Rodgers surname in the USA? Rodgers is ranked number 127 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Rodgers Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Pepper Rodgers. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Pepper Rodgers
Franklin Cullen "Pepper" Rodgers (October 8, 1931 – May 14, 2020) was an American football player and coach. As a college football player, he led the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets to an undefeated season in 1952 and later became their head coach. He also coached collegiately for the Kansas Jayhawks and UCLA Bruins before leading professional teams in Memphis, Tennessee, in the United States Football League (USFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL).
Rodgers was a quarterback and placekicker for Georgia Tech. After the Yellow Jackets won the Sugar Bowl and earned a share of the national championship in 1952, they again won the bowl game the following year, when he was named the contest's most valuable player (MVP). Rodgers began coaching as an assistant for the Air Force Falcons and later the Florida Gators and UCLA. He became a head coach with Kansas in 1967, and later returned to UCLA and then Georgia Tech as their leader. He compiled a career college coaching record of .
Moving to the professional ranks, Rodgers coached two seasons in the 1980s with the Memphis Showboats in the USFL and one season for the CFL's Memphis Mad Dogs. In the 2000s, he served as vice president of football operations for the Washington Redskins in the National Football League (NFL) before retiring.
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