Researching Richard Carey
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5647 people with the Carey surname? In that year Carey was ranked number 751 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Richard means "strong ruler" and is of German origin.
Records of Richard Carey on Ancestry
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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 Carey 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 Richard Carey and the Carey Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Carey 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 Carey family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Richard Carey at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Richard Carey using the FreeBMD database.
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Research the Carey surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Carey Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 10991 people with the Carey surname in the UK? Carey is now ranked number 528 for popularity in the UK. |
Carey Family History Databases
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Carey 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 57727 people with the Carey surname in the USA? Carey is ranked number 138 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Carey Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Richard Carey. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Richard Carey
Richard Carey (politician)
Richard J. "Spike" Carey (January 7, 1929 – July 19, 2013) was an American politician from Maine. Carey served as an Alderman, Councilman, and as the longest serving Mayor of Waterville, Maine from 1970 to 1978. From 1967 to 1978, Carey also represented Waterville in the Maine House of Representatives. He served in the Maine Senate from 1992 to 2000 (term limited). In 2004, he ran again for the State Senate against incumbent Chandler Woodcock and lost. Carey was also the first Town Manager for the Town of Belgrade, Maine. He later served on the Town of Belgrade Board of Selectmen.
Source: Richard Carey (politician), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Richard Adams Carey
Richard Adams Carey (born October 18, 1951) is an American writer best known for Against the Tide: The Fate of the New England Fisherman, a nonfiction chronicle of the 1995-96 fishing season in the lives of four Cape Cod commercial fishermen. The New York Times called Against the Tide "deep ecological journalism at its best, an effective and compassionate chronicle of a threatened way of life, and a worthy successor to such classic portraits of American fishermen as William W. Warner's Beautiful Swimmers and Peter Matthiessen's Men's Lives".
Source: Richard Adams Carey, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Carey
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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