Researching Riggs Stephenson
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Records of Riggs Stephenson on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Riggs Stephenson 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 Riggs Stephenson and the Stephenson Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Stephenson 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 Stephenson family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Riggs Stephenson at Find My Past.
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Stephenson Family Tree Databases
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Stephenson Forums
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Miscellaneous Stephenson Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Riggs Stephenson. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Riggs Stephenson
Riggs Stephenson
Jackson Riggs "Warhorse" Stephenson (January 5, 1898 – November 15, 1985) was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed Old Hoss, Stephenson played for the Cleveland Indians from to and the rest of his career from to with the Chicago Cubs. Benefiting from the offensive surge of the late 1920s and early 1930s, he retired with a career batting average of .336, although he was only a full-time player from 1927 to 1929 and in 1932, with injuries and platooning limiting his role for the rest of his career.
Source: Riggs Stephenson, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Stephenson
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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