Researching Rod Clements
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 9935 people with the Clements surname? In that year Clements was ranked number 416 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Rod means "Form of RODNEY. from the island clearing" and is of German origin.
Records of Rod Clements on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Rod Clements 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. 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 Clements 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 Rod Clements and the Clements Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Clements 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 Clements family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Rod Clements at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Rod Clements using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records about Rod Clements.
Research the Clements surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Clements Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 14824 people with the Clements surname in the UK? Clements is now ranked number 388 for popularity in the UK. |
Clements 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.
Look at the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Rod Clements.
Study MyTrees for information on the Clements family and people looking to contact living Clements relations.
Check out One Great Family for Clements records submitted by people who are already researching the Clements Family Tree.
Find Rod Clements from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Clements 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 39497 people with the Clements surname in the USA? Clements is ranked number 144 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Clements Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Rod Clements. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Rod Clements
Rod Clements
Roderick Parry Clements (born 17 November 1947 in North Shields, Northumberland) is a British guitarist, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He formed the folk-rock band Lindisfarne with Alan Hull in 1970, and wrote "Meet Me on the Corner", a UK Top 5 hit in March 1972, which won Clements an Ivor Novello Award. Lindisfarne broke up in 1973 and Clements became a founding member of Jack the Lad, also working with Ralph McTell and Bert Jansch. Lindisfarne reformed in 1977 and Clements continued to be part of the line-up until 2003. Rod rejoined Lindisfarne in 2015 and is currently touring and performing with the band.
Source: Rod Clements, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Clements
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.
Callanan Callinan Callingham Calnan Calnen Chalman Chellenham Chelnam Chollman Cholmondeley Cholomin Cholonin Clan-henderson Clanahan Clanan Clanin Clannin Cleimenhagen Cleiment Clemanceau Clemence Clemenceau Clemencet Clemencon Clemendet Clemendot Clemenhaga Clemenhagen Clemens Clemensen Clemenson Clement Clemente Clementel Clementet Clementi Clementine Clementson Clementucci Clemenza Clemenzi Clemenzo Cleminshaw Cleminson Clemintoni Clemmen Clemmence Clemmens Clemmensen Clemmons Clemon Clemons Clemont Clemonts Clemynce Clennan Cleynman Climance Climenson Clinning Clonan Cloninger Cloonan Clunan Clymens Clynman Clynmans Coalman Colananni Coleman Collignon Collingham Collman Collumbine Colman Colmenares Colmenero Colombine Columbine Coulman Cullinan Cullinane Cullnean Culmann
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