Researching Rod Kafer
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1 people with the Kafer surname? In that year Kafer was ranked number 3578 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Rod means "Form of RODNEY. from the island clearing" and is of German origin.
Records of Rod Kafer on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Rod Kafer and the Kafer Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Kafer 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 Kafer family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Rod Kafer at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Rod Kafer using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Rod Kafer.
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Kafer Family Tree Databases
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Kafer Forums
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Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Rod Kafer. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Rod Kafer
Rod Kafer
Rodney B. Kafer (born 25 June 1971) is a retired rugby union player for the ACT Brumbies and the Australian Wallabies. He is remembered by Brumbies fans for kicking a drop-goal in the final minute in a 2001 game against the Cats giving the Brumbies a one-point win. He now works for Fox Sports as a rugby commentator and has a weekly segment on the show Rugby HQ called "Fox Field".He attended Canberra Grammar School in his youth. At the age of 15 he was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
Kafer was the first player to have received winners medals from the major Southern and Northern Hemisphere rugby tournaments, the Super 12 with the ACT Brumbies in 2001 and the Heineken Cup with the Leicester Tigers in 2002.
Kafer moved to the northern hemisphere in 2001 and spent two years playing for the Leicester Tigers before signing as player coach for Saracens F.C.. However, when Wayne Shelford was sacked as head coach, Kafer was appointed in his place and gave up playing.
In addition to his commentating commitments with Fox Sports Rugby, Kafer previously owned a telecommunications company and sold it in 2014 and now works in the Australian Rugby Union in a high performance role.
Source: Rod Kafer, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Kafer
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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