Researching Roger Nokes
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 667 people with the Nokes surname? In that year Nokes was ranked number 2913 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Roger means "famous spear" and is of German origin.
Records of Roger Nokes on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Roger Nokes and the Nokes Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Nokes 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 Nokes family tree.
Search Parish Records for Roger Nokes at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Roger Nokes using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 731 people with the Nokes surname in the UK? Nokes is now ranked number 3351 for popularity in the UK. |
Nokes Family Tree Databases
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Nokes 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 3038 people with the Nokes surname in the USA? Nokes is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Nokes Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Roger Nokes. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Roger Nokes
Roger Nokes
Roger I. Nokes (born 13 August 1958) is a professor of civil and natural resources engineering at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, specialising in fluid mechanics and is also a chess master. Nokes is a university council member, was head of the Department of Civil and Natural Resources Engineering between 2009 and 2012 (coinciding with the 2010 and 2011 Canterbury Earthquakes) and has achieved a number of teaching awards. Nokes is a member of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
Source: Roger Nokes, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Nokes
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.
Knagges Knauschowisky Knezek Knyzewski Nasciak Nawazek Naygos Necaise Necochea Necuze Negoose Negus Neises Nesius Nessus Nesus Neusuus Nicosia Niesiewicz Nikesch Nisius Nisuis Nisus Noakes Nossek Nowacek Nowaczyk Nowakowska Nowakowski Nowasek Nuschke Nyschuk
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