Researching Roy Kidd
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6096 people with the Kidd surname? In that year Kidd was ranked number 690 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Roy means "King" and is of French origin.
Records of Roy Kidd on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Roy Kidd and the Kidd Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 8149 people with the Kidd surname in the UK? Kidd is now ranked number 721 for popularity in the UK. |
Kidd Family Tree Databases
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Kidd Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 39497 people with the Kidd surname in the USA? Kidd is ranked number 144 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Roy Kidd
Roy Kidd
Roy Kidd (born December 4, 1931) is a former collegiate football league player and coach. He served as the head coach at Eastern Kentucky University from 1964 to 2002, compiling a record of 314–124–8. Kidd's Eastern Kentucky Colonels won NCAA Division I-AA Football Championships in 1979 and 1982 and were runners-up in 1980 and 1981. His 314 career victories are second-most in NCAA Division I-AA/FCS history, trailing only those of Grambling State's Eddie Robinson. Kidd was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a coach in 2003.
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Other names that sound a bit like Kidd
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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