Researching Thomas Sterling
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 629 people with the Sterling surname? In that year Sterling was ranked number 2950 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Thomas means "a twin" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Thomas Sterling on Ancestry
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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 Sterling 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 Thomas Sterling and the Sterling Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sterling 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 Sterling family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 1313 people with the Sterling surname in the UK? Sterling is now ranked number 2839 for popularity in the UK. |
Sterling Genealogy Databases
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Sterling 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 30382 people with the Sterling surname in the USA? Sterling is ranked number 147 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Sterling Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Thomas Sterling. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Thomas Sterling
Thomas Sterling (computing)
Thomas Sterling (born December 18, 1949) is a Full Professor for the Department of Intelligent Systems Engineering (ISE) at Indiana University (IU) Bloomington. At IU, he is the Director of the Artificial Intelligence Computing Systems Laboratory (AICSL). He received his Ph.D in 1984 at MIT. For more than four decades, Thomas Sterling has dedicated his professional contributions to research for advancements in parallel high-performance computing. Dr. Sterling is best known as the “father of Beowulf” clusters. Among his other early accomplishments, Dr. Sterling was Principal investigator for the multi-agency multi-institution Hybrid Technology Multi-Threaded Project (HTMT) for advanced research on Petaflops computing systems. Professor Sterling currently leads advanced research in non-von Neumann parallel architecture, ParalleX execution model, and HPX+ runtime system for scalable dynamic irregular graph-based knowledge-oriented artificial intelligence applications. Thomas Sterling is also President and co-founder of Simultac LLC, an advanced computing technology engineering company. Professor Sterling is the co-author of eight books and holds seven patents. Thomas Sterling is a Fellow of the AAAS and winner of the Gordon Bell Prize.
Source: Thomas Sterling (computing), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Sterling
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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