Researching Tim Stearns
Dig into the past of Tim Stearns using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 92 people with the Stearns surname? In that year Stearns was ranked number 3487 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Tim means "Form of TIMOTHY. honoring God" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Tim Stearns 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 Stearns 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 Tim Stearns and the Stearns Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Stearns 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 Stearns family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Tim Stearns at Find My Past.
Search for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Tim Stearns using the FreeBMD database.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 173 people with the Stearns surname in the UK? Stearns is now ranked number 3880 for popularity in the UK. |
Stearns Family History 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.
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Find Tim Stearns from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Stearns 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 18229 people with the Stearns surname in the USA? Stearns is ranked number 151 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Stearns Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Tim Stearns. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Tim Stearns
Tim Stearns
Tim Stearns (born 1961 in Huntington, New York) is an American biologist, and is the Frank Lee and Carol Hall Professor in the Department of Biology at Stanford University, with appointments in the Department of Genetics and the Cancer Center in the Stanford Medical School. Stearns served as chair of the Department of Biology and is currently Senior Associate Vice Provost of Research at Stanford. Stearns is an HHMI Professor, and is a member of JASON, a scientific advisory group, as well as an affiliated faculty member of the Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation. He has served on the editorial boards of The Journal of Cell Biology, Genetics and Molecular Biology of the Cell.
Source: Tim Stearns, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Stearns
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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