Researching Timothy Tyson
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3904 people with the Tyson surname? In that year Tyson was ranked number 1090 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Timothy means "honoring God" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Timothy Tyson on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Timothy Tyson and the Tyson Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Tyson 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 Tyson family tree.
Investigate Parish Records for Timothy Tyson at Find My Past.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 4550 people with the Tyson surname in the UK? Tyson is now ranked number 1285 for popularity in the UK. |
Tyson Family Tree Databases
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Tyson Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 39497 people with the Tyson surname in the USA? Tyson is ranked number 144 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Tyson Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Timothy Tyson. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Timothy Tyson
Timothy Tyson
Timothy B. Tyson (born 1959) is an American writer and historian from North Carolina who specializes in the issues of culture, religion, and race associated with the Civil Rights Movement of the twentieth century. He has joint appointments at Duke University and the University of North Carolina. He has won numerous teaching awards, as well as recognition for creative and experimental courses. In one, he took students on a tour of sites of important civil rights events in the South.
His books have won the Frederick Jackson Turner Award, James A. Rawley Prize (OAH), the 2007 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award in Religion, and the Southern Book Award. In addition, two of his books, Robert F. Williams, 'Black Power,' and the Roots of the Black Freedom Struggle (1998) and Blood Done Sign My Name (2004), have been adapted as films, and the latter also as a 2008 play. In 2017 Tyson published The Blood of Emmett Till, which was longlisted for the National Book Award.
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