Researching Tom Sims
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8978 people with the Sims surname? In that year Sims was ranked number 449 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Tom means "Form of THOMAS. a twin" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Tom Sims on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Tom Sims and the Sims Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sims 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 Sims family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 11866 people with the Sims surname in the UK? Sims is now ranked number 482 for popularity in the UK. |
Sims Family History Databases
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Sims Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 157989 people with the Sims surname in the USA? Sims is ranked number 105 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Sims Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Tom Sims. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Tom Sims
Tom Sims
Tom Sims (December 6, 1950 – September 12, 2012) was an American athlete, inventor, and entrepreneur. Sims was World Snowboarding Champion (1983), World Champion Skateboarder (1975), and founder of SIMS Snowboards and SIMS Skateboards. He lived in Santa Barbara, California from 1971 until his death.
In 1963, in his 7th-grade wood-shop class at Haddonfield Central School in his hometown of Haddonfield, New Jersey, he and John Murray made what they called a "skiboard," combining their two favorite sports, skiing and skateboarding. He attended Haddonfield Memorial High School, which honored him in 1998 for a lifetime achievement award.
Sims was the primary snowboarding stunt double for "007" (Roger Moore) in the 1985 James Bond film A View to a Kill, which helped popularize both the snowboard and its usage. Since 2006, the SIMS Snowboards brand has been managed by Collective Licensing International, LLC, a unit of Collective Brands Inc., though Tom Sims was still very active in the company. Tom continued to be personally involved in the design and testing of the new snowboard and skateboard equipment being developed under the SIMS brand until his death.
Sims died on September 12, 2012 at a hospital near his home in Santa Barbara, California at the age of 61, from complications due to cardiac arrest.
Source: Tom Sims, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaTom Sims (American football)
Thomas Sidney Sims (born April 18, 1967) is a former American football defensive tackle who played four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Kansas City Chiefs and Indianapolis Colts. He was drafted by the Chiefs in the sixth round of the 1990 NFL Draft. He first played college football for the Broncos of Western Michigan University before transferring to play for the Pittsburgh Panthers of the University of Pittsburgh. He attended Cass Technical High School in Detroit, Michigan.
Source: Tom Sims (American football), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Sims
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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