Researching Trevor Owens
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 14873 people with the Owens surname? In that year Owens was ranked number 261 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Trevor means "prudent" and is of Gaelic origin.
Records of Trevor Owens on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Trevor Owens in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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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. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Owens 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 Trevor Owens and the Owens Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Owens 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 Owens family tree.
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Research the Owens surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Owens Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 14453 people with the Owens surname in the UK? Owens is now ranked number 399 for popularity in the UK. |
Owens Family Tree Databases
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Owens 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 236983 people with the Owens surname in the USA? Owens is ranked number 80 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Owens Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Trevor Owens. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Trevor Owens
Trevor J. Owens (born February 21, 1985) is an American librarian and archivist. He currently serves as the first Head of Digital Content Management at the Library of Congress. He previously served as the Senior Program Officer responsible for the development of the National Digital Platform portfolio at the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Before that, he worked as a Digital Archivist with the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program. In 2014 the Society of American Archivists granted him the Archival Innovator Award, presented annually to recognize the archivist, repository, or organization that best exemplifies the “ability to think outside the professional norm.”
Owens was raised in West Allis, Wisconsin. He studied the History of Science at the University of Wisconsin Madison where he wrote his undergraduate honors thesis on the history of children's books about Albert Einstein and Marie Curie. While studying digital history at George Mason University he was awarded the C. W. Bright Pixel Prize for the Best History and New Media Project. He completed a Ph.D. at George Mason where his doctoral thesis focused on the history of online community software systems. His dissertation work became the basis of his book Designing Online Communities.
Source: Trevor Owens, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Owens
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