Researching Valerie Jenness
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 42 people with the Jenness surname? In that year Jenness was ranked number 3537 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Valerie means "Strong, fierce" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Valerie Jenness on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Valerie Jenness and the Jenness Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Jenness 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 Jenness family tree.
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Jenness Family History Databases
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Jenness Forums
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Some Famous People called Valerie Jenness
Valerie Jenness
Valerie Jenness (born March 7, 1963) is an author, researcher, public policy advisor, and professor in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society and in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). Jenness is currently a Visiting Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) and prior to that, was a Senior Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at the University of Michigan. Jenness served as Dean of the School of Social Ecology from 2009 to 2015 and Chair of the Department of Criminology, Law and Society from 2001-2006. Jenness is credited with conducting the first systemic study of transgender women in men's prisons.
Source: Valerie Jenness, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Jenness
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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