Researching Willie Aikens
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 32 people with the Aikens surname? In that year Aikens was ranked number 3547 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Willie means "Resolute Protector" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Willie Aikens on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Willie Aikens and the Aikens Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Aikens 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 Aikens family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Willie Aikens at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Willie Aikens using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 84 people with the Aikens surname in the UK? Aikens is now ranked number 3963 for popularity in the UK. |
Aikens Family Tree Databases
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Aikens Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Aikens surname in the USA? Aikens is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Aikens Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Willie Aikens. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Willie Aikens
Willie Aikens
Willie Mays Aikens (born October 14, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He had established himself as one of the top sluggers in the game before drugs derailed his career. In 1994, Aikens was sentenced to 20 years in prison on four counts of crack cocaine distribution and one count of use of a firearm during drug trafficking. He was released on June 4, 2008, after changes in federal drug laws, and is sometimes cited as an example of the results of mandatory minimum sentencing in drug-related crimes.
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Other names that sound a bit like Aikens
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.
Acensio Ackenson Acunzo Agins Aguinaga Aguiniga Aikins Aitchinson Akens Akins Ascensio Aschinger Ascunson Asencio Asenjo Asensio Ashing Ashingden Ashinger Ashington Ashness Asimakopoulos Askins Asmus Asmussen Asuncion Atchinson Auchincloss Augenstein Ausmus Aussmus Axmacher
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