Researching Aileen Keel
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The name Aileen means "Light" and is of Irish origin.
Records of Aileen Keel on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Aileen Keel and the Keel Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Keel 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 Keel family tree.
Search Parish Records for Aileen Keel at Find My Past.
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Research the Keel surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Keel Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 625 people with the Keel surname in the UK? Keel is now ranked number 3450 for popularity in the UK. |
Keel Family History Databases
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Keel Forums
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Miscellaneous Keel Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Aileen Keel. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Aileen Keel
Aileen Keel
Professor Aileen Margaret Keel CBE FRCPath FRCPG FRCPE FRCSE FRCGP (born 12 August 1952) is a Scottish medical doctor and academic who is serving as the Director of the Innovative Healthcare Delivery Programme at the University of Edinburgh. She previously served as the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Scotland from 1999 to 2014 and served as the Acting Chief Medical Officer, until 2015.
Born in Glasgow, she studied medicine at the University of Glasgow Medical School. She worked in general medicine in Glasgow and Aberdeen, when she later moved to London to serve as the Director of Pathology and Consultant Haemotologist at the Cromwell Hospital. She returned to Scotland and served as the Senior Medical Officer at the Scottish Office.
Following the establishment of Scottish devolution, Keel was appointed the Deputy CMO for Scotland in the Scottish Government and held the position until 2014, when she stood on an interim basis as the CMO. She was seconded by the Scottish Government to the University, where she is the Director of the Innovative Healthcare Delivery Programme.
Source: Aileen Keel, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Keel
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