Researching Alan Cameron
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 23277 people with the Cameron surname? In that year Cameron was ranked number 142 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Alan means "Handsome, cheerful" and is of Gaelic origin.
Records of Alan Cameron on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Alan Cameron and the Cameron Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cameron 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 Cameron family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 23668 people with the Cameron surname in the UK? Cameron is now ranked number 219 for popularity in the UK. |
Cameron Family History Databases
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Cameron 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 63803 people with the Cameron surname in the USA? Cameron is ranked number 136 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Cameron Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Alan Cameron. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Alan Cameron
Alan Cameron (classicist)
Alan Douglas Edward Cameron, (13 March 1938 – 31 July 2017) was a British classicist and academic. He was Charles Anthon Professor Emeritus of the Latin Language and Literature at Columbia University, New York. He was one of the leading scholars of the literature and history of the later Roman world and at the same time a wide-ranging classical philologist whose work encompassed above all the Greek and Latin poetic tradition from Hellenistic to Byzantine times but also aspects of late antique art.
Source: Alan Cameron (classicist), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Cameron
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.
Camarena Camarinha Cambern Cambourne Cambran Cambron Camburn Camerana Cammerin Camren Camron Camrun Chmarny Cimmerman Coneron Conran Conrans Conring
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