Researching Alan Moir
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4119 people with the Moir surname? In that year Moir was ranked number 1039 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Alan means "Handsome, cheerful" and is of Gaelic origin.
Records of Alan Moir on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Alan Moir and the Moir Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Moir 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 Moir family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Alan Moir at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Alan Moir using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 4336 people with the Moir surname in the UK? Moir is now ranked number 1351 for popularity in the UK. |
Moir Genealogy Databases
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Moir Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Moir surname in the USA? Moir is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Moir Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Alan Moir. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Alan Moir
Alan Moir
Alan Moir (born 1947) is an Australian caricaturist and cartoonist who was born in New Zealand. He has been the Editorial Cartoonist for the Sydney Morning Herald since 1984, and previously The Bulletin and Brisbane's Courier-Mail. His work on international events is also syndicated regularly through The New York Times Syndicate.
Alan's credits include being six-time winner of "Australian Editorial Cartoonist of the Year", a Churchill Fellowship in 1999, Walkley award for Political Cartooning in 2000 and 2006 and the UN Award for Political Cartooning 1994.
Inducted into "The Australian Cartoonist' Hall of Fame" 2018.
In 2019 a cartoon on global warming was published in "The Oxford Illustrated History of the World"
His work is held in several collections including the National Library of Australia, the National Museum of Australia, the National Library of New Zealand, the State Library of New South Wales, the State Library of Queensland, the State Library of Victoria, and the Private Collection of Kofi Annan (the former Secretary- General of the UN).
In 2006 during the aftermath of the Danish Prophet cartoon controversy, he was invited to the Australian Senate to give a lecture on the history of political cartooning. He has published about a dozen books of cartoons over the years, and has been included in many others.He has given talks on the History of Western Political Cartooning in Sydney and Canberra, NZ (Auckland and Wellington), India (New Delhi, Trivandrum, Kochi)
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