Researching Alan Swanson
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2193 people with the Swanson surname? In that year Swanson was ranked number 1721 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Alan means "Handsome, cheerful" and is of Gaelic origin.
Records of Alan Swanson on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Alan Swanson and the Swanson Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Swanson 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 Swanson family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 2158 people with the Swanson surname in the UK? Swanson is now ranked number 2247 for popularity in the UK. |
Swanson Genealogy Databases
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Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Alan Swanson.
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Swanson 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 88109 people with the Swanson surname in the USA? Swanson is ranked number 128 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Swanson Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Alan Swanson. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Alan Swanson
Alan Mauritz Swanson
Alan Mauritz Swanson (born Chicago, Illinois October 29, 1941) is an American composer and academic who lives in the Netherlands.
He took his BA (1963) and MA (1965) at Indiana University and his PhD at the University of Chicago (1973). In between he studied at Stockholm University. As an academic, he taught at Augustana College (Rock Island, Illinois), Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah), and the University of Groningen (the Netherlands), and came to specialize in the theatre and opera of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Trained as a singer, many of his early compositions are for voice, but recent work has tended to be varied in form: string quartets, a viola concerto, a partita for piano, and others. In 2006, he was honored for his academic and community work by being appointed Officer in the Order of Oranje-Nassau.
Source: Alan Mauritz Swanson, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Swanson
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