Records of Albert Killam on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Albert Killam in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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DNA

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Albert Killam and the Killam Genealogy

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Killam 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 Killam family tree.

Study Parish Records for Albert Killam at Find My Past.

Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Albert Killam using the FreeBMD database.

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Look at the LDS Database for records about Albert Killam.

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Killam Family History Databases

Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.

Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Albert Killam.

Study MyTrees for information on the Killam family and people looking to contact living Killam relations.

Check out One Great Family for Killam records submitted by people who are already researching the Killam Family Tree.

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Killam 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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Miscellaneous Killam Databases

Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Albert Killam. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

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Some Famous People called Albert Killam

Albert Clements Killam

Albert Clements Killam, (September 18, 1849 – March 1, 1908) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, judge, railway commissioner, and Puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada. He was the first judge from Western Canada to be appointed to the Supreme Court.

Born in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, the son of George Killam and Caroline Clements, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1872 from the University of Toronto. He articled with the firm of Crooks, Kingsmill, and Cattanach of Toronto and was called to the Ontario bar in 1877. He practised for two years in Windsor. In 1879, he moved to Winnipeg and was called to the Manitoba bar.

In 1881 he became an examiner of the Law Society of Manitoba, and he served as a bencher of the society from 1882 to 1885. He was appointed QC by the Governor General, Lord Lansdowne on 9 May 1884.

In 1883, he was elected as a Liberal to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba for the riding of Winnipeg South. He resigned in 1885, when he was appointed to the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba. In 1899, he was named Chief Justice of Manitoba and was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1903. He resigned in 1905 to become Chief Commissioner of the Board of Railway Commissioners. He died in 1908.

Killam, Alberta is named in his honour.

Source: Albert Clements Killam, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Killam

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.

Kaelan Kaelin Kalin Kalina Kallam Kallen Kaulen Keelan Keelim Keelin Keelyn Kelan Kellam Kellan Kellen Kellin Kellon Kellum Kelm Kelone Keylon Kielma Kilen Kilham Kilian Killeen Killen Killiam Killian Killion Kiln Klahn Klain Klam Klann Klawon Kleam Kleen Kleewein Klehm Klehn Klehyn Klein Kleine Kleinow Klem Klemm Klemme Kleyn Kliem Klima Kline Kloehn Kloene Klohn Klohne Klyn Koelewyn Kolin Kollen Kollin Kolm Kuhlen Kuhlmey