Researching Albert Tam
Dig into the past of Albert Tam using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 7 people with the Tam surname? In that year Tam was ranked number 3572 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Albert means "Noble, bright" and is of Anglo-Saxon origin.
Records of Albert Tam on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Albert Tam 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 Tam and the Tam Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Tam 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 Tam family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Albert Tam at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Albert Tam using the FreeBMD database.
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Search the LDS Database for records about Albert Tam.
Research the Tam surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Tam Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 556 people with the Tam surname in the UK? Tam is now ranked number 3515 for popularity in the UK. |
Tam Family Tree 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.
Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Albert Tam.
Study MyTrees for information on the Tam family and people looking to contact living Tam relations.
Investigate One Great Family for Tam records submitted by people who are already researching the Tam Family Tree.
Find Albert Tam from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Tam 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.
Research the Tam surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Tam surname in the USA? Tam is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Tam Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Albert Tam. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Albert Tam
Albert Tam
Albert Tam (born 1972 in Hong Kong) is a Chinese-language Hong Kong science fiction writer who graduated from University of London and earned his MBA from University of Bradford. His notable works across genres earn him many awards in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China. He is best known for Humanoid Software series, which earned him the best saga novel of the 1st Xingyun (Nebula) Awards in China in 2010. He is living in Hong Kong.
His story debut is Illusion and Reality which won third prize in Sun Ya Literature award for Youth Adults and Children. He won first prize with Sunset People next Year. His Broken Pieces got a special recommendation by Professor Chang Shi-kuo in Youth Literary Science Fiction Award in 1993. His Free City Anxiety Disorders was shortlisted in Ni Kuang Science Fiction Award in 2007. His novels were also shortlisted for Comic Ritz Million Novel Award and BenQ Award. He has also obtained sponsorship from Taipei Literature Award.
His other notable novel includes Melody of the Night, which shortlisted in the Chiu Ko 30th anniversary Two-Million Novel Award (2008). Raster Murder Case was shortlisted in the best saga novel of the 6th Xingyun (nebula) Awards in China in 2015.
The Cat Whisperer is a fantasy series based on the history and culture of Tainan and was chosen by Taiwan Culture Ministry as one of the annual recommended titles of XMediaMatch From Book to Screen in 2018.
He is one of the featured writers of Hong Kong book fair in 2019.
Source: Albert Tam, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Tam
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