Researching Alfred Law
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 13547 people with the Law surname? In that year Law was ranked number 291 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Alfred means "Counselor" and is of Anglo-Saxon origin.
Records of Alfred Law on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Alfred Law and the Law Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Law 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 Law family tree.
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Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Alfred Law using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 16700 people with the Law surname in the UK? Law is now ranked number 328 for popularity in the UK. |
Law Genealogy Databases
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Law Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 33421 people with the Law surname in the USA? Law is ranked number 146 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Law Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Alfred Law. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Alfred Law
Alfred Law
Sir Alfred Joseph Law (31 May 1860 – 18 July 1939) was a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom.
Born in West Bromwich, he was elected at the 1918 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Rochdale constituency in Lancashire, but was defeated at the 1922 general election.
He was returned to the House of Commons at the 1929 general election for the High Peak constituency in Derbyshire, and held the seat until his death in Littleborough 1939, aged 79.
In 1921 Law donated the trophy for a rugby league match between Oldham and Rochdale. It was originally known as the Infirmaries Cup and later renamed as the Law Cup.
Sir Alfred was the owner of the poet Robert Burns's First Commonplace Book 1783-1785 manuscript volume that he had inherited from William Law of Honresfield, Lancashire, his uncle. The poet's second commonplace book, the Edinburgh Journal is held by the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway, South Ayrshire.
Source: Alfred Law, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Law
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