Records of Alfred Moir on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Alfred 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.

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Moir Family History Databases

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Moir Forums

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Some Famous People called Alfred Moir

Alfred Moir

Alfred Moir (14 April 1924—13 November 2010) was an art historian, collector and author of numerous books on baroque art.

Moir (pronounced 'Moi-er') was the son of William Wilmerding Moir and Blanche Kummer. Between 1943 and 1946, he served in the U.S. Army, turning down an officer's commission to retire as Master Sergeant.

In 1948, Moir obtained his bachelor’s from Harvard, followed, in 1949, by an M.A. After being granted a Ph.D. by Harvard University in 1953, Moir taught at Newcomb–Tulane College, New Orleans. He joined the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1963, from where he retired emeritus in 1991.

Source: Alfred Moir, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Moir

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.

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