Researching Ali Ahmed
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 10 people with the Ahmed surname? In that year Ahmed was ranked number 3569 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Ali means "exalted; Muhammad's son-in-law" and is of Arabic origin.
Records of Ali Ahmed on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Ali Ahmed 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
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Ahmed ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ali Ahmed and the Ahmed Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Ahmed 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 Ahmed family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Ali Ahmed at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Ali Ahmed using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out MyHeritage for Ali Ahmed information.
Study the LDS Database for records about Ali Ahmed.
Research the Ahmed surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Ahmed Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 28081 people with the Ahmed surname in the UK? Ahmed is now ranked number 175 for popularity in the UK. |
Ahmed Genealogy 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.
Look at the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Ali Ahmed.
Study MyTrees for information on the Ahmed family and people looking to contact living Ahmed relations.
Investigate One Great Family for Ahmed records submitted by people who are already researching the Ahmed Family Tree.
Find Ali Ahmed from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Ahmed 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 Ahmed surname using Genealogy.com forums .
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Ahmed surname in the USA? Ahmed is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Ahmed Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Ali Ahmed. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Ali Ahmed
Ali Abdullah Ahmed
Ali Abdullah Ahmed, also known as Salah Ahmed al-Salami (Arabic: علي عبدالله احمد) (August 1, 1979 – June 10, 2006), was a citizen of Yemen who died whilst being held as an enemy combatant in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba.His Guantanamo Internment Serial Number was 693. Joint Task Force Guantanamo counter-terror analysts estimated he was born in 1977, in Ibb, Yemen.
Ali Abdullah Ahmed died in custody on June 10, 2006. His death was announced by the Department of Defense as a suicide, on the same day that the deaths of two other detainees were said to be suicides. Their deaths received wide coverage in the media.
His younger brother, Muhammaed Yasir Ahmed Taher, also known as Yasir al-Simli, was also held in Guantanamo, until 2009. He was killed by a missile, launched from a drone, on March 2, 2017.
Source: Ali Abdullah Ahmed, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Ahmed
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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