Researching Aubrey Singer
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1204 people with the Singer surname? In that year Singer was ranked number 2409 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Aubrey means "Blond king" and is of French origin.
Records of Aubrey Singer on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Aubrey Singer 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 Aubrey Singer and the Singer Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Singer 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 Singer family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 2001 people with the Singer surname in the UK? Singer is now ranked number 2348 for popularity in the UK. |
Singer Genealogy Databases
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Singer Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 24306 people with the Singer surname in the USA? Singer is ranked number 149 for popularity in the USA. |
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Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Aubrey Singer. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Aubrey Singer
Aubrey Edward Singer CBE (21 January 1927 – 26 May 2007) was a British broadcasting executive who spent most of his career at the BBC. He has been described as "the greatest director general that the BBC never had".
Singer was born in Bradford, England, left school aged 17 to train as a film editor, and joined the BBC in 1949. He was head of the Features Group which included Science & Features, Arts Features, and General Features. This group largely made documentary programmes. Singer took the lead in finding international funding for very ambitious co-productions, leading to the so-called 'Science Spectaculars' written by Nigel Calder, and then the 13-part "personal view" series such as Civilisation (1969) and The Ascent of Man (1973).He was also largely responsible for the historic 1967 Our World global satellite broadcast, which featured The Beatles.
Singer was the controller of BBC2 from 1974 until 1978, who replaced Robin Scott and was replaced himself by Brian Wenham. He spoke to the Oxford University Broadcasting Society in 1975.
From 1978 Singer was managing director of BBC Radio and from 1982 he was managing director of BBC Television. He was appointed a CBE in 1984. After early retirement from the BBC, he established White City Films where he was managing director until 1996.
Singer married Cynthia Adams in 1949 and they had two children.
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