Researching Bernard Paul
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The name Bernard means "Brave bear" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Bernard Paul on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Bernard Paul and the Paul Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Paul 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 Paul family tree.
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Paul Family History Databases
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Some Famous People called Bernard Paul
Bernard Paul (director)
Bernard Paul (14 March 1930 – 6 December 1980) was a French film director and screenwriter.
He was the companion of the French actress Françoise Arnoul since 1964.
Worried by the problems of the proletarians, he realized in particular three social films: * 1969: Time to Live (Le Temps de vivre), starring Marina Vlady, Frédéric de Pasquale, Catherine Allégret* 1972: Handsome Face (Beau masque), starring Dominique Labourier, Luigi Diberti* 1977: Last Exit Before Roissy (Dernière sortie avant Roissy), starring Pierre Mondy, Sabine Haudepin, Françoise Arnoul
Time to Live was entered into the 6th Moscow International Film Festival.
Source: Bernard Paul (director), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaBernard Paul (boxer)
Bernard "Punching Postman" Paul (born October 22, 1965) is a Mauritian/British professional light welter/welter/light middleweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s who won the British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) Southern (England) Area light welterweight title, and Commonwealth light welterweight title, and was a challenger for the World Boxing Organization (WBO) Inter-Continental light welterweight title against Jon Thaxton, British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) British light welterweight title against Mark Winters, and World Boxing Organization (WBO) Inter-Continental light welterweight title against Ricky Hatton, his professional fighting weight varied from, i.e. light welterweight to, i.e. light middleweight.
Source: Bernard Paul (boxer), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Paul
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