Researching Big Ed
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Records of Big Ed on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Big Ed and the Ed Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Ed 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 Ed family tree.
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Ed Family History Databases
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Ed Forums
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Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Big Ed. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Big Ed
Big Ed (rapper)
Edward Lee Knight (November 2, 1971 – July 8, 2001), best known by his stage name Big Ed the Assassin, often shortened to Big Ed, was an American rapper.
Knight was signed to Master P's No Limit Records in 1992, and appeared on numerous No Limit releases during the 1990s, contributing to releases by Master P, C-Murder, Mac, Soulja Slim and more. Knight later released his debut album, The Assassin through No Limit Records in 1998. Knight would go on to leave No Limit in 2000, starting his own label, Special Forces Records. Knight released his second album, Special Forces, through the label on May 9, 2000. Knights third and final album, Edward Lee Knight 1971-2001, was released posthumously in August 2002.
Source: Big Ed (rapper), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Ed
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