Researching Bruno Nicolai
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4 people with the Nicolai surname? In that year Nicolai was ranked number 3575 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Bruno means "Brown" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Bruno Nicolai on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Bruno Nicolai 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 Nicolai 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 Bruno Nicolai and the Nicolai Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Nicolai 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 Nicolai family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Bruno Nicolai at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Bruno Nicolai using the FreeBMD database.
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Research the Nicolai surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Nicolai Military records.
Nicolai Genealogy Databases
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Nicolai 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.
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Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Bruno Nicolai. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Bruno Nicolai
Bruno Nicolai
Bruno Nicolai (20 May 1926 in Rome – 16 August 1991 in Rome) was an Italian film music composer, orchestra director and musical editor most active in the 1960s through the 1980s.
While studying piano and composition at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome, he befriended Ennio Morricone and formed a long working relationship, with Nicolai eventually conducting for and co-scoring films with Morricone. Nicolai also scored a number of giallo exploitation films and wrote many scores for director Jesús Franco.
His work was featured in the Quentin Tarantino films Kill Bill: Volume 2 and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
Source: Bruno Nicolai, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Nicolai
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