Researching Carol Braun
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 196 people with the Braun surname? In that year Braun was ranked number 3383 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Carol means "Joyous song" and is of French origin.
Records of Carol Braun on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Carol Braun and the Braun Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Braun 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 Braun family tree.
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Braun Family History Databases
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Braun Forums
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Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Carol Braun. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Carol Braun
Carol Moseley Braun
Carol Elizabeth Moseley Braun, also sometimes Moseley-Braun (born August 16, 1947), is an American diplomat, politician, and lawyer who represented Illinois in the United States Senate from 1993 to 1999. Prior to her Senate tenure, Moseley Braun was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 1979 to 1988 and served as Cook County Recorder of Deeds from 1988 to 1992. She was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992 after defeating Senator Alan Dixon in a Democratic primary. Moseley Braun served one term in the Senate and was defeated by Republican Peter Fitzgerald in 1998.
Following her Senate tenure, Moseley Braun served as the United States Ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa from 1999 to 2001. She was a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2004 U.S. presidential election; she withdrew from the race prior to the Iowa caucuses. In November 2010, Moseley Braun began a campaign for mayor of Chicago to replace retiring incumbent Richard M. Daley. She placed fourth in a field of six candidates, losing the February 2011 election to Rahm Emanuel.
Moseley Braun was the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Senate, the first African-American U.S. Senator from the Democratic Party, the first woman to defeat an incumbent U.S. Senator in an election, and the first female U.S. Senator from Illinois.
Source: Carol Moseley Braun, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Braun
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