Researching Catherine Lim
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 26 people with the Lim surname? In that year Lim was ranked number 3553 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Catherine means "Pure" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Catherine Lim on Ancestry
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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. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Lim 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 Catherine Lim and the Lim Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Lim 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 Lim family tree.
Search Parish Records for Catherine Lim at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Catherine Lim using the FreeBMD database.
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Research the Lim surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Lim Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 1446 people with the Lim surname in the UK? Lim is now ranked number 2729 for popularity in the UK. |
Lim Family Tree Databases
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Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Catherine Lim.
Study MyTrees for information on the Lim family and people looking to contact living Lim relations.
Search One Great Family for Lim records submitted by people who are already researching the Lim Family Tree.
Find Catherine Lim from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Lim 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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| Did you know that there are currently 18229 people with the Lim surname in the USA? Lim is ranked number 151 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Lim Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Catherine Lim. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Catherine Lim
Catherine Lim
Catherine Lim Poh Imm (, born 21 March 1942) is a Singaporean fiction author known for writing about Singapore society and of themes of traditional Chinese culture. Hailed as the "doyenne of Singapore writers", Lim has published nine collections of short stories, five novels, two poetry collections, and numerous political commentaries to date. Her social commentary in 1994, titled The PAP and the people - A Great Affective Divide and published in The Straits Times, criticised the ruling political party's agendas.
Source: Catherine Lim, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Lim
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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