Researching Catherine Opie
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 817 people with the Opie surname? In that year Opie was ranked number 2766 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Catherine means "Pure" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Catherine Opie on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Catherine Opie and the Opie Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Opie 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 Opie family tree.
Search Parish Records for Catherine Opie at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Catherine Opie using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Catherine Opie.
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| Did you know that there are currently 608 people with the Opie surname in the UK? Opie is now ranked number 3466 for popularity in the UK. |
Opie Family History Databases
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Find Catherine Opie from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Opie Forums
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Miscellaneous Opie Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Catherine Opie. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Catherine Opie
Catherine Opie
Catherine Sue Opie (born 1961) is an American fine-art photographer and educator. She lives and works in West Adams, Los Angeles, as a professor of photography at University of California at Los Angeles.
Opie studies the connections between mainstream and infrequent society. By specializing in portraiture, studio and landscape photography, she is able to create pieces relating to sexual identity. Through photography, Opie, documents the relationship between the individual and the space inhabited.
She is known for her portraits exploring the Los Angeles leather-dyke community. Her work is held in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
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