Researching Desmond Koh
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The name Desmond means "Man of the world" and is of Celtic origin.
Records of Desmond Koh on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Desmond Koh and the Koh Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Koh 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 Koh family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Desmond Koh at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Desmond Koh using the FreeBMD database.
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Look at the LDS Database for records about Desmond Koh.
Research the Koh surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Koh Military records.
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Koh Family Tree Databases
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Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Desmond Koh.
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Investigate One Great Family for Koh records submitted by people who are already researching the Koh Family Tree.
Find Desmond Koh from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Koh 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.
Research the Koh surname using Genealogy.com forums .
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Miscellaneous Koh Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Desmond Koh. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Desmond Koh
Desmond Koh
Desmond Koh Mun Kit (born 19 May 1973) is a former competitive swimmer from Singapore and represented the nation in numerous international competitions over a period of more than 10 years including 5 years as National Captain. Desmond represented the Republic in three Olympics (1988, 1992, 1996), three Asian Games (1990, 1994, 1998), one Commonwealth Games (1998), one World Championships (1991) and five Southeast Asian Games (1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1995). His younger brother, Gerald, also represented Singapore at the Olympics. Some of Koh's national swimming records stood for almost 20 years.
Desmond is the Managing Director at an international private bank and his team serves private families and family offices in Southeast Asia. Desmond leads a sustainability taskforce at the bank and runs "ConsciousCircle", a community of asset and wealth owners.
He conducts meditation sessions, mindful life coaching, and speaks on "Mind and The Human Potential."
He sits on Boards of several non-profit entities in Singapore and USA, focused education and health.
Source: Desmond Koh, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Koh
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