Records of Ed Bois on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ed Bois and the Bois Family History

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Bois 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 Bois family tree.

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Bois Family Tree Databases

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Bois 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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Some Famous People called Ed Bois

Ed Du Bois III

Ed Du Bois III (born August 3, 1943) is an American private investigator based in Miami, Florida. DuBois is President of Investigators, Inc. Since 1968, he has been the National Football League's Security Representative in Miami.

His most infamous case is known as the Sun Gym gang murders, which are featured in Michael Bay's film Pain & Gain (2013). In the film, Du Bois is portrayed by actor Ed Harris, while his late wife, Carolyn "Sissy" Du Bois (1947–1999), is portrayed by actress Emily Rutherfurd.

A part-time singer, songwriter, and musician, Du Bois released the single "Pain and Gain – Retribution Song" on March 1, 2013. The song tells the story about Marc Schiller, the true-life victim of the Sun Gym gang. Schiller's character is fictionalized as Victor Kershaw in Paramount's film – Pain & Gain (2013) – portrayed by actor Tony Shalhoub. Ed Du Bois wrote the song and recorded it at Red Rock Studios in Miami, Florida.

Source: Ed Du Bois III, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Bois

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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