Researching Eddie Lau
Dig into the past of Eddie Lau using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 14 people with the Lau surname? In that year Lau was ranked number 3565 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Eddie means "Form of EDWARD - guardian of prosperity" and is of English origin.
Records of Eddie Lau 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 Lau 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 Eddie Lau and the Lau Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Lau 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 Lau family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Eddie Lau at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Eddie Lau using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Eddie Lau.
Research the Lau surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Lau Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 3042 people with the Lau surname in the UK? Lau is now ranked number 1791 for popularity in the UK. |
Lau Family Tree Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
Investigate the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Eddie Lau.
Study MyTrees for information on the Lau family and people looking to contact living Lau relations.
Look at One Great Family for Lau records submitted by people who are already researching the Lau Family Tree.
Find Eddie Lau from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Lau 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 Lau surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 15191 people with the Lau surname in the USA? Lau is ranked number 152 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Lau Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Eddie Lau. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Eddie Lau
Eddie Lau
Eddie Lau Pui-Kei (born February 24, 1951) is a fashion designer in Hong Kong. Lau has worked in the fashion industry since 1962 until his retirement in 1999, but he has never left his profession up to now. He was at the peak of his career in the 1980s, when he designed haute couture and stage costumes for the celebrities, such as Eunice Lam(林燕妮), Bak Sheut-sin (白雪仙), Liza Wang (汪明荃), Michelle Yeoh (楊紫瓊), Anita Mui (梅艷芳). Lau was also employed to design uniforms for international brands – Cathay Pacific (1999, 2011), Cathay Dragon (2013) and gained much recognition. He is the first fashion designer whose works have become a focus of the Hong Kong Heritage Museum's collection In 2013, the Hong Kong Heritage Museum held an exhibition of Lau, named '他Fashion傳奇Eddie Lau‧她Image百變‧劉培基' and his autobiography Clair de Lune (《舉頭望明月．劉培基自傳》) was released in the same year.
Source: Eddie Lau, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Lau
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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