Researching Eric Van
Explore the detail of Eric Van using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 74 people with the Van surname? In that year Van was ranked number 3505 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Eric means "ever-powerful" and is of Scandinavian origin.
Records of Eric Van on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Eric Van in your family tree. With over 30 billion records and 100 million family trees to search, Ancestry is one of the key websites to visit to help you trace your family tree back in time. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
| Country Collection | |
|---|---|
 |
Ancestry.com Global records search results for Eric Van. |
 |
Ancestry.com US records search results for Eric Van. |
|
Ancestry.co.uk UK records search results for Eric Van. |
 |
Ancestry.ca Canadian records search results for Eric Van. |
 |
Ancestry.com.au Australian records search results for Eric Van. |
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. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Van ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
Have you reached a brick wall in your Van Tree?
Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Eric Van and the Van Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Van 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 Van family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Eric Van at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Eric Van using the FreeBMD database.
Investigate Genealogy Bank for Eric Van records.
Look at MyHeritage for Eric Van information.
Explore the LDS Database for records about Eric Van.
Research the Van surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Van Military records.
Van Genealogy 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.
Look at the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Eric Van.
Study MyTrees for information on the Van family and people looking to contact living Van relations.
Look at One Great Family for Van records submitted by people who are already researching the Van Family Tree.
Find Eric Van from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Van 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 Van surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Van surname in the USA? Van is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Van Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Eric Van. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Eric Van
Eric Le Van
Eric Le Van (born June 14, 1964) is an American classical pianist particularly known for his interpretations of the music of Brahms and Scriabin. He is also an archivist of unusual repertoire. He has been guest soloist and recitalist in major festivals and venues in the United States and in Europe, notably the Weimar Franz Liszt Festival and the Beethovenfest in Bonn, the Fetes Romantiques de Nohant Festival in France, as well as the Kennedy Center and the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.
Early on he entered the class of Earle C. Voorhies, whose own professor was Alexander Siloti, one of Liszt's pupils, and a cousin and teacher of Rachmaninov. After graduating from the University of Southern California, he moved to Europe in 1986 where he became a protege of Rudolf Buchbinder at the Musik-Akademie in Basel, Switzerland. In Basel, he studied chamber music with Walter Levin, founder and first violinist of the LaSalle Quartet, and pianist Gérard Wyss. Later, he was a Fulbright scholar in the class of Karl-Heinz Kammerling at the Hochschule für Musik in Hannover, Germany, and pursued doctoral studies at La Sorbonne in Paris.
In chamber music, his partners include Michaela Paetsch, and Axel Strauss.
He was artistic director of the Franz Liszt Festival in Alsace, France from 1997 to 2003. He now lives in the Los Angeles area with his family.
Source: Eric Le Van, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Van
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.
Vaan Vaen Vain Van_wye Vana Vane Vaney Vanhee Vanhouwe Vanhoy Vann Vanna Vannah Vanne Vanni Vannoy Vanwey Vanwie Vanwye Vany Vanyo Vaugham Vaughan Vaughen Vaughn Vaun Vaune Vayne Veen Ven Vene Veney Venia Venn Venne Venney Vennie Venny Venoy Veon Vian Viana Vieham Vien Vienneau Vigne Vigneau Vina Vinau Vine Viney Vinney Vinoy Von Von_au Vown Vyney Vynhaghe Vynie
Comments
Looking for information on a Eric Van in your family tree? Why not post a question here -