Researching Fritz Nilsen
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 39 people with the Nilsen surname? In that year Nilsen was ranked number 3540 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Fritz means "Contraction of FREDERICK - peace" and is of German origin.
Records of Fritz Nilsen on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Fritz Nilsen and the Nilsen Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Nilsen 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 Nilsen family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 201 people with the Nilsen surname in the UK? Nilsen is now ranked number 3853 for popularity in the UK. |
Nilsen Family Tree Databases
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Nilsen Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Nilsen surname in the USA? Nilsen is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Nilsen Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Fritz Nilsen. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Fritz Nilsen
Fritz Nilsen
Fritz Nilsen (22 July 1939 – 30 November 2000) was a Norwegian journalist.
He was born in Sandnessjøen, and studied literature at the University of Oslo and the University of Bergen. He was hired in the 1960s as a secretary for the Socialist People's Party parliamentary group. He then worked in the Norwegian News Agency, and in 1971 he was hired in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. He was their correspondent in East Asia, stationed in Singapore from 1979 to 1983. He worked two years in Norway before becoming correspondent in Beijing. He reported from the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. He was later the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's Middle East correspondent from 1994 to 1999. The headquarters were in Cairo and Amman.
At home in Norway, Nilsen also chaired the local trade union branch. He wrote several books, mostly about topics he had researched as a foreign correspondent, but also about socialist politics in Norway. His last book, the travel guide Jerusalem, was released posthumously in 2001. He resided in Nesodden and died in November 2000. Before his death he was considered for the Socialist Left Party ballot in the 2001 Norwegian parliamentary election.
Source: Fritz Nilsen, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Nilsen
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