Researching Gan Yong
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Records of Gan Yong on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Gan Yong in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Gan Yong and the Yong Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Yong 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 Yong family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Gan Yong at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Gan Yong using the FreeBMD database.
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Look at the LDS Database for records about Gan Yong.
Research the Yong surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Yong Military records.
Yong Family History 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.
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Yong 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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Miscellaneous Yong Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Gan Yong. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Gan Yong
Gan Kim Yong
Gan Kim Yong ( born 1959) is a Singaporean politician who has been serving as Minister for Trade and Industry since 2021. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he is a Member of the 14th Parliament and has been representing the Chua Chu Kang ward of Chua Chu Kang Group Representation Constituency (GRC) since 2011. Within the PAP, he is the Chairman of the party's Central Executive Committee. Gan was previously the Minister for Manpower (2008–2011) and Minister for Health (2011–2021). He is also a co-chair of the Multi-Ministerial Committee set up by the government in January 2020 to manage the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore.
Gan was a civil servant in the Ministries of Trade and Industry and Home Affairs. He left the civil service and joined NatSteel in 1989 and became NatSteel's President and Chief Executive Officer in 2005. Gan made his political debut in the 2001 general election when he contested as part of a five-member PAP team in Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC and his team won by an uncontested walkover. In subsequent elections, he contested in Chua Chu Kang Single Member Constituency (SMC) and later Chua Chu Kang GRC, and managed to retain his seat as a Member of Parliament representing the Chua Chu Kang ward.
Source: Gan Kim Yong, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Yong
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