Researching Gerald Shapiro
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8 people with the Shapiro surname? In that year Shapiro was ranked number 3571 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Gerald means "Spear Warrior" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Gerald Shapiro on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Gerald Shapiro and the Shapiro Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Shapiro 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 Shapiro family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 395 people with the Shapiro surname in the UK? Shapiro is now ranked number 3669 for popularity in the UK. |
Shapiro Family Tree Databases
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Shapiro Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 21268 people with the Shapiro surname in the USA? Shapiro is ranked number 150 for popularity in the USA. |
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Gerald Shapiro. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Gerald Shapiro
Gerald Shapiro (composer)
Gerald M. Shapiro (born 1942 in Philadelphia) is an American composer of acoustic and electronic music.
Shapiro studied first at the Eastman School of Music, where he received a Bachelor of Music degree with distinction in 1964. He then did graduate work at Mills College, where he received an M.A. in 1967, the University of California, Davis, the San Francisco Tape Music Center, and in Paris at the Conservatoire Nationale de Musique and the École Normale Supérieure de Musique. His principal composition teachers were Darius Milhaud, Morton Subotnick, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Olivier Messiaen, and Nadia Boulanger. Since 1967 he has taught at Brown University, where he is currently Professor of Music. His compositions have been performed throughout the United States and Europe, and are recorded on the Naxos and Neuma labels.
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