Researching Gordon Laing
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6017 people with the Laing surname? In that year Laing was ranked number 701 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Gordon means "from the cornered hill" and is of English origin.
Records of Gordon Laing on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Gordon Laing and the Laing Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Laing 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 Laing family tree.
Search Parish Records for Gordon Laing at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Gordon Laing using the FreeBMD database.
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Search the LDS Database for records about Gordon Laing.
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| Did you know that there are currently 7496 people with the Laing surname in the UK? Laing is now ranked number 787 for popularity in the UK. |
Laing Family Tree Databases
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Laing Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Laing surname in the USA? Laing is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Laing Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Gordon Laing. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Gordon Laing
Gordon Jennings Laing
Gordon Jennings Laing (October 16, 1869 – September 1, 1945) was an American classical scholar, born in London, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from the University of Toronto in 1891, taught Latin and Greek at Whetham College, Vancouver, British Columbia (1892-1893), and at the University of Toronto (1893-1895). He took the degree of Ph.D. at Johns Hopkins University in 1896, after which he taught and served at Bryn Mawr (1897–99), Chicago (1899-1921), McGill (1921–23), and Chicago (1923–35). He was managing editor of the Classical Journal from 1905 to 1908, associate editor of Classical Philology after 1905, and general editor of the University of Chicago Press after 1908. His publications include Masterpieces in Latin Literature (Boston, 1903), an edition of Selections from Ovid (New York, 1905), and an edition of the Phormio of Terence (Chicago, 1908), as well as Survivals of Roman Religion (1931). The Gordon J. Laing Award from the University of Chicago Press is named in his honor.
Source: Gordon Jennings Laing, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Gordon Laing
Gordon Laing (born 1964) is a British classical bassoonist, contrabassoonist, and pedagogue. He studied bassoon at the Redbridge Music School. He later studied at the Royal College of Music with Geoffrey Gambold (bassoon) and John Burness (contra-bassoon), who were principals with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at the time. He was a member of the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 1995, and became Principal Contra-Bassoon with the Philharmonia Orchestra in 1997.
He is Professor of Basson at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama.
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