Researching Halimah Yacob
Investigate the background of Halimah Yacob using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
Records of Halimah Yacob on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Halimah Yacob in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. 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 Halimah Yacob. |
 |
Ancestry.com US records search results for Halimah Yacob. |
 |
Ancestry.co.uk UK records search results for Halimah Yacob. |
 |
Ancestry.ca Canadian records search results for Halimah Yacob. |
 |
Ancestry.com.au Australian records search results for Halimah Yacob. |
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. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Yacob 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 Yacob Tree?
Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Halimah Yacob and the Yacob Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Yacob 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 Yacob family tree.
Search Parish Records for Halimah Yacob at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Halimah Yacob using the FreeBMD database.
Explore Genealogy Bank for Halimah Yacob records.
Explore MyHeritage for Halimah Yacob information.
Look at the LDS Database for records about Halimah Yacob.
Research the Yacob surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Yacob Military records.
Yacob Family Tree 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.
Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Halimah Yacob.
Study MyTrees for information on the Yacob family and people looking to contact living Yacob relations.
Investigate One Great Family for Yacob records submitted by people who are already researching the Yacob Family Tree.
Find Halimah Yacob from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Yacob 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 Yacob surname using Genealogy.com forums .
Miscellaneous Yacob Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Halimah Yacob. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Halimah Yacob
Halimah Yacob
Halimah binti Yacob (born 23 August 1954) is a Singaporean politician. She is the incumbent president of Singapore since the 2017 Singapore presidential election.
Halimah won in an uncontested election, as no other presidential candidate was issued the Certificate of Eligibility. She is the first female president in the country's history.
Previously a member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), she was a Member of Parliament (MP) for Jurong GRC (situated from Bukit Batok East) from 2001 to 2015 and for Marsiling–Yew Tee GRC (constituency of Marsiling) from 2015 to 2017. She was sworn in the following day becoming the second Muslim president since Yusof Ishak in 1965. She was the 9th Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore from 2013 to 2017, which she resigned to participate in the 2017 Singapore presidential election.
Source: Halimah Yacob, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Yacob
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.
Yaakov Yakob Yakov Yashaev Yeskov Yooseef Yoosef Yoosuf Yoosufe Yousef Yukhov Yusufi
Comments
Looking for information on a Halimah Yacob in your family tree? Why not post a question here -