Researching Hong Lim
Dig into the past of Hong Lim using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 26 people with the Lim surname? In that year Lim was ranked number 3553 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Hong Lim on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Hong Lim 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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Ancestry.com.au Australian records search results for Hong Lim. |
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 Lim ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Hong Lim and the Lim Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Lim 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 Lim family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Hong Lim at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Hong Lim using the FreeBMD database.
Study Genealogy Bank for Hong Lim records.
Check out MyHeritage for Hong Lim information.
Look at the LDS Database for records about Hong Lim.
Research the Lim surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Lim Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 1446 people with the Lim surname in the UK? Lim is now ranked number 2729 for popularity in the UK. |
Lim Genealogy 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.
Study the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Hong Lim.
Study MyTrees for information on the Lim family and people looking to contact living Lim relations.
Check out One Great Family for Lim records submitted by people who are already researching the Lim Family Tree.
Find Hong Lim from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Lim 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 Lim surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 18229 people with the Lim surname in the USA? Lim is ranked number 151 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Lim Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Hong Lim. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Hong Lim
Hong Lim
Hong Lim ( born 11 November 1950) is an Australian politician. He was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2018, representing the seat of Clayton until 2014 and Clarinda thereafter. He represented the Labor Party.
Lim was born in Cambodia, and is of Chinese Cambodian origins. He was educated at schools in Phnom Penh before coming to Australia in 1970, and then at the University of Tasmania and Monash University, Melbourne, where he graduated in arts. He was Chairman of the Victorian Indo-Chinese Communities Council 1984–92 and President of the Cambodian Association of Victoria 1992–96. He was a commissioner of the Victorian Ethnic Affairs Commission 1985–92, and a member of the Monash University Council 1996–98.
Lim was elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1996, and was an appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Victorian Communities, John Thwaites, in 2002.
Source: Hong Lim, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Lim
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.
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