Researching Joan Clos
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1 people with the Clos surname? In that year Clos was ranked number 3578 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Joan means "God's gracious gift" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Joan Clos on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Joan Clos and the Clos Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Clos 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 Clos family tree.
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Clos Family History Databases
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Clos Forums
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Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Joan Clos. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Joan Clos
Joan Clos
Joan Clos i Matheu, GCIH ( born 29 June 1949) is a Spanish politician who was mayor of Barcelona, Spain from September 1997 to September 2006. He took over from Pasqual Maragall in 1997. In 1999 he was elected to a four-year term, and was then re-elected in the municipal elections of 25 May 2003. In September 2006, he left Barcelona Town Hall, after nine years of office, as he was appointed Minister of Industry, Tourism and Trade by Spanish Prime Minister José Luis RodrÃguez Zapatero. After a stint as the Spanish Ambassador in Turkey and Azerbaijan, in 2010 he was appointed as Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, (UN-HABITAT), and Under Secretary General of the United Nations. Joan Clos is also president of the Spanish Chapter of The International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI).
Source: Joan Clos, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Clos
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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