Researching John Tang
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3 people with the Tang surname? In that year Tang was ranked number 3576 for popularity in the UK. |
The name John means "God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of John Tang on Ancestry
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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. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Tang 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 John Tang and the Tang Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Tang 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 Tang family tree.
Look at Parish Records for John Tang at Find My Past.
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| Did you know that there are currently 3194 people with the Tang surname in the UK? Tang is now ranked number 1735 for popularity in the UK. |
Tang Family Tree Databases
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Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for John Tang.
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Tang 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.
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| Did you know that there are currently 18229 people with the Tang surname in the USA? Tang is ranked number 151 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Tang Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on John Tang. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called John Tang
John Sing Tang
John Sing Tang (1913 – December 3, 1987) was a modernist architect from Arizona. He worked in the Phoenix metropolitan area, and designed many homes in the Arcadia area in the 1950s and 1960s. He was the first Chinese-American architect licensed in Arizona. He received his degree in architecture from Rice University in 1944. Though many of his commercial works have been demolished he is still highly regarded architect in Arizona. His Helsing's Coffee Shop and Melrose Bowling Alley designs of the late 1950s are considered exceptional examples of Googie Architecture (both now demolished). Tang died in 1987 at Saint Joseph's Hospital in Phoenix at the age of 74.
Source: John Sing Tang, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Tang
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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