Researching Jon Lea
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5912 people with the Lea surname? In that year Lea was ranked number 721 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Jon means "form of JONATHAN - God has given" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Jon Lea on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Jon Lea and the Lea Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Lea 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 Lea family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 6827 people with the Lea surname in the UK? Lea is now ranked number 880 for popularity in the UK. |
Lea Family Tree Databases
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Lea 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 9115 people with the Lea surname in the USA? Lea is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Lea Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Jon Lea. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Jon Lea
Jon Arvid Lea
Jon Arvid Lea (born 9 September 1948) is a Norwegian civil servant.
He is a cand.polit. by education. He was a head of department in the Norwegian Ministry of Government Administration from 1994. In 1997 he was acting County Governor of Hedmark, and from 1999 to 2001 he was acting County Governor of Buskerud. After a year as director of secondary schools in Vestfold County Municipality, from 2002 to 2003, he was hired as the first director of the Norwegian Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning.
Source: Jon Arvid Lea, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Lea
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