Researching Kem Ley
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1308 people with the Ley surname? In that year Ley was ranked number 2321 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Kem Ley on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Kem Ley 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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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Kem Ley and the Ley Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Ley 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 Ley family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1723 people with the Ley surname in the UK? Ley is now ranked number 2527 for popularity in the UK. |
Ley Genealogy Databases
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Ley Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Ley surname in the USA? Ley is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Ley Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Kem Ley. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Kem Ley
Kem Ley
Kem Ley ( 19 October 1970 – 10 July 2016) was a Cambodian activist, physician, and political commentator. He was known for his political commentary, including trenchant criticisms of the current government led by Cambodian People's Party (CPP). This made him popular with many Cambodian people and the opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party. He was assassinated in what has been claimed to have been a politically motivated attack on 10 July 2016 at a petrol station in Phnom Penh. He is the third notable activist to be killed in recent years, after union leader Chea Vichea in 2004, and environmental activist Chut Wutty in 2012.
Source: Kem Ley, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Ley
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