Researching Lane Smith
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 422845 people with the Smith surname? In that year Smith was ranked number 1 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Lane means "from the narrow road" and is of English origin.
Records of Lane Smith 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. 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 Smith 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 Lane Smith and the Smith Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Smith 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 Smith family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Lane Smith at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Lane Smith using the FreeBMD database.
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Research the Smith surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Smith Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 514897 people with the Smith surname in the UK? Smith is now ranked number 1 for popularity in the UK. |
Smith Family Tree Databases
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Check out the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Lane Smith.
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Look at One Great Family for Smith records submitted by people who are already researching the Smith Family Tree.
Find Lane Smith from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Smith 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 3056476 people with the Smith surname in the USA? Smith is ranked number 1 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Smith Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Lane Smith. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Lane Smith
Lane Smith
Walter Lane Smith III (April 29, 1936 – June 13, 2005) was an American actor. His well-known roles included newspaper editor Perry White in the ABC series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, collaborator entrepreneur Nathan Bates in the NBC television series V, Mayor Bates in the film Red Dawn, Coach Jack Reilly in The Mighty Ducks, district attorney Jim Trotter III in My Cousin Vinny and U.S. President Richard Nixon in The Final Days, for which he received a Golden Globe award nomination.
Source: Lane Smith, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Smith
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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