Researching Laura Linney
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 942 people with the Linney surname? In that year Linney was ranked number 2644 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Laura means "laurel" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Laura Linney on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Laura Linney 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 Laura Linney and the Linney Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Linney 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 Linney family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Laura Linney at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Laura Linney using the FreeBMD database.
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Search the LDS Database for records about Laura Linney.
Research the Linney surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Linney Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 1141 people with the Linney surname in the UK? Linney is now ranked number 2981 for popularity in the UK. |
Linney Family History Databases
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Check out One Great Family for Linney records submitted by people who are already researching the Linney Family Tree.
Find Laura Linney from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Linney Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Linney surname in the USA? Linney is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Linney Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Laura Linney. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Laura Linney
Laura Linney
Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is an American actress and singer. She is the recipient of several awards, including two Golden Globe Awards and four Primetime Emmy Awards, and has been nominated for three Academy Awards and five Tony Awards.
Linney made her Broadway debut in 1990 before going on to receive Tony Award nominations for the 2002 revival of The Crucible, the original Broadway productions of Sight Unseen (2004) and Time Stands Still (2010), and the 2017 revival of The Little Foxes. On television, she won her first Emmy Award for the television film Wild Iris (2001), and had subsequent wins for the sitcom Frasier (2003–04) and the miniseries John Adams (2008). From 2010 to 2013, she starred in the Showtime series The Big C, which won her a fourth Emmy in 2013, and in 2017 she began starring in the Netflix crime series Ozark.
Linney is also an established film actress. She made her film debut with a minor role in Lorenzo's Oil (1992) and went on to receive Academy Award nominations for the dramas You Can Count On Me (2000), Kinsey (2004), and The Savages (2007). Her other films include Primal Fear (1996), The Truman Show (1998), Mystic River and Love Actually (both 2003), The Squid and the Whale (2005), The Nanny Diaries (2007), Hyde Park on Hudson (2012), Mr. Holmes (2015), Sully and Nocturnal Animals (both 2016).
Source: Laura Linney, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Linney
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