Researching Lawrence Hott
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 31 people with the Hott surname? In that year Hott was ranked number 3548 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Lawrence means "Laurel-Crowned" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Lawrence Hott on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Lawrence Hott and the Hott Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Hott 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 Hott family tree.
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Hott Family Tree Databases
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Hott Forums
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Hott surname in the USA? Hott is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Hott Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Lawrence Hott. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Lawrence Hott
Lawrence Hott
Lawrence "Larry" Hott is an American academic and documentary filmmaker.
Hott is a co-founding partner of Florentine Films, joining Ken Burns, Roger Sherman and Buddy Squires in documentary production in 1978. He has produced and directed documentary films for PBS, the Library of American Landscape History, the American Antiquarian Society and others. He has twice been nominated for an Academy Award,received a Peabody Award, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, and five blue ribbons from the American Film Festival. Hott has taught courses in the University Without Walls program of the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Hott is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Hott has been a Fulbright Program Fellow in both Vietnam and Great Britain.
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