Researching Leighton 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. |
Records of Leighton Smith on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Leighton Smith and the Smith Genealogy
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.
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| 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 Genealogy Databases
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Smith Forums
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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
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Leighton Smith. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Leighton Smith
Leighton Smith (radio host)
Leighton Smith (born 13 December 1946) is an Australian-born award-winning talkback radio host based in Auckland, New Zealand. Until December 2018, he presented the 8:30 am to midday slot from Monday to Friday on commercial talk radio network Newstalk ZB.
Smith started his broadcasting career on Sydney's SCH as a "junior disco jockey". He moved to New Zealand for a one-year stint with 2ZB in Wellington in 1980, but stayed for five years. After a brief stint on a radio in Adelaide, Smith returned to Auckland in 1985, presenting on 1ZB, soon renamed Newstalk ZB. He remained in the 8:30am to midday timeslot until his retirement in 2018.
Smith won Best Talk Back Host or Hosts - All Markets at the 2013 New Zealand Radio Awards. In October 2018 he was presented with a Scroll of Honour from the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand for his contribution to New Zealand entertainment.
In a 2007 interview with libertarian magazine the Free Radical, he described himself as somewhat libertarian. He released his book Beyond the Microphone at the end of 2013.
He used to own the Clevedon Hills vineyard, near Auckland.
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