Researching Leung Lin
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 19 people with the Lin surname? In that year Lin was ranked number 3560 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Leung Lin on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Leung Lin and the Lin Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Lin 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 Lin family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 27344 people with the Lin surname in the USA? Lin is ranked number 148 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Leung Lin
Leung Chii Lin
Eileen Nicole Leung Chii Lin (born 11 February 1991) is a Malaysia retired competitive swimmer, who specialised in sprint freestyle events. She represented her nation Malaysia at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and has won a career total of three medals (two silver and one bronze) in an international competition, spanning two editions of the Southeast Asian Games (2007 and 2009).
Leung competed as a member of the Malaysian swimming squad in the women's 50 m freestyle at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Leading up to the Games, she smashed a national record and a FINA B-cut time of 26.18 seconds at the Malaysian Open Championships in Bukit Jalil. Leung rounded out the field in heat eight out of twelve to last place and forty-eighth overall with a 26.75, just 0.57 seconds off her entry standard. Besides that, Leung has also held the 4x 100m Freestyle Relay Malaysia national records of 3.51.40 seconds.
Leung successes have earned her Sabah Most Promising Sportswomen Award in 2005, and, Sabah Sport Women Award in 2008.
Source: Leung Chii Lin, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Lin
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