Researching Maria Tam
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 7 people with the Tam surname? In that year Tam was ranked number 3572 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Maria means "form of MARY -- bitter" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Maria Tam on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Maria Tam and the Tam Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Tam 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 Tam family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 556 people with the Tam surname in the UK? Tam is now ranked number 3515 for popularity in the UK. |
Tam Family History Databases
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Tam Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Tam surname in the USA? Tam is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Maria Tam. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Maria Tam
Maria Tam
Maria Tam Wai-chu ( born 2 November 1945) is a senior Hong Kong politician and lawyer. She is a member of the Committee for the Basic Law of the National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) since 1997 and the chairman of the Operations Review Committee of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) since 2015.
As a successful politician early on, Tam was a member of the four different levels of representative councils, Executive Council, Legislative Council, Urban Council and Central and Western District Board in colonial Hong Kong in the 1980s. She was also a member of the Hong Kong Basic Law Drafting Committee and took up various appointments from the Beijing government after she departed from the colonial government over the conflict of interest scandal in 1991.
Since 1997, she has become one of the most recognisable spokesmen and "most loyal mouthpieces" for the Beijing authorities on constitutional matters such as the interpretations of the Basic Law and constitutional reforms, in which she has always firmly stood and defended Beijing's controversial decisions.
Source: Maria Tam, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Tam
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