Researching Michael Landau
Dig into the past of Michael Landau using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 28 people with the Landau surname? In that year Landau was ranked number 3551 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Michael Landau on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Michael Landau 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
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Landau ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Michael Landau and the Landau Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Landau 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 Landau family tree.
Study Parish Records for Michael Landau at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Michael Landau using the FreeBMD database.
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Look at MyHeritage for Michael Landau information.
Look at the LDS Database for records about Michael Landau.
Research the Landau surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Landau Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 391 people with the Landau surname in the UK? Landau is now ranked number 3673 for popularity in the UK. |
Landau Genealogy Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
Look at the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Michael Landau.
Study MyTrees for information on the Landau family and people looking to contact living Landau relations.
Look at One Great Family for Landau records submitted by people who are already researching the Landau Family Tree.
Find Michael Landau from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Landau Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
Research the Landau surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Landau surname in the USA? Landau is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Landau Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Michael Landau. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Michael Landau
Michael Landau
Michael Landau (born June 1, 1958) is an American musician, audio engineer, and record producer. He is a session musician and guitarist who has played on many albums since the early 1980s with Boz Scaggs, Minoru Niihara, Joni Mitchell, Rod Stewart, Seal, Michael Jackson, James Taylor, Helen Watson, Luis Miguel, Richard Marx, Steve Perry, Pink Floyd, Phil Collins on Two Hearts and Loco in Acapulco, Roger Daltrey, Stevie Nicks, Glenn Frey, Eros Ramazzotti, Whitney Houston, and Miles Davis. Landau, along with fellow session guitarists Dean Parks, Steve Lukather, Michael Thompson and Dann Huff, played on many of the major label releases recorded in Los Angeles from the 1980s–1990s. He has released music with several record labels, including Ulftone Music and Tone Center Records, a member of Shrapnel Label Group.
In addition to his session work, Landau has led several bands, including Raging Honkies and Burning Water. In the early 1980s, he was also in the band Maxus with Robbie Buchanan, Mark Leonard, Jay Gruska, and Doane Perry.
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