Researching Nicholas Heath
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The name Nicholas means "Victory of the People" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Nicholas Heath on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Nicholas Heath and the Heath Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Heath 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 Heath family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Nicholas Heath at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Nicholas Heath using the FreeBMD database.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 19197 people with the Heath surname in the UK? Heath is now ranked number 282 for popularity in the UK. |
Heath Genealogy Databases
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Heath Forums
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Miscellaneous Heath Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Nicholas Heath. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Nicholas Heath
Nicholas Heath (director)
Nicholas Heath (born 21 December 1959) is a British opera director.
Heath was born in London. His father, cellist Kenneth Heath, helped found the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields chamber orchestra.
Having trained as a potter at Middlesex Polytechnic Nicholas Heath embarked on a career in singing. What started at the Montepulciano Arts Festival in Italy led eventually to a full-time contract at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in 1993.
He formed Opera a la Carte in 1993 and started directing for the company in 1995. He has directed music theatre to grand opera, working with many talented singers on their way to international careers. In 2002 he was awarded 5 stars for his Tango Barber of Seville by The Times and in 2004 directed the première of Call Me Ishmael based on Melville’s Moby Dick in Amsterdam.
Since 2004 he has regularly lectured in Opera Studies at Birkbeck, University of London. He left the Royal Opera House in 2006 to work with homeless people in a project run by Streetwise Opera and to devote more time to Opera à la Carte.
In 2007 he participated in the Clore Cultural LeadershipProgramme and designed and ran a masterclass at the Bermuda Festival.
Source: Nicholas Heath (director), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Heath
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