Researching Omar Turk
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 750 people with the Turk surname? In that year Turk was ranked number 2831 for popularity in the UK. |
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The name Omar means "life" and is of Arabic origin.
Records of Omar Turk on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Omar Turk and the Turk Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Turk 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 Turk family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1008 people with the Turk surname in the UK? Turk is now ranked number 3095 for popularity in the UK. |
Turk Family Tree Databases
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Turk 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.
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| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Turk surname in the USA? Turk is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Turk Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Omar Turk. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Omar Turk
Omar El Turk
Omar El Turk (in Arabic عمر الترك) (born September 30, 1981 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a retired Lebanese Canadian basketball player and member of the Lebanon national basketball team.
Immigrating to Canada, he played with Montreal, Quebec's Dawson College Blues. A shooting guard, he signed with Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut of the Lebanese Basketball League and has competed with the team for the last five seasons, helping the team become one of the strongest Lebanese sides.
El Turk is also a long-time member of the Lebanon national basketball team. He has competed with the team at three Asian championships, helping the team to a silver medal at both the FIBA Asia Championship 2005 and FIBA Asia Championship 2007. He also competed at the 2006 FIBA World Championship for the Lebanese, who finished with a national-best 2-3 record at the tournament.
El Turk was born in Lebanon and his mother was a basketball player. He has two brothers (Ali) and (Ayman) both still living in Canada. Omar el Turk is married to Yasmin Khalil and they have one daughter (Lea) and a son (Sam).
Source: Omar El Turk, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Turk
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