Researching Orlando Lima
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 15 people with the Lima surname? In that year Lima was ranked number 3564 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Orlando means "Land of Gold" and is of German origin.
Records of Orlando Lima on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Orlando Lima in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. 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 Lima 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 Orlando Lima and the Lima Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Lima 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 Lima family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Orlando Lima at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Orlando Lima using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Orlando Lima.
Research the Lima surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Lima Military records.
Lima Family Tree 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.
Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Orlando Lima.
Study MyTrees for information on the Lima family and people looking to contact living Lima relations.
Check out One Great Family for Lima records submitted by people who are already researching the Lima Family Tree.
Find Orlando Lima from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Lima 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 Lima surname in the USA? Lima is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Lima Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Orlando Lima. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Orlando Lima
Orlando Sardi de Lima
Orlando Sardi de Lima (born 15 August 1950) is the current Ambassador of Colombia to Spain with dual accreditation to the Colombian missions in Andorra, Algeria and Morocco. An agricultural engineer from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, Sardi has also served as President of Proexport from 1998 to 2000, and has been in the directives of various private and public firms including Winchester Oil & Gas, Comagro, Banco Ganadero S.A, Bancóldex, and the Colombian Institute of Agricultural Marketing (Idema), he also worked in the presidential campaigns of Andrés Pastrana Arango, and Juan Manuel Santos.
Source: Orlando Sardi de Lima, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Lima
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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