Researching Patrick Tay
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 166 people with the Tay surname? In that year Tay was ranked number 3413 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Patrick means "nobleman" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Patrick Tay on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Patrick Tay and the Tay Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Tay 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 Tay family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Patrick Tay at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Patrick Tay using the FreeBMD database.
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Search the LDS Database for records about Patrick Tay.
Research the Tay surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Tay Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 269 people with the Tay surname in the UK? Tay is now ranked number 3789 for popularity in the UK. |
Tay Family Tree Databases
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Check out the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Patrick Tay.
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Tay 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 3038 people with the Tay surname in the USA? Tay is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Tay Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Patrick Tay. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Patrick Tay
Patrick Tay
Patrick Tay Teck Guan ( born 1 December 1971) is a Singaporean politician. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP), he is a Member of the 14th Parliament and has been representing Pioneer Single Member Constituency (SMC) since 2020. He previously represented the Nee Soon East ward of Nee Soon Group Representation Constituency (GRC) from 2011 to 2015, and the Boon Lay ward of West Coast GRC from 2015 to 2020. A lawyer by profession, Tay has held positions in various trade unions in Singapore since 2002, and has been an assistant secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress since February 2014.
Source: Patrick Tay, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Tay
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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