Researching Paul Hait
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 44 people with the Hait surname? In that year Hait was ranked number 3535 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Paul means "small" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Paul Hait on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Paul Hait 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 Hait 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 Paul Hait and the Hait Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Hait 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 below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. 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 Hait family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Paul Hait at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Paul Hait using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out MyHeritage for Paul Hait information.
Investigate the LDS Database for records about Paul Hait.
Research the Hait surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Hait Military records.
Hait 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.
Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Paul Hait.
Study MyTrees for information on the Hait family and people looking to contact living Hait relations.
Study One Great Family for Hait records submitted by people who are already researching the Hait Family Tree.
Find Paul Hait from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Hait 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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Miscellaneous Hait Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Paul Hait. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Paul Hait
Paul Hait
Paul William Hait (born May 25, 1940) is an American former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist who is an Olympic champion and former world record-holder.
Hait won a gold medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where he swam in the preliminary heats (with Steve Clark, Bob Bennett and Dave Gillanders) and in the final (with Frank McKinney, Lance Larson and Jeff Farrell), breaking the world record in both the heats and the finals. Individually, he finished eighth in the men's 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:41.4.
Source: Paul Hait, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Hait
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