Researching Peter Nguyen
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The name Peter means "A Rock" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Peter Nguyen on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Peter Nguyen and the Nguyen Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Nguyen 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 Nguyen family tree.
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Nguyen Family History Databases
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Nguyen Forums
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Peter Nguyen. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Peter Nguyen
Peter Nguyen (judge)
Peter Van Tu Nguyen (, ; 1 October 1943 – 16 June 2020), was a judge and Queen's Counsel from Hong Kong.
Nguyen was born in Vietnam and moved to Hong Kong in 1948.
He served as the Crown Prosecutor of Hong Kong between 1994 and 1997, and was the first Director of Public Prosecution of Asian descent in the territory. He went on to serve as a judge in the Court of First Instance of the territory's High Court in 1997 until retirement in 2008. In 1999, he served as the presiding judge in the Hello Kitty murder case.
He was succeeded by Grenville Cross as the Crown Prosecutor.
He later served as a member of Torture Claims Appeal Board.
Nguyen died at home on 16 June 2020.
Source: Peter Nguyen (judge), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Nguyen
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