Researching Said Shah
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1 people with the Shah surname? In that year Shah was ranked number 3578 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Said Shah on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Said Shah and the Shah Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Shah 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 Shah family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 21952 people with the Shah surname in the UK? Shah is now ranked number 244 for popularity in the UK. |
Shah Family History Databases
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Shah Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 18229 people with the Shah surname in the USA? Shah is ranked number 151 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Shah Databases
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Some Famous People called Said Shah
Said Shah
Said Ahmed Shah (28 April 1940 – 5 February 2021) was a Pakistani academic and cricket umpire. He stood in one Test match, Pakistan vs. West Indies, in 1984 and five ODI games between 1984 and 1997. He also stood in ninety-four first-class cricket and forty-seven List A cricket matches between 1972 and 2000.
He was educated at the Islamia College Peshawar between 1957 and 1963 where he did his masters in political science and history. He started his career as a lecturer in Charsaddah College before being transferred to Government College, Peshawar in 1980 where he retired as a professor of history twenty years later.
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