Researching Samantha Lam
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 31 people with the Lam surname? In that year Lam was ranked number 3548 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Samantha means "listener" and is of Not available or unknown origin.
Records of Samantha Lam on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Samantha Lam and the Lam Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 3026 people with the Lam surname in the UK? Lam is now ranked number 1799 for popularity in the UK. |
Lam Family History Databases
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Lam Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 30382 people with the Lam surname in the USA? Lam is ranked number 147 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Lam Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Samantha Lam. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Samantha Lam
Samantha Lam (singer)
Samantha Lam Chi-mei (, 9 April 1963) is a Hong Kong singer and songwriter. In 1982, the television station RTHK awarded one of her songs, "Feelings of a Passage", later heard from her 1983 self-titled debut album, as one of top ten gold songs of 1981–82.In 1983, Lam sang a radio hit Cantonese rendition of the well-known Mandarin song "Into Your Eyes", originally sung in 1981 by Tsai Chin, for her debut album.In 1984–85, another of her songs, "ngau yu", a theme song for the 1984 film A Certain Romance, was awarded as one of top ten gold songs of 1983–84 by RTHK, the seventh place of the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards by another station TVB, and the Hong Kong Film Award for the Best Movie Song of 1984.Lam sang also "ouyu", a Mandarin version of "ngau yu", for the titled 1984 album. Since then, later singers have rendered both versions of "ngau yu" (sometimes with slightly different lyrics), like Sammi Cheng and Zhou Xun.
Source: Samantha Lam (singer), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Lam
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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