Records of Samuel Lane on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Samuel Lane in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Samuel Lane and the Lane Family History

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Lane 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 Lane family tree.

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ukDid you know that there are currently 26207 people with the Lane surname in the UK? Lane is now ranked number 193 for popularity in the UK.

Lane Genealogy 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.

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Lane 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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ukDid you know that there are currently 164065 people with the Lane surname in the USA? Lane is ranked number 103 for popularity in the USA.

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Some Famous People called Samuel Lane

Samuel Johnathan Lane

Samuel Johnathan Lane (1830 – January 28, 1891) was an English-born barrister and political figure in Ontario, Canada. He represented Grey North in the House of Commons of Canada from 1878 to 1882 as a Liberal-Conservative member.

Lane served as a member of the council for Grey County in 1874 and from 1865 to 1872, serving as county warden from 1868 to 1870 and in 1872. He also served as reeve and mayor for Owen Sound. Lane was an unsuccessful candidate in Grey North in the 1874 federal election, losing to George Snider. He defeated Snider in the next general election held in 1878. Lane was defeated by Benjamin Allen when he ran for reelection in 1882. He was named junior judge for the county in 1885 and senior judge in 1889.

Source: Samuel Johnathan Lane, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Lane

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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