Researching Sarah Lee
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 48943 people with the Lee surname? In that year Lee was ranked number 60 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Sarah means "princess" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Sarah Lee on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Sarah Lee 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. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Lee 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 Sarah Lee and the Lee Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Lee 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 Lee family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Sarah Lee at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Sarah Lee using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records about Sarah Lee.
Research the Lee surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Lee Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 74722 people with the Lee surname in the UK? Lee is now ranked number 49 for popularity in the UK. |
Lee Family History 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.
Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Sarah Lee.
Study MyTrees for information on the Lee family and people looking to contact living Lee relations.
Search One Great Family for Lee records submitted by people who are already researching the Lee Family Tree.
Find Sarah Lee from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Lee 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.
Research the Lee surname using Genealogy.com forums .
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 668414 people with the Lee surname in the USA? Lee is ranked number 21 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Lee Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Sarah Lee. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Sarah Lee
Sarah Lee (reporter)
Sarah Choi Lee (born 1971) is a Korean American reporter for CNN. Prior to working at CNN, Lee was a reporter for WJLA-TV, an ABC affiliate in Washington, D.C. from 2003-2009. She appeared on NewsChannel 8, which is owned by the same company, Allbritton Communications.
Prior to her position at WJLA, she worked as a national correspondent for the Washington Bureau of NBC News and as a reporter for WRC-TV in Washington, DC.
She was named one of Korea's Future Leaders by the JoongAng Ilbo, one of Korea's "big three newspapers".
Source: Sarah Lee (reporter), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Lee
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