Researching Shelley Looney
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 474 people with the Looney surname? In that year Looney was ranked number 3105 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Shelley means "Who is like God?" and is of French origin.
Records of Shelley Looney on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Shelley Looney and the Looney Family History
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Study Parish Records for Shelley Looney at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Shelley Looney using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Shelley Looney.
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| Did you know that there are currently 296 people with the Looney surname in the UK? Looney is now ranked number 3764 for popularity in the UK. |
Looney Family Tree Databases
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Looney Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 21268 people with the Looney surname in the USA? Looney is ranked number 150 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Looney Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Shelley Looney. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Shelley Looney
Shelley Looney
Shelley Looney (born January 21, 1972 in Brownstown, Michigan and raised in Trenton, Michigan) is an American ice hockey player and head coach. She scored the game-winning goal in the gold medal game for Team USA at the 1998 Winter Olympics, the team's first gold medal. She won a silver medal at the 2002 Winter Olympics. She played collegiate hockey at Northeastern University from 1991–94, winning multiple awards, including ECAC All-Star, 1993 ECAC Tournament MVP and ECAC Player of the Year (1993-94). She was inducted into Northeastern College's Hockey Hall of Fame in 1999 and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame in 2019.
Looney is currently the head coach of the Lindenwood University women's ice hockey team.
Source: Shelley Looney, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Looney
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