Researching Shen Tong
Delve into the history of Shen Tong using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1057 people with the Tong surname? In that year Tong was ranked number 2538 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Shen Tong on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Shen Tong in your family tree. With over 30 billion records and 100 million family trees to search, Ancestry is one of the key websites to visit to help you trace your family tree back in time. 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. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Tong 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 Shen Tong and the Tong Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Tong 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 Tong family tree.
Search Parish Records for Shen Tong at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Shen Tong using the FreeBMD database.
Look at Genealogy Bank for Shen Tong records.
Search MyHeritage for Shen Tong information.
Search the LDS Database for records about Shen Tong.
Research the Tong surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Tong Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 1823 people with the Tong surname in the UK? Tong is now ranked number 2455 for popularity in the UK. |
Tong 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.
Look at the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Shen Tong.
Study MyTrees for information on the Tong family and people looking to contact living Tong relations.
Search One Great Family for Tong records submitted by people who are already researching the Tong Family Tree.
Find Shen Tong from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Tong 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 Tong surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Tong surname in the USA? Tong is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Tong Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Shen Tong. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Shen Tong
Shen Tong
Shen Tong (Simplified Chinese: 沈彤; Hanyu Pinyin: Shěn Tóng) (born 1968) is an American impact investor, activist, and writer. He founded business accelerators FoodFutureCo in 2015 and Food-X in 2014, the latter of which is recognized by Fast Company as one of "The World's Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2015 in Food". He was a Chinese dissident who was exiled as one of the student leaders in the democracy movement at Tiananmen Square in 1989. Shen was one of the People of the Year in Newsweek 1989, and he became a media, software, social entrepreneur, and investor in the late 1990s. He serves on the board of Food Tank.
Source: Shen Tong, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Tong
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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