Researching Svetlana Novak
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5 people with the Novak surname? In that year Novak was ranked number 3574 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Svetlana means "star" and is of Russian origin.
Records of Svetlana Novak on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Svetlana Novak 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
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Svetlana Novak and the Novak Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Novak 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 Novak family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Svetlana Novak at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Svetlana Novak using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Svetlana Novak.
Research the Novak surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Novak Military records.
Novak Family Tree Databases
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Novak 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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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 30382 people with the Novak surname in the USA? Novak is ranked number 147 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Novak Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Svetlana Novak. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Svetlana Novak
Svetlana Novak
Svetlana Novak (born in 1952 in the former Yugoslavia) is a Paris-based film producer. Her credits include the films Delicatessen, The City of Lost Children, and Amélie. She has an extensive working relationship with the Serbian director Emir Kusturica having worked on Black Cat, White Cat, Underground, and Arizona Dream. Novak served two years as the producer for the Rentrée du Cinéma project, an initiative to make cinema more accessible to audiences by drastically reducing ticket prices. She is now part of the international Cities of Love project. Along with Gilles Caussade, she is leading the production team for the Marseille, je t'aime edition of the film.
Source: Svetlana Novak, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Novak
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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