Records of William Spriggs on Ancestry

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Spriggs and the Spriggs Family Tree

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

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Some Famous People called William Spriggs

William Spriggs

William Edward Spriggs (born 1955) is an American economist who worked as chair of the Howard University Department of Economics from 2005 to 2009 and assistant secretary of labor for policy from 2009 to 2012. He is also a professor of economics at Howard University and chief economist for the AFL-CIO.

Spriggs' work and research focuses on workforce discrimination, minimum wage, national and international labor standards, and pay equity. He supports organized labor and liberal economics. Spriggs has been mentioned as a potential United States secretary of labor or member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors.

Source: William Spriggs, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

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