Researching William Sulzer
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1 people with the Sulzer surname? In that year Sulzer was ranked number 3578 for popularity in the UK. |

The name William means "resolute guardian" and is of German origin.
Records of William Sulzer on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for William Sulzer and the Sulzer Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sulzer 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 Sulzer family tree.
Explore Parish Records for William Sulzer at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of William Sulzer using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about William Sulzer.
Research the Sulzer surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Sulzer Military records.
Sulzer Family History Databases
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Sulzer Forums
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Miscellaneous Sulzer Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on William Sulzer. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called William Sulzer
William Sulzer
William Sulzer (March 18, 1863 – November 6, 1941) was an American lawyer and politician, nicknamed Plain Bill Sulzer. He was the 39th Governor of New York and a long-serving congressman from the same state.
Sulzer was the first, and to date only, New York governor to be impeached and the only governor to be convicted on articles of impeachment. He broke with his sponsors at Tammany Hall, and they produced convincing evidence that Sulzer had falsified his sworn statement of campaign expenditures.
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