Researching Xu Lin
Delve into the history of Xu Lin using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 19 people with the Lin surname? In that year Lin was ranked number 3560 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Xu Lin on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Xu Lin 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
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 Lin 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 Xu Lin and the Lin Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Lin 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 Lin family tree.
Study Parish Records for Xu Lin at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Xu Lin using the FreeBMD database.
Investigate Genealogy Bank for Xu Lin records.
Explore MyHeritage for Xu Lin information.
Look at the LDS Database for records about Xu Lin.
Research the Lin surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Lin Military records.
Lin 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.
Check out the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Xu Lin.
Study MyTrees for information on the Lin family and people looking to contact living Lin relations.
Look at One Great Family for Lin records submitted by people who are already researching the Lin Family Tree.
Find Xu Lin from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Lin 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 Lin surname using Genealogy.com forums .
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 27344 people with the Lin surname in the USA? Lin is ranked number 148 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Lin Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Xu Lin. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Xu Lin
Xu Lin (Hanban)
Xu Lin (born September 1954) is vice-minister-level official of the People's Republic of China, serving on the State Council. She has held the post of Chief Executive and Director of the Confucius Institutes worldwide since 2004. She is Director General of the Hanban, or Chinese National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language.
Xu Lin was born in Shanxi province. She is a graduate of Fudan University in Shanghai with a degree in Chemistry and has a master's degree in Economics from Beijing Normal University. As a young woman during the Cultural Revolution, she was a worker at the Changzhi Bicycle Factory in Shanxi. According to her resume, she then worked as a lecturer in the Chemistry Department at Shanxi University, staff at the Higher Education Bureau of Shanxi, and choreographer at the Central Educational Film Studio. Subsequently, she worked in the Finance Department of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. During this time she also held the post of Assistant Mayor of Xuchang, Henan province (October 1991-September 1993) and then Director of the Foreign Loans Office of the Ministry of Education. In 2000 Xu Lin became the Education Counsellor at the Chinese Consulate in Vancouver, Canada. She returned to China in 2004 and took her current post as head of Hanban, or the Chinese National Office for Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language.She has received honorary degrees from the University of Arizona, the University of Antananarivo in Madagascar, the University of Edinburgh, Middle Tennessee State University, Western Kentucky University, J.F. Oberlin University in Japan, Chulalongkorn University in Thailand, Belarusian State University in Minsk, Belarus, and Veliko Tarnovo University in Bulgaria.
Xu Lin serves as a member of the 12th Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Source: Xu Lin (Hanban), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Lin
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