Researching Yao Lei
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5 people with the Lei surname? In that year Lei was ranked number 3574 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Yao Lei on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Yao Lei and the Lei Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Lei 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 Lei family tree.
Study Parish Records for Yao Lei at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Yao Lei using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records about Yao Lei.
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Lei Genealogy Databases
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Find Yao Lei from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Lei 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 3038 people with the Lei surname in the USA? Lei is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Lei Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Yao Lei. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Yao Lei
Yao Lei
Yao Lei (born 24 February 1990) is a Chinese-born Singaporean former badminton player. She won the women's doubles silver and mixed doubles bronze at the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games. She also represented Singapore in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London with Shinta Mulia Sari. Her parents Yao Yiping and Gu Xiaojing were both international badminton players. In 2003, as a 13-year-old she emigrated to Singapore under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.
Yao retired from competitive badminton in 2014, citing a lack of passion and drive. Yao had enrolled at Soochow University in China for a degree in sports training.
In 2018, Yao had finished her studies. She participated in the 2018 Singapore Badminton Open, pairing with Lim Ming Hui in the women's doubles and Malaysian Tan Boon Heong in the mixed doubles.
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