Researching Yi Ling
Delve into the history of Yi Ling using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2830 people with the Ling surname? In that year Ling was ranked number 1409 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Yi Ling on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Yi Ling 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. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Ling 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 Yi Ling and the Ling Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Ling 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 Ling family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Yi Ling at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Yi Ling using the FreeBMD database.
Check out Genealogy Bank for Yi Ling records.
Search MyHeritage for Yi Ling information.
Look at the LDS Database for records about Yi Ling.
Research the Ling surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Ling Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 4143 people with the Ling surname in the UK? Ling is now ranked number 1404 for popularity in the UK. |
Ling 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.
Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Yi Ling.
Study MyTrees for information on the Ling family and people looking to contact living Ling relations.
Study One Great Family for Ling records submitted by people who are already researching the Ling Family Tree.
Find Yi Ling from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Ling 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 Ling surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Ling surname in the USA? Ling is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Ling Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Yi Ling. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Yi Ling
Yi Ling
Yi Ling (, born 1928, Jiaxing, China), formerly known as Qian Jinfan, is the oldest known transgender person in China. She started living as a woman at age 80, and had sex-reassignment surgery in 2010. Yi first came out publicly as a transgender woman in 2012.
Yi works as a calligrapher and art critic, and was once a government official. In 2009 she submitted a declaration letter to the Foshan Culture and Media Bureau, where she had worked before retiring; at that time she was starting to take hormones to enlarge her breasts, and to wear women's clothes. The government did not lower her pension or refuse to allow her to attend conferences. In 2010 she wrote another letter to inform the authorities that she was a woman. Yi Ling has a son, and has been married to a woman, Liang, since the age of 54.
Source: Yi Ling, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Ling
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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