Researching Young Lay
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2228 people with the Lay surname? In that year Lay was ranked number 1698 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Young Lay on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Young Lay and the Lay Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Lay 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 Lay family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 2722 people with the Lay surname in the UK? Lay is now ranked number 1947 for popularity in the UK. |
Lay Family History Databases
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Lay Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 24306 people with the Lay surname in the USA? Lay is ranked number 149 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Young Lay
Young Lay
Lathan Williams (born 1975 in Vallejo, California), better known by his stage name Young Lay, is a San Francisco Bay Area-based gangsta rapper.
He has worked with artists such as label mate Ray Luv, Tupac Shakur and Mac Dre.
Young Lay was becoming popular when a 1995 attempt was made on his life when he was shot in the head while stopped at a Vallejo traffic light as a passenger in a friend's car. Although critically injured, Young Lay survived and went on to resume rapping after extensive therapy for brain damage in which he had to learn to speak again.
On May 17, 1996, Young Lay's infant son Le-Zhan Williams was kidnapped when two teenage girls entered the home of Daphne Boyden, the rapper's 17-year-old girlfriend and mother to his newborn son, killed her, abducted the infant, and set the home on fire in an attempt to cover up the crime. The case went unsolved for 6 years, and was featured on the television shows America's Most Wanted and Unsolved Mysteries.
In November 2002 an anonymous tip called in to Vallejo police led to the arrest of Latasha Brown, one of the killers, who had been raising the abducted infant as her own, along with her mother, Delores Ann Brown, who was also arrested. They were still living in Vallejo, not far from where Daphne Boyden was murdered. Latasha Brown's cousin Ocianetta Williams was identified as the second teenage girl responsible for the murder and abduction and both were arrested by the Vallejo Police Department. The then 6-year-old Le-Zhan was reunited with family soon after their arrest.
Young Lay was sentenced to a 12-year prison sentence for a 1999 armed robbery. He was released from prison in 2010.
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