Researching Zhou Dan
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 178 people with the Dan surname? In that year Dan was ranked number 3401 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Zhou Dan on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Zhou Dan 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 Dan 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 Zhou Dan and the Dan Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Dan 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 Dan family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Zhou Dan at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Zhou Dan using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Zhou Dan.
Research the Dan surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Dan Military records.
Dan 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 Zhou Dan.
Study MyTrees for information on the Dan family and people looking to contact living Dan relations.
Investigate One Great Family for Dan records submitted by people who are already researching the Dan Family Tree.
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Dan 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 Dan surname in the USA? Dan is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Dan Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Zhou Dan. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Zhou Dan
Zhou Dan
Zhou Dan (, born January 1974) is a lawyer, scholar and activist in China. He lives in Shanghai, China. Zhou is a leading voice for rights of gay and lesbian people in mainland China. Writing with his real name about being gay on Chinese websites for years, he came out to a local newspaper about his gay identity in November 2003. Since then, his name has been from time to time mentioned in Chinese newspapers, magazines and television programs.
Zhou also fights for rights of people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS in China, by advocating a human-rights-based approach to the epidemic. In April 2003 he founded the Shanghai Hotline For Sexual Minorities.
From January to May 2004, Zhou was a visiting scholar at the Yale Law School China Law Center with research emphasis on equality and anti-discrimination related to sexuality and HIV/AIDS. He once gave several lectures on a graduate class in homosexuality health and an undergraduate class in homosexuality at Fudan University in Shanghai.
Zhou was profiled in the May 2005 issue of Têtu, a French gay and lesbian magazine, and in the June 27, 2005 issue of TIME Magazine.
Source: Zhou Dan, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Dan
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.
Daane Daen Dagneau Dahm Dahme Dahonny Dain Daine Damba Dame Dami Damm Dammy Damo Dana Danahey Dane Daneau Daney Dani Dania Daniau Dann Danna Danne Danniau Dannie Dano Dany Danyi Danyow Daum Dauma Daunay Dauney Dawn Dawnay Dawney Dayna Dayne De_nauw Deam Dean Deane Deano Deaon Deehan Deem Deen Deeney Deeny Dehaan Dehan Dehaney Dehm Dehn Dehoney Dehonney Dehonny Deighan Demaio Demay Demby Deme Demo Den Dene Deneau Deney Denio Denn Denne Dennehy Denney Dennie Denny Deny Deon Dewan Dewane Dewen Dewin Dewinne Diamo Diana Diani Diano Diehm Diehn Diem Dieno Dimeo Dimmne Dina Dine Dinn Dion Dionne Dna Doan Doane Doen Doheny Dohm Dohme Dohn Dom Domb Dome Domm Domney Don Donagh Donaghe Donaghey Donaghie Donaghy Donahay Donahie Donaho Donahoe Donahoo Donahue Donaway Donay Done Doneghy Doney Doni Donihoo Donn Donna Donnay Donne Donno Dono Donoghue Donoho Donohoe Donohue Doohan Doom Doon Doone Dooney Doughan Douhan Doun Doune Dowen Dowhan Down Downe Downey Downie Doyen Doyne Doyon Duane Duenow Duhaime Duhaine Duham Duhme Duhon Dumm Dun Dunaway Dunay Dunihue Dunn Dunnaway Dunne Dunow Duny Dwan Dwane Dwine Dwn Dwnn Dyne Dyon
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