Ngai Family History
- Ngai Name Meaning
- Chinese : variant of Ni. Chinese : variant of Wei 1.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 4,172 Historical Documents with Ngai on Ancestry
- 1,770 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 210 Census and Voter Lists
- 105 Military Records
- 1,996 Immigration Records
- 91 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Ngai census records
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While the questions in census records vary from place to place, and year to year, you can generally find information like name of household members, ages, birthplaces, residences, occupations, etc.
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Canada. Using Ancestry, you can search through
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