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Research the background of the Abbot Genealogy using the links below. We hope you find these resources useful whilst you are researching your Abbot Genealogy !

Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1414 people with the Abbot surname? In that year Abbot was ranked number 2236 for popularity in the UK.

Good news! There is already a One Name Study on the Abbot surname.

"ABBOT. Alexander Abbot is in record as a witness in Glasgow c. 1290 (REG., p. 200). In the year 1306 Sir John Abbot, dean of Fife and Fothyrrife, was ordered by the bishop to sequestrate the fruits of the provostry of Aberdeen (Bain, n, 1822). Alexander Abbot witnessed an instrument of sasine in Leith in 1548 (Soltre, p. 113), and another Alexander Abbot signed the Band of Dumfries in 1570 (RFC., xrv, p. 66). It is probable that in some instances this name is a shortened translation of MACNAB, which in Gaelic means "son of the abbot" (Mac an aba). Bardsley says that in England Abbot and Abbott are from Abb, diminutive of Abraham with additional diminutive suffix -ot, and that "it is all but certain that the majority of our Abbotts, although bearing a conventual title, are thus descended. As a diminutive of " Abraham the name is found in Ireland at least as early as beginning of fourteenth century (Woulfe), but I have found no instance of such use in Scotland. "
_{(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)}

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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Abbot Family Tree

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Abbot 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 Abbot family tree.

Search Abbot Parish Records at Find My Past.

Check out the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of the Abbot family using the FreeBMD database.

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Investigate the LDS Database for records of the Abbot family.

Research the Abbot surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Abbot Military records.

Investigate World Vital Records for information on the Abbot family.

Did you know that there are currently 384 people with the Abbot surname in the UK? Abbot is now ranked number 3680 for popularity in the UK.

Miscellaneous Abbot Databases

Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on the Abbot family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

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Use the Surname Map project to look at the current distribution of the Abbot surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.

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