Resources for researching the Adrian Family Tree
Dig into the past of the Adrian Family Tree using the links below. We hope you find these resources useful whilst you are researching your Adrian Family History !
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 84 people with the Adrian surname? In that year Adrian was ranked number 3495 for popularity in the UK. |
Adrian records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Adrian 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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Origins and History
New to Family History? Check out our Getting Started page. Check out House Of Names to investigate the origins of the Adrian surname or get a copy of the Adrian family Crest (a great gift idea!).
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 Adrian ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
Have you reached a brick wall in your Adrian Tree?
Visit our Adrian DNA page to find out more.
Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Adrian Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Adrian 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 Adrian family tree.
Look at Adrian Parish Records at Find My Past.
Explore the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of the Adrian family using the FreeBMD database.
Study Genealogy Bank for Adrian family records.
Look at MyHeritage for Adrian family data.
Study the LDS Database for records of the Adrian family.
Research the Adrian surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Adrian Military records.
Adrian Genealogy Databases
Study WikiTree for user contributed Adrian family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Adrian data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Check out MyTrees for information on the Adrian family and people looking to contact living Adrian relations.
Study GENi for Adrian family records.
Look at One Great Family for Adrian records submitted by people who are already researching the Adrian Family Tree .
Find your Irish Adrian relatives on findmypast.ie
Adrian Forums
Research the Adrian surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Adrian surname in the USA? Adrian is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Adrian Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on the Adrian family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Use the Surname Map project to look at the current distribution of the Adrian surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
Some Famous People with the surname of Adrian
| Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian |  | Edgar Douglas Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian OM PRS (30 November 1889 ? 4 August 1977) was a British electrophysiologist and recipient of the 1932 Nobel Prize for Physiology, won jointly with Sir Charles Sherrington for work on the function of neurons. |
| Iris Adrian | | Iris Adrian (May 29, 1912 ? September 17, 1994) was an American film actress. |
| Max Adrian | | Max Adrian (1 November 1903 ? 19 January 1973) was a Northern Irish stage, film and television actor and singer. |
| Nathan Adrian | | Nathan Adrian (born December 7, 1988) is an American swimmer and an Olympic Gold medalist from Bremerton, WA. |
| Rudy Adrian | | Rudy Adrian (born ca. |
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