Africa Family Tree research resources
Investigate the background of the Africa Family History using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Family Tree !
1921 England and Wales Census records are now available!
On 6 January 2022 the 1921 England and Wales Census records were made available online via the FindMyPast website. The records have been indexed and are searchable via the usual methods. These records are only viewable on a pay-per-view basis and are not included in any of FindMyPast's existing subscriptions with the exception of the 12 month premium subscription.
Africa records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Africa family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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Historical References
"AFRICA, AFFRICA. A favorite female name in the twelfth century which continued in use for four or five hundred years later. It is also found at a much earlier date in Ireland: Affrick, abbess of Kildare, died in 739 (Annals of Clonmacnoise). Affreka or Affrica, daughter of Duncan, earl of Fife, became the first wife of Harald, earl of Orkney (Or. Saga, p. 88; Skene, CS., i, p. 481). Afreka or Affrica, daughter of Fergus, lord of Galloway, married Olat, king of the Islands, and was mother of Godfrey, king of Man and the Hebrides, who reigned till 1187 (Early sources, n, p. 467). Aufrike or Affrica, one of the illegitimate daughters of William the Lion, was married to William de Say (Foedera, i, pt. 2, p. 776). Godfrey, king of Man and the Hebrides, married Findguala, daughter of Muirchartach, king of Ireland, and their daughter Affrika was married to John de Courcy (Chron. Man., i, p. 80). Affrica, daughter of Edgar, son of Duuenald of Stranith, granted to the bishop of Glasgow the church of S. Brigide of Wintertonegan in the valley of the Niht (Nithsdale) in 1227 (REG., p. 120). Effrick, daughter of Coline, lord of Carrick, was mother of Coline or Callen More (HP., n, p. 84), and Eafric or Effric neyn Corgitill wrote a poem on the death of her husband MacNeill of Gigha, c. 1470 (Lismore, p. 96). Effric Makfatrik had sasine of lands of Killenane in Cowal in 1504 and in 1515 (ER., xn, p. 717, 719), and as Affrica Makpatrik is again in record in 1525 as daughter of Duncan Macpatric in Cowal (RMS). An Effreta Maclachlan is in record in 1570 (Poltalloch writs, p. 144) and Africk McQuhollaster is mentioned in a charter of wadset of 1571 (Scrymgeour family docs., p. 21). The name appears to have been originally that of a river goddess, Afraig ( (Aitnbrecc, mod. Gaelic Aithbreac, 'somewhat speckled'), the goddess of the (river-)ford. The name survived into the eighteenth century as Effrick = Oighrig, and absurdly Englished Euphemia! "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Africa Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Africa 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 Africa family tree.
Study Africa Parish Records at Find My Past.
Investigate the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Africa family name using the FreeBMD database.
Search Genealogy Bank for Africa family records.
Look at MyHeritage for Africa family data.
Search the LDS Database for records of the Africa family.
Research the Africa surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Africa Military records.
Africa Genealogy Databases
Explore WikiTree for user contributed Africa family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Africa data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Study MyTrees for information on the Africa family and people looking to contact living Africa relations.
Search GENi for Africa family records.
Find your Irish Africa relatives on findmypast.ie
Africa Forums
Research the Africa surname using Genealogy.com forums .
Miscellaneous Africa Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on the Africa 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 Africa surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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