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Boag records on Ancestry
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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 Boag surname or get a copy of the Boag family Crest (a great gift idea!).
"BOAG, BOIG. The index to Laing says Boog = Bog = Boig. Perhaps from Bonk in the parish of Ku-kcoim, although none of the references points in that direction. Weekley (p. 54) suggests Boag is probably a variant of book, a northern form of balk, a ridge (as a boundary). Andrew Boog witnessed instrument of sasine, 1550 (Laing, 567). David Book, merchant in Edinburgh, 1610 (ibid., 1597), and Thomas Baok, merchant burgess of Stirling, 1622 (Laing, 1910). John Book in Thankertoun, 1626, James Book there, 1636, and William Boak there in 1629 (Lanark CR.). Janet Book in the parish of Cadder, 1629 (Campsie). Henry Boog in Reddoch, parish of Falkirk, 1643, and other four of the name (Stirling), and James Book, maltman in Falkirk, 1652 and three more (ibid.). Henry Buack, burgess of Dundee, 1664 (Brechin). The name was common in Edinburgh in the seventeenth century as Boog, and in Torphichen Commissariot Record the name occurs as Boik (1685), Boick (1688), Boack (1697), and Boag (1709), and William Boick was martyred for his religious belief in Glasgow, 1683. David Bock in Bankhead, parish of Morrowingside (= Muiravonside), 1685, and John Bock (otherwise Pock) was change keeper in Denny, 1793 (Stirling). Mr. John Boak, doctor of the Grammar School of Perth, 1666, probably was a relative of William Bouok, schoolmaster at Lundy, who was suspended from office "for his scandal in acting a comedie wherin he mad a mock of religious duties and ordinances" in 1668 (DPD., n, p. 225; I, p. 188). Alexander Boak, tanner, burgess of Edinburgh, 1786. The name early made its way to Orkney. Gilbert Boge, witness in KirkwaU, 1523, Magnus Book, juror on assize at Stenness, 1576, Joan Boak, juror there in 1595, and Robert Boak in Clowstane, a witness, 1613 (OSR., I, p. 269, 220, 278); George Book in Clouston, witness, 1605 (RED., p. 207, 139, 170, 177, 278). Boag 1768, Boock 1608, Book 1657; Booge. Cf. BOWOK and BOYACK. BOAG. Act in favor of Adam Boig for printing the Edinburgh Courant, Feb. 13,1705 (MCM., n,P.241). BOAG. Act in favor of Adam Boig for printing the Edinburgh Courant, Feb. 13,1705 (MCM., n,P.241). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Boag Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Boag 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 Boag family tree.
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Explore the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of the Boag family using the FreeBMD database.
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Boag Family History Databases
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Miscellaneous Boag Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on the Boag family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Some Famous People with the surname of Boag
| Wally Boag |  | Wallace Vincent "Wally" Boag (born September 13, 1920) is an American performer known for his starring role in Disney's long running stage show the "Golden Horseshoe Revue". |
| Keith Boag | | Keith Boag is a Canadian senior journalist with CBC Television. |
| John Boag | | John Boag (born 14 February, 1965 in Port Glasgow) was a footballer and captain of Greenock Morton. |
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