Resources for researching the Bog Family Tree
Research the background of the Bog Family Tree using the links below. We hope you find these resources useful whilst you are researching your Bog Genealogy !
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Bog records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Bog 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 Bog surname or get a copy of the Bog family Crest (a great gift idea!).
"BOG, BOOG. This surname is found around Coldingham, Berwickshire, and tradition there says the family is of French origin. It is, however, more probably of local origin. There is Bogg near Canonbie, Dumfriesshire, and another in Lanarkshire. Edward Bog, priest of the diocese of St. Andrews and notary public, 1505 (Bamff, p. 43). John Bog was retoured heir in lands or Bumhouss and Auchterstown, etc., in Berwickshire, 1546 (Retours, Berwick, 1), George Bog was master of the Queen's beer cellar and Alexander Bog janitor of the outer gate in 1563 (ER., xrs, p. 237). Nicolas Bog, witness in Glasgow, 1550 (Protocols, i), and another Nicolaus Bog was served heir to his father John Bog in a tenement in 0 Roxburgh, 1576 (Retours, Roxburgh, 329). John Bog and James Bog were jurors on the trial of Barbara Napier in Edinburgh, 1591 ( (Scottish Papers, x, p. 522). John Boig was retoured in lands in the barony of Coldynghame, 1632 (Retours, Berwick, 183), and another John Boig in Turriff was admitted burgess of Aberdeen, 1607 (NSCM., i, p. 104). Hugh Boog, writer in Edinburgh, 1683 (Inquis., 6493), George Boog in Klinkhill of Blacklaw, 1713 (Dunkeld), and John Bogue of Prestonhaugh, 1790 (Lander). There is also a place named Bog in Roxburghshire (Retours, 323) and another place of the name in Perth Retours (228, 451, etc.). Boige 1681, Bwg 1658. 0 "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Bog Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Bog 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 Bog family tree.
Check out Bog Parish Records at Find My Past.
Look at the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of the Bog family using the FreeBMD database.
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Explore the LDS Database for records of the Bog family.
Research the Bog surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Bog Military records.
Bog Genealogy Databases
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Miscellaneous Bog Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on the Bog 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 Bog surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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