Bolger Family Tree research resources
Research the background of the Bolger Family History using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Bolger Family Tree !
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 271 people with the Bolger surname? In that year Bolger was ranked number 3308 for popularity in the UK. |
Bolger records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Bolger 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 Bolger surname or get a copy of the Bolger 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 Bolger 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 Bolger Tree?
Visit our Bolger DNA page to find out more.
Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Bolger Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Bolger 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 Bolger family tree.
Check out Bolger Parish Records at Find My Past.
Investigate the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of the Bolger family using the FreeBMD database.
Search Genealogy Bank for Bolger family records.
Check out MyHeritage for Bolger family data.
Investigate the LDS Database for records of the Bolger family.
Research the Bolger surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Bolger Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 1488 people with the Bolger surname in the UK? Bolger is now ranked number 2696 for popularity in the UK. |
Bolger Family History Databases
Look at WikiTree for user contributed Bolger family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Bolger data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Check out MyTrees for information on the Bolger family and people looking to contact living Bolger relations.
Study GENi for Bolger family records.
Search One Great Family for Bolger records submitted by people who are already researching the Bolger Family History .
Find your Irish Bolger relatives on findmypast.ie
Bolger Forums
Research the Bolger surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Bolger surname in the USA? Bolger is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Bolger Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on the Bolger 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 Bolger surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
Some Famous People with the surname of Bolger
| Ray Bolger |  | Raymond Wallace "Ray" Bolger (January 10, 1904 ? January 15, 1987) was an American entertainer of stage and screen, best known for his portrayal of the Scarecrow and Kansas farmworker Hunk in the 1939 film, "The Wizard of Oz". |
| Jim Bolger | | James Brendan "Jim" Bolger, ONZ (born 31 May 1935) was Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1990 to 1997. |
| Sarah Bolger | | Sarah Lee Bolger (born 28 February 1991) is an Irish actress who became famous in 2002 when she starred in "In America" with her sister Emma Bolger. |
| Dermot Bolger | | Dermot Bolger (born 1959) is an Irish novelist, playwright and poet born in Finglas, a suburb of Dublin. |
| Greg Bolger | | Greg Bolger, born in Wexford on 9 September 1988, is a footballer currently playing with League of Ireland side UCD. |
| Jim Bolger | | Jim Cyril Bolger (Born February 23, 1932 in Cincinnati, Ohio) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball during the 1950s. |
| Emma Bolger | | Emma Bolger (born 5 January 1996 in Dublin) is an Irish child actress. |
| Robert J. Bolger | | Robert J. |
| Benjamin Bolger | | Benjamin Bradley Bolger (born 1975 in Flint, Michigan) claims to be the second most credentialed person in modern history after Michael W. |
| Deirdre Bolger | | Deirdre Bolger (born 27 July 1938) is a former Irish Fine Gael politician. |
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