Bortner Family Tree research resources
Explore the detail of the Bortner Family History using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Bortner Genealogy !
Bortner records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Bortner 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 Bortner surname or get a copy of the Bortner 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 Bortner ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Bortner Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Bortner 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 Bortner family tree.
Explore Bortner Parish Records at Find My Past.
Explore the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of the Bortner family using the FreeBMD database.
Look at Genealogy Bank for Bortner family records.
Explore MyHeritage for Bortner family data.
Explore the LDS Database for records of the Bortner family.
Research the Bortner surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Bortner Military records.
Bortner Family History Databases
Search WikiTree for user contributed Bortner family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Bortner data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Investigate MyTrees for information on the Bortner family and people looking to contact living Bortner relations.
Investigate GENi for Bortner family records.
Look at One Great Family for Bortner records submitted by people who are already researching the Bortner Family History .
Find your Irish Bortner relatives on findmypast.ie
Bortner Forums
Research the Bortner surname using Genealogy.com forums .
Miscellaneous Bortner Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on the Bortner 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 Bortner surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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