Brunton Family Tree research resources
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2353 people with the Brunton surname? In that year Brunton was ranked number 1632 for popularity in the UK. |
Brunton records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Brunton 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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Historical References
"BRUNTON. Local. There is a Brunstane on Brunstane Burn, Midlothian, and there is a village of Brunton in the parish of Criech, Fife. Stodart says Walter of Burntoun held part of Luffness in the reign of Robert ra (n, p. 329). John Brountoun was tenant of Aliebank, Selkirkshire, 1558 (ER., xrx, p. 421), James Bruntoun of Calfhill, Roxburghshire, 1660 (RRM., i, p. 285), and James Bruntoun in Boongate of Jedburgh, appears in 1746 (Heirs, 211). George Brunton, miscellaneous writer, was born in Edinburgh, 1799. Brentoun and Brountoun 1584, Burnetoune 1504; Brantoun, Brenton, Bromton, Brwntoun. Brunton near Embleton, Northumberland is = Burnton, with metathesis of r. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Brunton Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Brunton 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 Brunton family tree.
Check out Brunton Parish Records at Find My Past.
Explore the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Brunton family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records of the Brunton family.
Research the Brunton surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Brunton Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 2619 people with the Brunton surname in the UK? Brunton is now ranked number 1996 for popularity in the UK. |
Brunton Family History Databases
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Study MyTrees for information on the Brunton family and people looking to contact living Brunton relations.
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Brunton surname in the USA? Brunton is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Brunton Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on the Brunton 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 Brunton surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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