Resources for researching the Bull Family Tree
Research the background of the Bull Family History using the links below. We hope you find these resources useful whilst you are researching your Bull Family History !
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 12661 people with the Bull surname? In that year Bull was ranked number 317 for popularity in the UK. |
Bull records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Bull family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. 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 Bull surname or get a copy of the Bull family Crest (a great gift idea!).
"BULL. William Buie of Ayrshire rendered homage, 1296 (Bain, n, p. 205). Thomas Bull was a tenant in the barony of Newlands, 1376 (RHM., n, p. 16). A payment was made to Robert Bull, a Scottish merchant, 1474 (Bain, rv, 1412). John Buie was a witness in Brechin, 1508 (REB., n, 162). John Bull, a pauper, was presented to a bed in the hospital of St. Nicholas and admitted to the privileges of the said hospital as regarded lepers, 1513 (PDG., 637). Another jhone Buyll rented land in Edingeyth, 1521 (Rental). John Bull, burgess of Dundee, 1601, and five others of the name are recorded (Brechin). James Bull in Kirkintilloch, 1666 (Sasines, 1312), John Buie, tenant in barony of Mouse-wall ( (Mouswald), Dumfriesshire, 1673 (PSAS., xxm, p. 74), and Margaret Bull in Dunning, Perthshire, 1781 (Dunblane). Buill 1590. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Bull Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Bull 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 Bull family tree.
Study Bull Parish Records at Find My Past.
Check out the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of the Bull family using the FreeBMD database.
Investigate Genealogy Bank for Bull family records.
Explore MyHeritage for Bull family data.
Search the LDS Database for records of the Bull family.
Research the Bull surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Bull Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 15581 people with the Bull surname in the UK? Bull is now ranked number 356 for popularity in the UK. |
Bull Family History Databases
Investigate WikiTree for user contributed Bull family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Bull data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Study MyTrees for information on the Bull family and people looking to contact living Bull relations.
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Look at One Great Family for Bull records submitted by people who are already researching the Bull Family History .
Find your Irish Bull relatives on findmypast.ie
Bull Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 15191 people with the Bull surname in the USA? Bull is ranked number 152 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Bull Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on the Bull 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 Bull surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
Some Famous People with the surname of Bull
| Gerald Bull |  | Gerald Vincent Bull PhD (March 9, 1928 - March 22, 1990) was a Canadian engineer who developed long range artillery. |
| Sitting Bull | | Sitting Bull (Lakota: "T?at???ka ?yotake" (in Standard Lakota Orthography), also nicknamed "Slon-he" or "Slow"; ca. |
| Ole Bull | | Ole Bornemann Bull (5 February 1810 ? 17 August 1880) was a Norwegian violinist. |
| George Bull | | George Bull (1634?1710) was an English theologian and Bishop of St David's. |
| Steve Bull | | Stephen George "Steve" Bull, MBE, (born 28 March 1965 in Tipton, Staffordshire) is an English former footballer who is best remembered for his 13-year spell at Wolverhampton Wanderers. |
| John Bull | | John Bull (1803?1863) was an American clergyman and physician who represented Missouri in the U. |
| Deborah Bull | | Deborah Bull CBE (born 22 March 1963) is an English dancer, writer, and broadcaster. |
| Richard Bull | | Richard Bull (14 July 1914 ? 5 February 1942) was a United States Navy aviator during World War II. |
| Tas Bull | | Tasnor Ivan "Tas" Bull (31 January, 1932 ? 29 May, 2003), Australian trade union leader, was born in Sydney in 1932. |
| Edvard Hagerup Bull | | Edvard Hagerup Bull (23 January 1855 ? 25 March 1938) was a Norwegian judge and politician for the Conservative Party. |
| Karl Sigwald Johannes Bull | | Karl Sigwald Johannes Bull (30 June 1860 ? 27 December 1936) was a Norwegian military officer and politician for the Conservative Party. |
| White Bull | | White Bull (Lakota: T?at???ka Sk?) (April 1849 ? June 21, 1947) was the nephew of Sitting Bull, and a famous warrior in his own right. |
| David Bull | | Dr. |
| Olaf Bull | | Olaf Jacob Martin Luther Breda Bull or Olaf Bull was a Norwegian poet. |
| Ronnie Bull | | Ronald David Bull (born February 2, 1940 in Kingsville, Texas) is a retired American football running back. |
| Richard Bull | | Richard Bull (June 26, 1924) is an American film actor, stage actor and television actor. |
| Ephraim Wales Bull | | Ephraim Wales Bull (March 4, 1806 ? September 26, 1895) was the inventor of the Concord grape. |
| Anthony Bull | | Anthony Bull CBE CStJ (18 July 1908 ? 23 December 2004) was a British transport engineer and was president of the Institute of Transport. |
| Gary Bull | | Gary William Bull (born 12 June 1966 in West Bromwich, England) is an English footballer currently playing for Boston Town F. |
| William Bull | | William Thomas Bull (1867 - 1956) was an early Australian landowner in the Riverina region, Australia. |
| Amos Bad Heart Bull | | Bad Heart Bull, Amos (ca. |
| Eleanor Bull | | Eleanor Bull, born perhaps about 1550, and was buried March 19, 1596 at Deptford. |
| Nikki Bull | | Nikki Bull (born 2 October 1981) is an English footballer who plays for Brentford as a goalkeeper. |
| Scott Bull | | John Scott Bull (born June 8, 1953 in Camden, Arkansas) is a former professional football player, spending three seasons as a quarterback with the San Francisco 49ers. |
| Schak Bull | | Schak August Steenberg Bull (10 May 1858 ? 25 January 1956) was a Norwegian architect. |
| Edvard Hagerup Bull | | Edvard Hagerup Bull (born 10 June 1922) is a Norwegian composer. |
| Tove Bull | | Tove Bull (born 31 October 1945) is a Norwegian linguist. |
| Jacob Breda Bull | | Jacob Breda Bull (28 March 1853 ? 1930) was a Norwegian author. |
| Einar M. Bull | | Einar M. |
| Jens Bull | | Jens Steenberg Bull (25 November 1886 ? 1 June 1956) was a Norwegian jurist and diplomatist. |
| Ole Bornemann Bull | | Ole Bornemann Bull (31 August 1842 ? 10 April 1916) was a Norwegian ophthalmologist. |
| Francis Bull | | Francis Bull (4 October 1887 ? 4 July 1974) was a Norwegian literary historian, professor at the University of Oslo for more than thirty years, essayist and speaker, and magazine editor. |
| Theodor Bull | | Theodor Bull (1870 ? 1958) was a Norwegian businessperson and genealogist. |
| Harold R. Bull | | Harold R. |
| Henrik Bull | | Henrik Bull (28 March 1864?2 June 1953) was a Norwegian architect and designer. |
| Georg Andreas Bull | | Georg Andreas Bull (26 March 1829 ? 1 February 1917) was a Norwegian architect and chief building inspector in Christiania for forty years. |
| Knud Bull | | Knud Geelmuyden Bull (10 September 1811 ? 23 December 1889) was a Norwegian painter and counterfeiter. |
| Sverre Hagerup Bull | | Sverre Hagerup Bull (1892 ? 1976) was a Norwegian banker, composer and writer. |
| Storm Bull | | Storm Bull (October 13, 1913 - July 22, 2007) was an American musician, composer and educator. |
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