Cable Family Tree research resources
Investigate the background of the Cable Family Tree using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Family Tree !
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1504 people with the Cable surname? In that year Cable was ranked number 2166 for popularity in the UK. |
Cable records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Cable 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Historical References
"CABLE, CABEL. John Cabell was witness in Brechin, 1464 (REB., n, 103), and Alexander Cabel or Cabell, witness in Aberdeen, 1493 31497 (REA., i, p. 333, 338), may be Alexander Cabell, parson of Banchory-Devenick in 1499 and 1508 (SCM., n, p. 261; REA., I, p. 352). Matilda Cabell occupied land in Brechin, 1508 (REB., n, 160), and George Cabell was convicted in 1527 for importing "ffalse and fforged pennies into the Kingdom" (Trials, I, p. 137). William Cable was admitted burgess of Dundee, 1561 (Wedd., p. 164). 0 "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Cable Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cable 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 Cable family tree.
Look at Cable Parish Records at Find My Past.
Look at the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Cable family name using the FreeBMD database.
Look at Genealogy Bank for Cable family records.
Study MyHeritage for Cable family data.
Study the LDS Database for records of the Cable family.
Research the Cable surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Cable Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 2349 people with the Cable surname in the UK? Cable is now ranked number 2131 for popularity in the UK. |
Cable Family Tree Databases
Check out WikiTree for user contributed Cable family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Cable data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Study MyTrees for information on the Cable family and people looking to contact living Cable relations.
Study GENi for Cable family records.
Find your Irish Cable relatives on findmypast.ie
Cable Forums
Research the Cable surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Cable surname in the USA? Cable is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Cable Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on the Cable 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 Cable surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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