Cantley Family Tree research resources
Delve into the history of the Cantley Genealogy using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Genealogy !
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 133 people with the Cantley surname? In that year Cantley was ranked number 3446 for popularity in the UK. |
Cantley records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Cantley 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Historical References
"CANTLEY, CANTLIE. From the Yorkshire place of the name. Milne's etymology ( (Placenames of Aberdeenshire) from Gaelic chuitail corrupted into Whitehall and then translated into Gaelic by can, white, and tulach, hill, is nonsense. William Cantuli was admitted burgess of Aberdeen, 1452 (NSCM., i, p. 13), and William Cantuly or Cantuli held land there before 1497 (REA., i, p. 338-339). Andrew Candy was admitted burgess in 1508 (NSCM., i, p. 43). Master John Cantly or Cantely appears as archdeacon of St. Andrews, 1524 and 1541. Gilbert Cantlie, witness in Shetland, 1626 (OSS., i, 152). Cantlie 1612. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Cantley Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cantley 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 Cantley family tree.
Search Cantley Parish Records at Find My Past.
Study the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Cantley family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records of the Cantley family.
Research the Cantley surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Cantley Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 203 people with the Cantley surname in the UK? Cantley is now ranked number 3851 for popularity in the UK. |
Cantley Family History Databases
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Check out MyTrees for information on the Cantley family and people looking to contact living Cantley relations.
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Miscellaneous Cantley Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on the Cantley 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 Cantley surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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