Carver Family Tree research resources
Explore the detail of the Carver 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 2712 people with the Carver surname? In that year Carver was ranked number 1456 for popularity in the UK. |
Carver records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Carver 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Historical References
"CARVER. Most probably from the occupation of wood-carver, Ne purtreyour, ne kerver of images Chaucer, The Knightes Tale, 1.1041. Payment was made to John Kerver, merchant of Scotland, 1476 (Bain, TV, 1443). Symon Karwur bound himself to the Abbey of Dunfermelyn in 1507 "for all and hail the dais of his lyfe that he sail remane and wirk in the abba in the craft of the wryt craft and repare all neidfull werkis of the samyn als far has he hafis knawlege" (RD., p. 361). Robert Carwor witnessed a precept of sasine at Scone, 1544 (Scon, p. 207). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Carver Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Carver 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 Carver family tree.
Check out Carver Parish Records at Find My Past.
Search the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Carver family name using the FreeBMD database.
Look at Genealogy Bank for Carver family records.
Search MyHeritage for Carver family data.
Search the LDS Database for records of the Carver family.
Research the Carver surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Carver Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 3595 people with the Carver surname in the UK? Carver is now ranked number 1584 for popularity in the UK. |
Carver Family History Databases
Explore WikiTree for user contributed Carver family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Carver data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Investigate MyTrees for information on the Carver family and people looking to contact living Carver relations.
Study GENi for Carver family records.
Find your Irish Carver relatives on findmypast.ie
Carver Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 45574 people with the Carver surname in the USA? Carver is ranked number 142 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Carver Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on the Carver 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 Carver surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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