Cathro Family Tree research resources
Delve into the history of the Cathro Genealogy using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Family History !
Cathro records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Cathro 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Historical References
"CATHRO. A surname found In Angus, evidently derived from lands of the same name there. Cf. the place name Stracathro. Jacobus Catrow, a charter witness, 1533 (Inchcolm, p. 19). William Cathraw was burgess of Perth in 1509 (Rent. Dunk., p. 212), and another William Cathrow was married in Perth in 1562 (Sc. Ant., i, p. 102), David Cathrow was miller in Kethinnis (Kettins) in 1602 (Trials, n, p. 388), and Alexander Cathrov died in Claims in 1643. Helen Cathrow is recorded in Dundee in 1613 (Brechin). There is a place Cathrowseat in Forfar Retours, 367, 512. 0 0 "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Cathro Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cathro 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 Cathro family tree.
Search Cathro Parish Records at Find My Past.
Check out the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Cathro family name using the FreeBMD database.
Study Genealogy Bank for Cathro family records.
Investigate MyHeritage for Cathro family data.
Search the LDS Database for records of the Cathro family.
Research the Cathro surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Cathro Military records.
Cathro Genealogy Databases
Check out WikiTree for user contributed Cathro family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Cathro data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Explore MyTrees for information on the Cathro family and people looking to contact living Cathro relations.
Look at GENi for Cathro family records.
Find your Irish Cathro relatives on findmypast.ie
Cathro Forums
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Miscellaneous Cathro Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on the Cathro 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 Cathro surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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