Cator Family Tree research resources
Explore the detail of the Cator Genealogy using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Genealogy !
Cator records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Cator 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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Historical References
"CATOR. Perhaps from Middle English cater, catour, a buyer of provisions, a caterer. Alexander Catour or Caytour held a tenement in Arbroath, 1484, 1466, and Thomas Caytour witnessed letters of sasine, 1467 (RAA., n, 151, 167). Alexander Catour was carter at Dunkeld in 1515 (Rent. Dunk., p. 150). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Cator Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cator 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 Cator family tree.
Look at Cator Parish Records at Find My Past.
Explore the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Cator family name using the FreeBMD database.
Study Genealogy Bank for Cator family records.
Look at MyHeritage for Cator family data.
Check out the LDS Database for records of the Cator family.
Research the Cator surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Cator Military records.
Cator Family History Databases
Explore WikiTree for user contributed Cator family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Cator data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Study MyTrees for information on the Cator family and people looking to contact living Cator relations.
Look at GENi for Cator family records.
Find your Irish Cator relatives on findmypast.ie
Cator Forums
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Miscellaneous Cator Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on the Cator 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 Cator surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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