Challoner Family Tree research resources
Investigate the background of the Challoner Genealogy using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Family Tree !
Challoner records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Challoner 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Historical References
"CHALLONER. A maker of chalons, i.e. coverlets for beds, so named from Chalons- #NAME? first made or where the materials were procured. Robert Chalonar held a tenement in Linlithqw in 1472 and John Chalonare was a witness there in the same year (Sc. Ant., xvn, p. 117, 118). The name of Janet Schalender in Edinburgh, 1647 (Edinb. Man.), may be the same with intrusive /. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Challoner Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Challoner 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 Challoner family tree.
Investigate Challoner Parish Records at Find My Past.
Investigate the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Challoner family name using the FreeBMD database.
Explore Genealogy Bank for Challoner family records.
Look at MyHeritage for Challoner family data.
Study the LDS Database for records of the Challoner family.
Research the Challoner surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Challoner Military records.
Challoner Genealogy Databases
Look at WikiTree for user contributed Challoner family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Challoner data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Explore MyTrees for information on the Challoner family and people looking to contact living Challoner relations.
Check out GENi for Challoner family records.
Find your Irish Challoner relatives on findmypast.ie
Challoner Forums
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Miscellaneous Challoner Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on the Challoner 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 Challoner surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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