Cheves Family Tree research resources
Delve into the history of the Cheves Family Tree using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Family Tree !
![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 57 people with the Cheves surname? In that year Cheves was ranked number 3522 for popularity in the UK. |
Cheves records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Cheves 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Historical References
"CHEVES. A variant of SHTVAS, q.v. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Cheves Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cheves 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 Cheves family tree.
Check out Cheves Parish Records at Find My Past.
Search the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Cheves family name using the FreeBMD database.
Explore Genealogy Bank for Cheves family records.
Study MyHeritage for Cheves family data.
Search the LDS Database for records of the Cheves family.
Research the Cheves surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Cheves Military records.
Cheves Family History Databases
Investigate WikiTree for user contributed Cheves family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Cheves data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Explore MyTrees for information on the Cheves family and people looking to contact living Cheves relations.
Look at GENi for Cheves family records.
Find your Irish Cheves relatives on findmypast.ie
Cheves Forums
Research the Cheves surname using Genealogy.com forums .
Miscellaneous Cheves Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on the Cheves 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 Cheves surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.





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