Child Family Tree research resources
Explore the detail of the Child Family History using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Family History !
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 5092 people with the Child surname? In that year Child was ranked number 832 for popularity in the UK. |
Child records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Child 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Historical References
"CHILD. From the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) personal name Cild. The "exact sense of the name is uncertain. The singular is used as a title of honour in late Old English (Anglo-Saxon) times and this is found also throughout the Middle Ages, as in Childe Roland" (Mawer, The Chief elements used in English placenames, p. 16). It was synonymous with enfant in France. Henricus Child was canon of Scone c. 1275 (Scon, p. 85), and James Chyld was canon of Monymusk, 1549 (View, p. 180). Robert Cheild, burgess of Dundee, 1564 (RFC., i, p. 276). William Child was dean of guild in Aberdeen, 1829 (Guildry, p. 203). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Child ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Child Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Child 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 Child family tree.
Search Child Parish Records at Find My Past.
Look at the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Child family name using the FreeBMD database.
Search Genealogy Bank for Child family records.
Look at MyHeritage for Child family data.
Look at the LDS Database for records of the Child family.
Research the Child surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Child Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 3663 people with the Child surname in the UK? Child is now ranked number 1550 for popularity in the UK. |
Child Family History Databases
Check out WikiTree for user contributed Child family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Child data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Study MyTrees for information on the Child family and people looking to contact living Child relations.
Check out GENi for Child family records.
Find your Irish Child relatives on findmypast.ie
Child Forums
Research the Child surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Child surname in the USA? Child is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Child Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on the Child 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 Child surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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