Clarke Family Tree research resources
Investigate the background of the Clarke Family History using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Genealogy !
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 60682 people with the Clarke surname? In that year Clarke was ranked number 40 for popularity in the UK. |
1921 England and Wales Census records are now available!
On 6 January 2022 the 1921 England and Wales Census records were made available online via the FindMyPast website. The records have been indexed and are searchable via the usual methods. These records are only viewable on a pay-per-view basis and are not included in any of FindMyPast's existing subscriptions with the exception of the 12 month premium subscription.
Clarke records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Clarke 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Historical References
"CLARK, CLARKE, CLERK. Originally a man in a religious order, and later a scholar, a penman, in early charters Latinized clericus. Roger clericus held a land between 1174-78 (Keko, 383), and Thomas clericus was one of those appointed in 1246 to determine the right marches of Wester Fedale (LAC., 23). James the clerk was witness to a charter by Richard de Bancori of land in Dumfriesshire, a. 1249 (Bain, i, 1684), and Alan clericus was charter witness in Aberdeen, 1281 (REA., n, p. 279). Nine persons named le clerk,' rendered homage for their possessions, 1296 (Bain, n). In the fourteenth and following centuries the name was quite common throughout the Lowlands and is found in all old Scots charters and Eublic documents, and only after 1400 do we ;el certain that the word is truly a surname. John Clerc possessed a tenement in Edinburgh, 1400 (Egidii, p. 37), Adam Clark or Clerk was burgess of Dundee, 1406 (REB., i, 25; n, 12), and Hugh Clerk and Alan Clerk were burgesses of Irvine, 1418 (Irvine, i, p. 27). John Clerk of Leith, shipmaster, had a safe conduct into England, 1446 (Bain, rv, 1186). Robert Clerk took part in the second hership of Petty, 1513 (Rose, p. 190), Johannes Clark was prior of Scone, 1524 (Scon, p. 204), and Angus the clerk, a follower of Donald Gorme of Sleat, had remission in 1541 for his part in laying waste Trouterness in Sky and Kenlochew in Ross (RSS., n, 3943). Richard Clark, a native of Montrose, became vice-admiral of Sweden and presented a brass chandelier to the parish church of his native town, 1623. Hans Clerck, of a different family, rose to be an admiral in the same service. The name still exists in Sweden and Finland in the form Klerck. The word was borrowed into Gaelic and gave origin to the surname Mac a' chleirich. Claerk 1547. George Rogers Clark (1752-1818), to whom is due the possession of the territory northwest of the Ohio, 1783, was of Scottish descent. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Clarke Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Clarke 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 Clarke family tree.
Study Clarke Parish Records at Find My Past.
Explore the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Clarke family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records of the Clarke family.
Research the Clarke surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Clarke Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 104594 people with the Clarke surname in the UK? Clarke is now ranked number 25 for popularity in the UK. |
Clarke Family History Databases
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Investigate MyTrees for information on the Clarke family and people looking to contact living Clarke relations.
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Clarke Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 72918 people with the Clarke surname in the USA? Clarke is ranked number 133 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Clarke Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on the Clarke 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 Clarke surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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