Coates Family Tree research resources
Dig into the past of the Coates Genealogy 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 11165 people with the Coates surname? In that year Coates was ranked number 368 for popularity in the UK. |
Coates records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Coates 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Historical References
"COATES, COATS. Variant spellings of COUTTS, q.v. Sir James Coats (b. 1834) and his brother Sir Peter, founders of the great thread mills, were born in Paisley. English Coates is of different origin. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Coates Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Coates 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 Coates family tree.
Search Coates Parish Records at Find My Past.
Search the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Coates family name using the FreeBMD database.
Explore Genealogy Bank for Coates family records.
Search MyHeritage for Coates family data.
Search the LDS Database for records of the Coates family.
Research the Coates surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Coates Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 14846 people with the Coates surname in the UK? Coates is now ranked number 387 for popularity in the UK. |
Coates Family Tree Databases
Investigate WikiTree for user contributed Coates family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Coates data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Check out MyTrees for information on the Coates family and people looking to contact living Coates relations.
Explore GENi for Coates family records.
Find your Irish Coates relatives on findmypast.ie
Coates Forums
Research the Coates surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 27344 people with the Coates surname in the USA? Coates is ranked number 148 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Coates Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on the Coates 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 Coates surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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