Cossar Family Tree research resources
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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.
Cossar records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Cossar 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Historical References
"COSSAR, COSSER, COSSART, COUSAR. Probably assimilated forms of CORSAR, q.v. Robert i granted charters to Henry Cosur or Henry dictus Cosure of the lands of Bondyngtone and Bethocrulle (RMS., i, 9, 10). Henry Coceur, son and heir of Henry Coceur of Trebroun, granted a charter of lands in Over Lamberton in 1332 (BNCH., xvi, p. 326), and in same year as Henry Cosour he appears as charter witness (ibid., p. 330). Adam Cossour was macer (claviger) to David n and had from him charter of a bovate of land with pertinents in the tenement of Aymouthe in barony of Coldingham, 1361 (RMS., i, 263). In 1360 he was one of the collectors of contributions from the county of Berwick (ER., n). Henry Cossoure, son of John Cossoure, had charter from Robert n of the lands of Otterburne in the sheriffdom of Berwyk on resignation of his father, 1373 (RMS., i, 472). Adam Cousour who witnessed a notarial instrument dated 1442 is doubtless Adam Cosour, juror on a claim to third part of Cranshaws, 1453 (Home, 21; Swinton, p. xxxix). Another Adam Cosur, burgess of Stirling, had safe conduct to travel in England, 1453 (Bain, rv, 1256). Alexander Cosour, Robert Cosour, and Dugal Cosour were burgesses of Stirling, 1476, and William Cossour was burgess there, 1520 (SBR., p. 6, 259). David Coissoure was sasine witness, 1541 (Home, p. 252). The name is Corseir of that Ilk in Workman MS. Coussor, Corsour, Cosouris (pi.). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Cossar Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Cossar 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 Cossar family tree.
Search Cossar Parish Records at Find My Past.
Study the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Cossar family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Look at the LDS Database for records of the Cossar family.
Research the Cossar surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Cossar Military records.
Cossar Family History Databases
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Miscellaneous Cossar Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on the Cossar 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 Cossar surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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