Coventry Family Tree research resources
Delve into the history of the Coventry Genealogy 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 1187 people with the Coventry surname? In that year Coventry was ranked number 2425 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.
Coventry records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Coventry family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. 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Historical References
"COVENTRY. From the city of the name in the county of Warwick, England. Peter de Coventre rendered homage at Berwick, 1291 (RR.). The earliest bearers of the name in Scotland appear to have been churchmen. Johannes de Couentre was a charter witness in Angus, 1344 (RAA., n, p. 19), and William de Couentre granted anew the church of Inhyrharyte (? Inverharity) in the diocese of St. Andrews the following year (Pap. Pet., i, p. 89). Thomas de Conventre was canon of Caithness, 1348 (GSR., i, p. 127), Walter de Covingtre was decanus of Aberdour, 1426 (RMS., n, 55), and Patrick Cowentre, rector of Garwald in 1509 (LCD., p. 209), is probably the Patrick Covintre, decanus de Restalrig in 1539. William Covintrie is recorded in Kirkwall, 1612 (MCM., n, p. 157), David Coventrie had a charter of a fourth part of Arlarie in Kinross-shire, 1607 (RD., p. 500). Janet Couentrie in Geeven of Tillibodie, 1621, and eight more of the name are recorded in Dunblane Commissariot Record. Cowentrie 1564 "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Coventry Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Coventry 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 Coventry family tree.
Search Coventry Parish Records at Find My Past.
Explore the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Coventry family name using the FreeBMD database.
Search Genealogy Bank for Coventry family records.
Study MyHeritage for Coventry family data.
Search the LDS Database for records of the Coventry family.
Research the Coventry surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Coventry Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 1520 people with the Coventry surname in the UK? Coventry is now ranked number 2672 for popularity in the UK. |
Coventry Family Tree Databases
Look at WikiTree for user contributed Coventry family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Coventry data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Look at MyTrees for information on the Coventry family and people looking to contact living Coventry relations.
Investigate GENi for Coventry family records.
Find your Irish Coventry relatives on findmypast.ie
Coventry Forums
Research the Coventry surname using Genealogy.com forums .
Miscellaneous Coventry Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on the Coventry 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 Coventry surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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