Crann Family Tree research resources
Research the background of the Crann Genealogy using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Family Tree !
Crann records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Crann 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Historical References
"CRANE, GRAN, CRANN. An Old English (Anglo-Saxon) personal name. See CRANSTON. In 1261 an inquest found that a man named Crane had held, by gift of King William the Lion, the lands of Inyaney and the office of gate-keeper of the royal castle, and that he never raised an army or gave assistance or did anything else in the 0 world for the said lands, except gate-keeper of our lord the king's castle of Montrose ("Nee dederunt auxilium nee aliquid aliud in mundo pro dicta terra facerunt nisi officium Janue Castri domini Regis de Munros") (APS., i, p. 100). Cran and Crann are current in the shires of Aberdeen, Banff, and Inverness, and Patrick Crane is recorded in Aberdeen in 1398 (CRA., p. 373). Crane is the spelling used by an old family in the parish of Maryton. The English personal name Crane is commonly said to be from the name of the bird, but we must remember that mediaeval epithet names are often something entirely different when properly studied. So many of the beast, bird, and fish names which enter so largely into personal nomenclature belong to a very old stratum, and in fact go back definitely to heathen times, "and there is no evidence that they were given as nicknames. They are real personal names, traditional with the race, given at birth with little or no thought of any application of the name to the appearance or disposition of the child." "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Crann Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Crann 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 Crann family tree.
Look at Crann Parish Records at Find My Past.
Check out the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Crann family name using the FreeBMD database.
Check out Genealogy Bank for Crann family records.
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Look at the LDS Database for records of the Crann family.
Research the Crann surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Crann Military records.
Crann Family History Databases
Study WikiTree for user contributed Crann family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Crann data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Search MyTrees for information on the Crann family and people looking to contact living Crann relations.
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Miscellaneous Crann Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on the Crann 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 Crann surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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