Crombie Family Tree research resources
Investigate the background of the Crombie Family History using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Family History !
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1680 people with the Crombie surname? In that year Crombie was ranked number 2044 for popularity in the UK. |
Crombie records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Crombie 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Historical References
"CROMBIE. A surname found mainly in Aberdeenshire, derived from the place Crombie in the parish of Auchterless. The Gaelic b is silent, and the local pronunciation as well as most old deeds omit it, e.g. Cromee, Cromy, Cromie, Crommay, and Crurny (PSAS., LXV, p. 430). Robert Crumby, chaplain, witness in Brechin, 1450 and 1464 (REB., i, 138; n, 103). Patrick of Cromby, chaplain of Scotland, had a safe conduct into England, 1423, William of Crumby the same in the following year, and Andrew Cromby, Scottish merchant, the same in 1475 (Bain, rv, 928, 970, 1433). David Crommy was admitted burgess of Aberdeen, 1516 (NSCM., i, p. 46), Thomas Crommy, witness in Aberdeen, 1567 (Aboyne, p. 107), James Crommy or Crommie, witness in Spynie, 1560-71-S4 (REM., p. 409, 410, 422), and Thomas Cromby was writer in Edinburgh, 1618 (SCM., rv, p. 258). Crombye 1566, Cromey 1580, Cromme 1523, Crommie 1536, Crumbee and Crumbie 1688, Crummy 1558 "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Crombie Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Crombie 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 below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. 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 Crombie family tree.
Explore Crombie Parish Records at Find My Past.
Search the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Crombie family name using the FreeBMD database.
Look at Genealogy Bank for Crombie family records.
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Check out the LDS Database for records of the Crombie family.
Research the Crombie surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Crombie Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 2064 people with the Crombie surname in the UK? Crombie is now ranked number 2306 for popularity in the UK. |
Crombie Genealogy Databases
Check out WikiTree for user contributed Crombie family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Crombie data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Search MyTrees for information on the Crombie family and people looking to contact living Crombie relations.
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Miscellaneous Crombie Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on the Crombie 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 Crombie surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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