Curror Family Tree research resources
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Curror records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Curror 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Historical References
"CURROR. From Middle English courourOld French coreor, 'a runner,' courier. Nicol Corour of Berwickshire rendered homage, 1296 (Bain, n, p. 207), and in 1305 Walter le Corour accounted for the ward of Selkirk in the Forest (ibid., p. 440). William Curour was assizer in Edinburgh, 1402 (Egidii, p. 38). William Currour, charter witness in Edinburgh, 1425 (RMS., n, 25) may be William Curroure who held lands near Edinburgh in the same year (Soltre, p. 294). William Currour or Courrour, merchant of Scotland, had safe conducts into England, 1408 and 1410 (Bom, rv, 764, 798). Johannes Currour was burgess of Perth, 1440 (RD., p. 297), and John Currour, burgess of Banff, 1487 (RAA., n, 311). John Currour of Logymegil witnessed a retour of service of Neis Ramsay in the barony of Bamff, 1507 (Bamff, p. 45). George Currour was charged with "trublance of the toune" of Aberdeen, 1512 (CRA., p. 443), and William Currour was factor for the abbot of Jedburgh, 1560 (ER., xrx, p. 115). Gyllis Curror in Glenkil, 1626, and four more in the neighborhood are in record (Dumfries). Thomas Curror, heir of Patrick Currer, burgess of Dysart, 1649 ( (Inquis., 3526). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Curror Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Curror 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 Curror family tree.
Investigate Curror Parish Records at Find My Past.
Investigate the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Curror family name using the FreeBMD database.
Search Genealogy Bank for Curror family records.
Look at MyHeritage for Curror family data.
Look at the LDS Database for records of the Curror family.
Research the Curror surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Curror Military records.
Curror Family History Databases
Search WikiTree for user contributed Curror family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Curror data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Explore MyTrees for information on the Curror family and people looking to contact living Curror relations.
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Find your Irish Curror relatives on findmypast.ie
Curror Forums
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Miscellaneous Curror Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on the Curror 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 Curror surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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