Gear Family Tree research resources
Delve into the history of the Gear Genealogy 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 1118 people with the Gear surname? In that year Gear was ranked number 2484 for popularity in the UK. |
Gear records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Gear 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Historical References
"GAIR, GEAR. A descriptive name from Gaelic gearr, 'short.' Gair of Nigg was the name of an old family (Stodart), and there are still families of this name in Ross and Sutherland. One of the most celebrated of the name was the noted reiver and pirate, spoken of in Gaelic song and story as 'Mac Iain Ghiorr' (CG., n, p. 284). Tarmot Ger had a remission for his part in the hership of Kenlochow and Trouternes in 1541 (RSS., n, 3943). Alexander Gar was charter witness and juror in Dornoch, 1535 and 1545 (OPS., n, p. 639, 641). Alexander Gar in Meikle Terrall was witness to a Denoon of Cadboll charter in 1561. Alexander Gair in Stranarn was a retainer of Macintosh of Dunnachton, Inverness, in 1607. Ewin McVean Gair in Urquhart was fined for resetting Clan Gregor in 1613 (RPC., xrv, p. 629), and John Dow Gair, a Macgregor, was slain at Enzie, 1641. Thomas Gaire, "a chapman that carries a wallett throw the countrey," was made councillor of Cromarty in 1669 (RFC., 3. ser. ra). Andrew Gair was tidewaiter in Dundee, 1726 (Brechin). The surname Gair in the Shetland Islands may be from the Old Norse personal name Geirr, but it is more likely to have been introduced from the mainland like so many other Orkney and Shetland surnames. Robert Gyre in the parish of Nesting, 1625 (Shetland). Hugh Gair was a travelling chapman in Huntly, 1770 (Aberdeen CR.), and Iain Dubh Gearr Macgregor was composer of the "Reel of Tulloch" (Macgregor, i, p. 193). 0 GAIROYNE. A form of GABDYNE, q.v. GEAR. A Shetland surname. See under GAIB. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Gear Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Gear 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 Gear family tree.
Look at Gear Parish Records at Find My Past.
Explore the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Gear family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records of the Gear family.
Research the Gear surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Gear Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 1287 people with the Gear surname in the UK? Gear is now ranked number 2863 for popularity in the UK. |
Gear Genealogy Databases
Check out WikiTree for user contributed Gear family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Gear data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Explore MyTrees for information on the Gear family and people looking to contact living Gear relations.
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Find your Irish Gear relatives on findmypast.ie
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Miscellaneous Gear Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on the Gear 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 Gear surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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