Hodge Family Tree research resources
Investigate the background of the Hodge Family Tree using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Family Tree !
![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 7548 people with the Hodge surname? In that year Hodge was ranked number 543 for popularity in the UK. |
Hodge records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Hodge 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Historical References
"HODGE. A diminutive of RODGEH, q.v. Laurence Hoige, witness in Glasgow, 1550 ( (Protocols, i). M;iriota Hodge is recorded in Edinburgh in 1625 (Retours, Edinburgh, 545), and Thomas Hodge was merchant burgess there in 1629 (Retours, Peebles, 79). Robert Hodge, born in Scotland, emigrated to America in 1770 and established the firm of Hodge and Shober, printers. In England "Hodge was so common a rural name that it became a generic term for a rustic" (Harrison). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Hodge Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Hodge 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 Hodge family tree.
Explore Hodge Parish Records at Find My Past.
Study the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Hodge family name using the FreeBMD database.
Look at Genealogy Bank for Hodge family records.
Study MyHeritage for Hodge family data.
Explore the LDS Database for records of the Hodge family.
Research the Hodge surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Hodge Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 8305 people with the Hodge surname in the UK? Hodge is now ranked number 714 for popularity in the UK. |
Hodge Genealogy Databases
Look at WikiTree for user contributed Hodge family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Hodge data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Explore MyTrees for information on the Hodge family and people looking to contact living Hodge relations.
Search GENi for Hodge family records.
Find your Irish Hodge relatives on findmypast.ie
Hodge Forums
Research the Hodge surname using Genealogy.com forums .
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 66841 people with the Hodge surname in the USA? Hodge is ranked number 135 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Hodge Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on the Hodge 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 Hodge surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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