Hook Family Tree research resources
Delve into the history of the Hook Family History using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Genealogy !
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4435 people with the Hook surname? In that year Hook was ranked number 957 for popularity in the UK. |
Hook records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Hook 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Historical References
"HOOK. Local. William de Huk' was in charge of Thomas Galloway, 1296 (Bain, u, 729). Adam de Huke, tenant in vill of Moffet, 1376 (RHM., i, p. Ixii). The name continued in Sanquhar and neighborhood till eighteenth century and is still represented in the place name Heuklands (Dumfriesshire and Galloway Nat. Hist. 6- Ant. Soc., Trans., 3. ser. xuc, p. 118). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Hook Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Hook 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 Hook family tree.
Investigate Hook Parish Records at Find My Past.
Check out the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Hook family name using the FreeBMD database.
Study Genealogy Bank for Hook family records.
Investigate MyHeritage for Hook family data.
Explore the LDS Database for records of the Hook family.
Research the Hook surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Hook Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 5509 people with the Hook surname in the UK? Hook is now ranked number 1081 for popularity in the UK. |
Hook Genealogy Databases
Search WikiTree for user contributed Hook family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Hook data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Study MyTrees for information on the Hook family and people looking to contact living Hook relations.
Search GENi for Hook family records.
Find your Irish Hook relatives on findmypast.ie
Hook Forums
Research the Hook surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 15191 people with the Hook surname in the USA? Hook is ranked number 152 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Hook Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on the Hook 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 Hook surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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