Joss Family Tree research resources
Dig into the past of the Joss Family Tree 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 546 people with the Joss surname? In that year Joss was ranked number 3033 for popularity in the UK. |
Joss records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Joss 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Historical References
"JOSS, JOASS. Perhaps from French Josse, from Jodoc or Judoc (a derivative of Breton jud battle), the name of a famous Breton saint of the seventh century. A family named Joass were of considerable importance in Banffshire in the eighteenth century, and possessed the lands of Colleonard. WiDiam Joos was chaplain to King Robert m, 1402 (RMS., i, p. 651). Thomas Joce was bailie of Inverkeithing, 1359 (ER., i, p. 621). William Joss was tenant of Westhall, Aberdeenshire, 1513 (REA., i, p. 355). Agnes Joas was rebuked in church for having ane excommunicate persone at her marriage," 1661 (Rec. Elgin, n, p. 301). Rev. James Maxwell Joass of Golspie was a well-known antiquary. Joasse 1669, Joiss 1662. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Joss Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Joss 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 Joss family tree.
Check out Joss Parish Records at Find My Past.
Study the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Joss family name using the FreeBMD database.
Look at Genealogy Bank for Joss family records.
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Study the LDS Database for records of the Joss family.
Research the Joss surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Joss Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 565 people with the Joss surname in the UK? Joss is now ranked number 3507 for popularity in the UK. |
Joss Family History Databases
Explore WikiTree for user contributed Joss family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Joss data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Look at MyTrees for information on the Joss family and people looking to contact living Joss relations.
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Miscellaneous Joss Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on the Joss 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 Joss surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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