Kid Family Tree research resources
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Kid records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Kid family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. 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Historical References
"KID, KIDD, KYD, Kvim. An old Angus surname in Dundee and Arbroath. (1) It may be from Old English (Anglo-Saxon) Cydd(a) or Cydd(i). Cf. Gilchrist Kide who held land near river Nethan, 1180-1203 (Kelso, 110). (2) The name, however, is more probably a diminutive of Christopher. Robertus Kyd de Dunde is mentioned in 1357 (CDE., 6). The seal of Andrew Kyde is appended to instrument of 1473 (Seals Svpp., 590). Sande Kid and Thome Kyd Vallit Baity Kid' were summoned to attend an inquest at Furfar, 1450, and John Kyd and Nychol Kyd appear in Brechin in same year (REB., i, 147, 152). Cristiane Kydde, son and heir of Roger Cissor, held part of the land of Langforgrunde in the sheriffdom of Perth, 1470 (RMS., n, 452). Alexander Kyd held a land in Aberdeen, 1492 (REA., i, p. 331). The Kyd family appears repeatedly in the burgh records of Dundee from 1520 up to the present day (Wedd., p. 195). Alexander Kid was 'chanoun of our Soueran Lordis chapelT in Stirling, 1530 (SBR., U~1, 266), William Kyd was burgess of , 1563 (Methven, p. 66), Robert Kyd was portioner of Nethermains, 1571 (Retours, Ayr, 708), and William Kyd was retoured heir of Robert Kyd, son of Master James Kyd of Craigie, in lands in the parish of Alloa (Inquis.J. 0 "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Kid Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Kid 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 Kid family tree.
Search Kid Parish Records at Find My Past.
Investigate the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Kid family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records of the Kid family.
Research the Kid surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Kid Military records.
Kid Family History Databases
Check out WikiTree for user contributed Kid family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Kid data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Check out MyTrees for information on the Kid family and people looking to contact living Kid relations.
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Kid Forums
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Miscellaneous Kid Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on the Kid 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 Kid surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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