Kilgour Family Tree research resources
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1102 people with the Kilgour surname? In that year Kilgour was ranked number 2500 for popularity in the UK. |
"Local: from the parish of Kilgour in Fifeshire. "(The origin and signification of Scottish surnames. Clifford Stanley Sims, 1862)
Kilgour records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"KILGOUR. From Kilgour near Falkland, Fife. The surname is found all over Fife and is also common in Aberdeenshire. It is also found in North Australia, and has given name to a river there. Sir Thomas Kilgour, who appears in 1528 as chaplain of St. Thomas in the palace of Falkland (RSS., i, 4018), is probably the same "Sir" Thomas Kilgoure to whom several entries of payments of ten bolls of bear occur in 1563, 1566, 1567, etc. (ER., xuc, p. 243, 343, 385). In 1567 there is also an entry of an annual pension of 45 shillings to Sir Thomas Kingoure (ibid., p. 393). John Kilgour of Aberdeen was ordered to serve on a ship of war in 1540 (CRA., p. 172), Richard Kilgour appears twice as a witness in 1550 and 1551 (RMS., rv, 455, 645), David Kilgour of Lathrisk was one of an assize in Fife in 1555 (ibid., 1006), and there is mention of a debt due to Henry Kilgor in 1572 (Dysart, p. 37). David Kylgour was retoured heir of Alexander Kylgour de Nethill, his father, in 1600 ( (Retours, Fife, 86), John Kilgour was "sacristar of the cathedrall kirk of Aberdene" in 1607 (SCM., v, p. 134), and Henry Kilgour was retoured heir of his grandfather, Andrew Kilgour, in 1644 (Retows, Aberdeen, 274). Hamilton Kilgour, minister of Collace, died in 1777. Kilgor 1572, Kilgowre 1665. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Kilgour Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Kilgour 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 Kilgour family tree.
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Look at the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Kilgour family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Research the Kilgour surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Kilgour Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 1175 people with the Kilgour surname in the UK? Kilgour is now ranked number 2952 for popularity in the UK. |
Kilgour Family Tree Databases
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Miscellaneous Kilgour Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on the Kilgour family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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