Leask Family Tree research resources
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1231 people with the Leask surname? In that year Leask was ranked number 2386 for popularity in the UK. |
Leask records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"LEASK, LEISK. From the old lands of Leask, now Pitlurg, in the parish of Slains, Aberdeenshire. William of La.sk, dominus ejusdem, in 1380, granted a pound of wax yearly to the church of S. Mary of Ellon, from his land of Logy iuxta Elone (REA., i, p. 134). Thomas de Lask or Laysk was bailie of the barony of Fyndon, 1390 (CAB., p. 272), and in the following year he witnessed a charter by Henry St. Clair, earl of Orkney (RMS., I, 824; REO., p. 28). Amy Lowsk apud Kyngudy was accused of being a forestaller in 1402 (CRA., p. 385), Henry de Laske witnessed a grant by Robert m to the Blackfriars of Perth in 1405 (Miltw, p. 39), and Johannes de Louask was juror on an inquest apud Rane, 1413 (REA., i, p. 214). William de Lowask was burgess of Aberdeen, 1445 (NSCM., i, p. 10), and Umfra Laysk of that Ilk in 1461 granted a charter of a piece of land called Brinthous in Aberdeenshire (CAB., p. 364). People of this name early migrated to the Orkneys, and James of Lask is recorded there as 'Lawman in 1438 (SCM., v, p. 391). Laisk c. 1524, Lesk 1490. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Leask Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Leask 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 Leask family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1303 people with the Leask surname in the UK? Leask is now ranked number 2848 for popularity in the UK. |
Leask Genealogy Databases
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Miscellaneous Leask Databases
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