Leisk Family Tree research resources
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Leisk 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Historical References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 Leisk Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Leisk 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 Leisk family tree.
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Miscellaneous Leisk Databases
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