Lennox Family Tree research resources
Research the background of the Lennox Genealogy using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Family Tree !
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1777 people with the Lennox surname? In that year Lennox was ranked number 1972 for popularity in the UK. |
"Local: from the district or county of Lennox, now Dumbarton. Egrith, a Saxon noble, who died in 1064, was the ancestor of Alwin Mac Arkyll, who was created Earl of Lennox, temp. Malcolm IV, and was the founder of the family of Lennox. "(The origin and signification of Scottish surnames. Clifford Stanley Sims, 1862)
Lennox records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Lennox 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Historical References
"LENNOX, LENOX. Of local origin from the district of the name. John of Levenax, the duke of Albany's man, had a safe conduct into England, 1400 (Bain, rv, 570), and John de Lenox witnessed sale of a tenement in Glasgow, 1428 (LCD., p. 244). William Levinax, younger, of Caly, was accused of forethought felony and oppression in Kirkcudbright, 1508 (Trials, i, p. 54), and Donald Levenax, a follower of the earl of Casillis, was respited for murder in 1526 (RSS., i, 3386). George Lennox, bailie depute of earl of Cassilis at Glenluce, 1543 (Dumfriesshire and Galloway Nat. Hist, and Ant. Soc., Trans., 3. ser. xxi, p. 293). William Levenax was retoured heir in lands in the parish of Girtoun, etc., 1572 (Retours, Kirkcudbright, 31), and Patrick Levenax was merchant burgess of Glasgow, 1598 (Burgesses). John Lenox of Calie appears in 1647 (Retours, Kirkcudbright, 245), and Walter Lennox in Balcorroch, parish of Campsie, 1669 ( (Campsie). James Lenox (1800-1880), son of Robert Lenox, a Scots merchant who emigrated to New York in 1784, was founder of the Lenox Library, now incorporated in The New York Public Library. Levynnax 1556. 0 "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Lennox Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Lennox 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 Lennox family tree.
Study Lennox Parish Records at Find My Past.
Investigate the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Lennox family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Look at the LDS Database for records of the Lennox family.
Research the Lennox surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Lennox Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 3088 people with the Lennox surname in the UK? Lennox is now ranked number 1778 for popularity in the UK. |
Lennox Genealogy Databases
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Look at MyTrees for information on the Lennox family and people looking to contact living Lennox relations.
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Lennox surname in the USA? Lennox is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Lennox Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on the Lennox 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 Lennox surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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