Lenox Family Tree research resources
Investigate the background of the Lenox Family Tree 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 72 people with the Lenox surname? In that year Lenox was ranked number 3507 for popularity in the UK. |
Lenox records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Lenox 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Historical References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 Lenox Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Lenox 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 Lenox family tree.
Investigate Lenox Parish Records at Find My Past.
Look at the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Lenox family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records of the Lenox family.
Research the Lenox surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Lenox Military records.
Lenox Family History Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Lenox surname in the USA? Lenox is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Lenox Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on the Lenox 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 Lenox surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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