MacVay Family Tree research resources
Research the background of the MacVay Family History using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Genealogy !
MacVay records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your MacVay 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Historical References
"MACVAY, MACVEY, MACVEACH, MACVEICH. Gaelic MacBheatha. John Macvay was tenant of Gargiston, Ardmanoch, 1504 (ER., xir, p. 661). Farquhar M'Vay in Balnakok, Easter Ross, 1507. Fergus M'Veagh, "habitantis Peanagross' (Pennycross in Mull), was formerly possessor of a Gaelic medical MS. now in the library of Edinburgh University. 0 "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some MacVay ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the MacVay Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the MacVay 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 MacVay family tree.
Explore MacVay Parish Records at Find My Past.
Explore the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the MacVay family name using the FreeBMD database.
Explore Genealogy Bank for MacVay family records.
Check out MyHeritage for MacVay family data.
Search the LDS Database for records of the MacVay family.
Research the MacVay surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original MacVay Military records.
MacVay Family History Databases
Investigate WikiTree for user contributed MacVay family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of MacVay data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Investigate MyTrees for information on the MacVay family and people looking to contact living MacVay relations.
Study GENi for MacVay family records.
Find your Irish MacVay relatives on findmypast.ie
MacVay Forums
Research the MacVay surname using Genealogy.com forums .
Miscellaneous MacVay Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on the MacVay 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 MacVay surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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