Mair Family Tree research resources
Investigate the background of the Mair Family History using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Genealogy !
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2768 people with the Mair surname? In that year Mair was ranked number 1433 for popularity in the UK. |
Mair records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Mair family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. 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Historical References
"MAIR. "Mair was the designation of an officer who executed summonses and other legal writs. Those who held hereditary appointments being termed 'mairs of fee'" ( (Protocols, m, p. 28n). Skene (De verborum significatione) adds that the mair was otherwise called Praeco Regis, the king's crier or herald. In the Act of 1426 (APS., n, c. 99) the mair is described as the "king's sergeant" and entitled to bear a "horn and wand." It was "however, a common term denoting any deligated office. It might, for instance, denote a head forester (Mackinnon, Const, hist, of" Scotland, p. 76). In 1606 Robert Dumbar, heir of George Dumbar, in Litle Tarie, was retoured heir of his father "in offlcio man vulgo vocato the office of Mairschip of the erledome of Murray and Westschyre of the samin" ( (Refours, Moray, 22). Abraham marus held land in the Garuach in the reign of William the Lion (LAC., p. 167), Robert le Mare witnessed a charter to the Priory of May by Eggou ruffus early in the thirteenth century (RPSA., p. 383), and Alexander Marus was witness in a Maule charter, 1261 (Panmure, n, 85). Symon le Mare of Perthshire rendered homage in 1296 (Bain, n, p. 200). Eustace Marr or Mare was collector of contributions of the sheriffdom of Perth 'super IlefF in 1360 and 1367 (ER., n, p. 41, 423). John Mair, Scottish merchant, had a safe conduct to trade between Scotland and England in 1453 (Bain, rv, 1253), Andreas Mayr, witness in Aberdeen, 1477 (REA., I, p. 312), James Mayr, witness in Dumfries, 1544 (Anderson), and John Major or Mair (1469-1550), bom in Haddington, was "the last of the schoolmen." John Mair, "apostle of temperance," in North America, was born in Aberdeen, 1788.' "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Mair Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Mair 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 Mair family tree.
Check out Mair Parish Records at Find My Past.
Study the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Mair family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records of the Mair family.
Research the Mair surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Mair Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 4112 people with the Mair surname in the UK? Mair is now ranked number 1410 for popularity in the UK. |
Mair Family Tree Databases
Explore WikiTree for user contributed Mair family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Mair data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Search MyTrees for information on the Mair family and people looking to contact living Mair relations.
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Mair Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Mair surname in the USA? Mair is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Mair Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on the Mair 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 Mair surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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