Nelson Family Tree research resources
Explore the detail of the Nelson 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 14506 people with the Nelson surname? In that year Nelson was ranked number 271 for popularity in the UK. |
Nelson records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Nelson 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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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Nelson Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Nelson 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 Nelson family tree.
Explore Nelson Parish Records at Find My Past.
Search the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Nelson family name using the FreeBMD database.
Look at Genealogy Bank for Nelson family records.
Investigate MyHeritage for Nelson family data.
Investigate the LDS Database for records of the Nelson family.
Research the Nelson surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Nelson Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 24232 people with the Nelson surname in the UK? Nelson is now ranked number 212 for popularity in the UK. |
Nelson Family Tree Databases
Investigate WikiTree for user contributed Nelson family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Nelson data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Explore MyTrees for information on the Nelson family and people looking to contact living Nelson relations.
Search GENi for Nelson family records.
Find your Irish Nelson relatives on findmypast.ie
Nelson Forums
Research the Nelson surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 492196 people with the Nelson surname in the USA? Nelson is ranked number 35 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Nelson Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on the Nelson 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 Nelson surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
Some people with the surname Nelson
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