Ord Family Tree research resources
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1973 people with the Ord surname? In that year Ord was ranked number 1853 for popularity in the UK. |
"Point, edge. "(The origin and signification of Scottish surnames. Clifford Stanley Sims, 1862)
Ord records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"ORD, ORDE. This surname is of twofold origin: (1) from Ord (Orde or Horde), later Kirkurd in Peeblesshire, (2) from the lands of Ord in Banffshire. Adam of Horde of the county of Peebles rendered homage in 1296 (Bain, n, p. 197, 207). John Urd was tenant in Spotswood in 1731 and William Ourd, tenant in Ligertwood in 1741 (Lander). Andrew de Ord had the lands of Ord in the parish of Banff from Robert I in the 21st year of the king's reign. Alexander Ord of that Ilk and Walter Ord in Banff wrongfully raised letters against Walter Currour of Incnedrour and others in 1596 (RFC., v). James Ord, wigmaker in Cullen, was a Jacobite of the '45. The surname is now comparatively rare in Banffshire, but appeared in Cullen at end of seventeenth century (SN&Q., i, p. 201). The old family of the name exchanged the lands of Ord for Finachty c. 1590 (ibid.). Laurence Ord was a merchant burgess burgo Vicicanonicorum, Edinburgh, 1696 (Inquis., 7677). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Ord Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Ord 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 Ord family tree.
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Study the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Ord family name using the FreeBMD database.
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| Did you know that there are currently 2596 people with the Ord surname in the UK? Ord is now ranked number 2007 for popularity in the UK. |
Ord Family Tree Databases
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