Otley Family Tree research resources
Delve into the history of the Otley Family Tree 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 505 people with the Otley surname? In that year Otley was ranked number 3074 for popularity in the UK. |
Otley records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Otley 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 Otley Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Otley 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 Otley family tree.
Look at Otley Parish Records at Find My Past.
Search the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Otley family name using the FreeBMD database.
Investigate Genealogy Bank for Otley family records.
Check out MyHeritage for Otley family data.
Search the LDS Database for records of the Otley family.
Research the Otley surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Otley Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 401 people with the Otley surname in the UK? Otley is now ranked number 3663 for popularity in the UK. |
Otley Family History Databases
Check out WikiTree for user contributed Otley family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Otley data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Look at MyTrees for information on the Otley family and people looking to contact living Otley relations.
Explore GENi for Otley family records.
Find your Irish Otley relatives on findmypast.ie
Otley Forums
Research the Otley surname using Genealogy.com forums .
Miscellaneous Otley Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on the Otley 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 Otley surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.





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