Peace Family Tree research resources
Investigate the background of the Peace Genealogy 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 2715 people with the Peace surname? In that year Peace was ranked number 1455 for popularity in the UK. |
Peace records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Peace 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Historical References
"PEACE. An Orcadian surname which Mr. Clouston believes to be a nickname. The earliest recorded Orcadian form of the name is Pase or Paise (1402). Anders Paes, "aff wapu," i.e. armiger, appended his seal to a deed at Copenhagen in June 1433 ( (Diplomatarium Norvegicum, m, 720). James Pase witnessed a disposition of a land in Wasbister in the parish of Holm in 1483 (REO., p. 195), Magnus Paise owned a tenement in Kirk wall in 1573, and Angus Peace was a witness there in 1553 (ibid., p. 248, 350). William Peace published his Descriptive and historic handbook to the Orkney Islands in 1862. "(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. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Peace 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 Peace Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Peace 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 Peace family tree.
Explore Peace Parish Records at Find My Past.
Look at the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Peace family name using the FreeBMD database.
Investigate Genealogy Bank for Peace family records.
Check out MyHeritage for Peace family data.
Study the LDS Database for records of the Peace family.
Research the Peace surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Peace Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 2949 people with the Peace surname in the UK? Peace is now ranked number 1831 for popularity in the UK. |
Peace Family History Databases
Check out WikiTree for user contributed Peace family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Peace data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Explore MyTrees for information on the Peace family and people looking to contact living Peace relations.
Investigate GENi for Peace family records.
Find your Irish Peace relatives on findmypast.ie
Peace Forums
Research the Peace surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Peace surname in the USA? Peace is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Peace Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on the Peace 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 Peace surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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