Penney Family Tree research resources
Dig into the past of the Penney 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 1654 people with the Penney surname? In that year Penney was ranked number 2060 for popularity in the UK. |
Penney records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Penney 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Historical References
"PENNY, PENNEY, PENNDB. Johannes Peny was witness in Elgin in 1343 (REM., p. 290), Mr. John Peny, a Scottish clerk, had a safe conduct in England, 1362 (Rot. Scot., i, p. 867b), and a later John Peny had a grant of the fulling mill of Ballernache in Perthshire in 1375 (RMS., i, 577). George Penny was a writer in Edinburgh in 1433 (REB., i, 59), Alexander Penny held land in Glasgow in 1487 (LCD., p. 256), and John Penny was prior of the order of Preachers in Aberdeen in 1486-7 (REA., n, p. 299; LCD., p. 201). William Peny held a croft in the sheriffdom of Linlithgow in 1500 (Neubotle, p. 281), and in 1529 "Besse Penne oblissis hir neuer to by buttir nor cheise ... to regrait agane" in Edinburgh (MCM., n, p. 85). Isobel Pennie is recorded in Chirnsyde in 1683 (Lauder), and James Penny from Fyvie was killed in the first Great War (Turriff). Penney 1470. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Penney Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Penney 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 Penney family tree.
Study Penney Parish Records at Find My Past.
Study the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Penney family name using the FreeBMD database.
Study Genealogy Bank for Penney family records.
Study MyHeritage for Penney family data.
Check out the LDS Database for records of the Penney family.
Research the Penney surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Penney Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 2675 people with the Penney surname in the UK? Penney is now ranked number 1971 for popularity in the UK. |
Penney Family History Databases
Look at WikiTree for user contributed Penney family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Penney data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Look at MyTrees for information on the Penney family and people looking to contact living Penney relations.
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Find your Irish Penney relatives on findmypast.ie
Penney Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Penney surname in the USA? Penney is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Penney Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on the Penney 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 Penney surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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