Penny Family Tree research resources
Explore the detail of the Penny 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 5329 people with the Penny surname? In that year Penny was ranked number 801 for popularity in the UK. |
Penny records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Penny family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. 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Historical References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
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. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Penny 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 Penny Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Penny 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 Penny family tree.
Check out Penny Parish Records at Find My Past.
Check out the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Penny family name using the FreeBMD database.
Study Genealogy Bank for Penny family records.
Check out MyHeritage for Penny family data.
Study the LDS Database for records of the Penny family.
Research the Penny surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Penny Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 5956 people with the Penny surname in the UK? Penny is now ranked number 1005 for popularity in the UK. |
Penny Family History Databases
Search WikiTree for user contributed Penny family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Penny data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Search MyTrees for information on the Penny family and people looking to contact living Penny relations.
Search GENi for Penny family records.
Find your Irish Penny relatives on findmypast.ie
Penny Forums
Research the Penny surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Penny surname in the USA? Penny is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Penny Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on the Penny 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 Penny surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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