Pilch Family Tree research resources
Explore the detail of the Pilch 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 133 people with the Pilch surname? In that year Pilch was ranked number 3446 for popularity in the UK. |
Pilch records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Pilch 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Historical References
"PILCH K. A family of this name were prominent in Inverness in the end of the thirteenth and beginning of the fourteenth century. Patrick Pylche, juror on an inquest in Lanarkshire, 1263, is however, the first of the name recorded in Scotland (Bain, i, 2338; APS., I, p. 102). Alexander Pilche, burgess of Inverness, was one of the leading adherents in the North of Wallace and Bruce, and joined the insurrection of Andrew of Moray, 1297 (Barron, Scottish War of Independence, passim). Alexander Pylche was prepositus of the burgh of Inuernys in 1327 (ER., i, p. 59), William Pylche held land there in 1361 (REM., p. 306), and William Pylchee, miles, was juror at a court held at "Le Ballovicis Hill," near Inverness, 1376-77 (Innes Familie, p. 63). His house in Inverness is mentioned in 1377 (RMS., i, 649, 683). Harrison and Weekley make this a nickname, etymologically = (maker of) pelisse or fur coat. See also Sc. Ant., vi, p. 32. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Pilch Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Pilch 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 Pilch family tree.
Search Pilch Parish Records at Find My Past.
Search the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Pilch family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records of the Pilch family.
Research the Pilch surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Pilch Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 142 people with the Pilch surname in the UK? Pilch is now ranked number 3908 for popularity in the UK. |
Pilch Family History Databases
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Miscellaneous Pilch Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on the Pilch 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 Pilch surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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