Powrie Family Tree research resources
Delve into the history of the Powrie Family Tree using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Family History !
Powrie records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Powrie 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Historical References
"POURIE, POWRIE. From Powrie in Errol, parish of Murroes, Angus. Henry of Pourie was juror on an inquest at Roxburgh in 1361 (Bain, rv, 62). William Powry was tried for the murder of the king (Damley), 1568 (RFC., I, p. 600), and another William Powyre was schoolmaster of Lynlythquow, 1583 (Sc. Ant., xi, p. 131). Isobel Powrie appears in Edinburgh in 1609 (Edinb. Marr.), and Johannes Pourie is recorded in Maynes de Erroll in 1670 (Inquis., 5381). Andrew Powrie, mair of the shirieffdome of Perthshire, 1689 (RFC., 3. ser. xrv, p. 769). Nisbet mentions Powrie of Woodcocksholm in Linlithgowshire as an old family of the name. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Powrie Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Powrie 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 Powrie family tree.
Look at Powrie Parish Records at Find My Past.
Look at the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Powrie family name using the FreeBMD database.
Investigate Genealogy Bank for Powrie family records.
Study MyHeritage for Powrie family data.
Study the LDS Database for records of the Powrie family.
Research the Powrie surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Powrie Military records.
Powrie Family Tree Databases
Check out WikiTree for user contributed Powrie family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Powrie data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Search MyTrees for information on the Powrie family and people looking to contact living Powrie relations.
Check out GENi for Powrie family records.
Find your Irish Powrie relatives on findmypast.ie
Powrie Forums
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Miscellaneous Powrie Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on the Powrie 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 Powrie surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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