Reekie Family Tree research resources
Investigate the background of the Reekie 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 722 people with the Reekie surname? In that year Reekie was ranked number 2858 for popularity in the UK. |
Reekie records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Reekie 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Historical References
"REEKIE. A person of this name in a letter to the "Weekly Scotsman" of Edinburgh some years ago said that in his family Bible under 1731 this name is spelled Rikie; and he adds that he had access to records as far back as 1460 in which the name is spelled Riki and Rikie. James Reky in Dundee was charged with aiding the English, 1552 (Beats, p. 327), and John Rekie appears in Leith, 1567 (RFC., i, p. 563). It may be a diminutive of RICKART, q.v., a variant of Richard, and it may also be noted that there is a place named Reikie in the parish of Alford, Aberdeenshire. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Reekie Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Reekie 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 Reekie family tree.
Investigate Reekie Parish Records at Find My Past.
Search the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Reekie family name using the FreeBMD database.
Check out Genealogy Bank for Reekie family records.
Look at MyHeritage for Reekie family data.
Check out the LDS Database for records of the Reekie family.
Research the Reekie surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Reekie Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 1083 people with the Reekie surname in the UK? Reekie is now ranked number 3030 for popularity in the UK. |
Reekie Family Tree Databases
Investigate WikiTree for user contributed Reekie family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Reekie data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Search MyTrees for information on the Reekie family and people looking to contact living Reekie relations.
Investigate GENi for Reekie family records.
Find your Irish Reekie relatives on findmypast.ie
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Miscellaneous Reekie Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on the Reekie 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 Reekie surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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