Rioch Family Tree research resources
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Rioch records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"RIOCH. From the Gaelic adjective riabhach, brindled, greyish. A common descriptive surname. John Reoch was burgess of Inverness, 1452 (Inoernessiana, p. 153). Part of the lands of Parcy or Parcyis were leased to Alan Reoch or Roeoch in 1463-73 (Cupar-Angus, i, p. 136, 201). Robert Reauch and Finlay Reaucn were tenants on lands of the bishopric of Aberdeen, 1511 (REA., i, p. 369, 377), and Gilbert Reoch was the king's officer and messengerof-arms in Irvine, 1514 (Irvine, i, p. 33). John Reaucht admitted burgess of Aberdeen in 1530 (NSCM., i, p. 51) may be John Reaucht amerced there in 1539 for "ye nonganging In corpus criste processioun' (Mill, Plays, p. 127). Donald Reach appears as witness in Banff, 1544 (RMS., m, 3062), and Jacobus Reacht in Murthlac, 1550 (Illu.t., n, p. 262). Complaint was made against John McAwreoch in Litill Urchun and Donald McAwreoch in Caddell, 1578 (RFC., ra, p. 51), and John Rioche is recorded in Dunfermline, 1585 (Dunfermline), and Kenneth Rioch in Knockdui, 1726 (HP., n, p. 384). Riach was the name of the mate of the brig The Covenant in R. Latin Stevenson's Kidnapped. Am Fear Reabhaich, 'the brindled or grizzly one, the singed one,' is a popular Gaelic name for the Devil, and Duncan McCowle voil vie Eayne Rewich means 'Duncan son of Dougall the bald son of grizzled John.' Reche, Rethe, and Reiach 1541, Reoche 1607, Reuch 1679, Riauch 1597, Rioch 1726. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Rioch Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Rioch 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 Rioch family tree.
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Investigate the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Rioch family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records of the Rioch family.
Research the Rioch surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Rioch Military records.
Rioch Family Tree Databases
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Look at MyTrees for information on the Rioch family and people looking to contact living Rioch relations.
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Miscellaneous Rioch Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on the Rioch 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 Rioch surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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