Salter Family Tree research resources
Explore the detail of the Salter Family History using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Family History !
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6849 people with the Salter surname? In that year Salter was ranked number 596 for popularity in the UK. |
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Salter records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Salter 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Historical References
"SALTER. From the occupation, Old English (Anglo-Saxon) sealtere, saltere, a dealer in salt (Klump, Die altenplischen Handwerkemamen, p. 67). An old surname in the joint parish of Larbert and Dunipace. Richard Salter held a land in Musselburgh in 1437 (Sohre, p. 52), and Robe Salter appears in Stirling in 1524 (SBR., p. 20). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Salter Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Salter 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 Salter family tree.
Check out Salter Parish Records at Find My Past.
Investigate the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Salter family name using the FreeBMD database.
Investigate Genealogy Bank for Salter family records.
Search MyHeritage for Salter family data.
Explore the LDS Database for records of the Salter family.
Research the Salter surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Salter Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 7916 people with the Salter surname in the UK? Salter is now ranked number 749 for popularity in the UK. |
Salter Family Tree Databases
Look at WikiTree for user contributed Salter family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Salter data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Check out MyTrees for information on the Salter family and people looking to contact living Salter relations.
Search GENi for Salter family records.
Find your Irish Salter relatives on findmypast.ie
Salter Forums
Research the Salter surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 21268 people with the Salter surname in the USA? Salter is ranked number 150 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Salter Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on the Salter 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 Salter surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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