Schafer Family Tree research resources
Delve into the history of the Schafer 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 166 people with the Schafer surname? In that year Schafer was ranked number 3413 for popularity in the UK. |
Schafer records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Schafer 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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Ancestry.com US records search results for the Schafer family. |
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Ancestry.com.au Australian records search results for the Schafer family. |
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DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Schafer ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Schafer Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Schafer 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 Schafer family tree.
Look at Schafer Parish Records at Find My Past.
Explore the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Schafer family name using the FreeBMD database.
Look at Genealogy Bank for Schafer family records.
Study MyHeritage for Schafer family data.
Investigate the LDS Database for records of the Schafer family.
Research the Schafer surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Schafer Military records.
Schafer Genealogy Databases
Check out WikiTree for user contributed Schafer family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Schafer data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Look at MyTrees for information on the Schafer family and people looking to contact living Schafer relations.
Explore GENi for Schafer family records.
Find your Irish Schafer relatives on findmypast.ie
Schafer Forums
Research the Schafer surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 24306 people with the Schafer surname in the USA? Schafer is ranked number 149 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Schafer Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on the Schafer 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 Schafer surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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