Sellar Family Tree research resources
Explore the detail of the Sellar Family History 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 711 people with the Sellar surname? In that year Sellar was ranked number 2869 for popularity in the UK. |
Sellar records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Sellar 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Historical References
"SELLAR, SELLER, SELLABS. Most probably from Middle English seler, a saddler. The name has been also derived from Anglo-French seler, celer, Old French celier, one in charge of a cellar or storeroom, but the former is more likely. Colin Sellar held a land in Aberdeen in 1281 (REA., n, p. 278). A family of this name were blacksmiths in the parish of Botriphnie for 400 years (Jervise, n, p. 12), John Sellar was admitted burgess of Aberdeen in 1407 (NSCM., i, p. 2), Thomas Sellar was declared innocent of part in detention of King James m in Edinburgh Castle in 1482 (Lennox, n, p. 123), and George Sellar, baxter, was burgess of Glasgow in 1577 ( (Burgesses). The surname was common in Glasgow in the sixteenth century (Protocols). Patrick Sellar was bailie of Linlithgow, 1590 (Sc. Ant., xi, p. 132). Seller 1549, Cellar 1646. 0 "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Sellar Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sellar 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 Sellar family tree.
Explore Sellar Parish Records at Find My Past.
Check out the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Sellar family name using the FreeBMD database.
Check out Genealogy Bank for Sellar family records.
Explore MyHeritage for Sellar family data.
Check out the LDS Database for records of the Sellar family.
Research the Sellar surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Sellar Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 652 people with the Sellar surname in the UK? Sellar is now ranked number 3425 for popularity in the UK. |
Sellar Genealogy Databases
Look at WikiTree for user contributed Sellar family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Sellar data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Check out MyTrees for information on the Sellar family and people looking to contact living Sellar relations.
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Miscellaneous Sellar Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on the Sellar 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 Sellar surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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