Researching the Shand Family Tree
Investigate the background of the Shand Family Tree using the links below. We hope you find this information useful whilst you are unearthing your Shand Family Tree !
Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2057 people with the Shand surname? In that year Shand was ranked number 1795 for popularity in the UK.
New to Family History? Check out our Getting Started page. Check out House Of Names to investigate the origins of the Shand surname or get a copy of the Shand family Crest (a great gift idea!).
Shand records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Shand 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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| 1790 - 1930 US Federal census search results for the Shand surname. | ||
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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 Shand ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
Have you reached a brick wall in your Shand Tree?
Visit our Shand DNA page to find out more.
Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Shand Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Shand 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 Shand family tree.
Explore the huge Ancestry records Database for Births, Marriages and Deaths of the Shand family.
Look at Shand Parish Records at Find My Past.
Explore the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of the Shand family using the FreeBMD database.
Look at Genealogy Bank for Shand family records.
Study MyHeritage for Shand family data.
Explore the LDS Database for records of the Shand family.
Research the Shand surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Shand Military records.
Explore World Vital Records for information on the Shand family.
Did you know that there are currently 2561 people with the Shand surname in the UK? Shand is now ranked number 2026 for popularity in the UK.
Shand Family History Databases
Explore WikiTree for user contributed Shand family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Shand data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Investigate MyTrees for information on the Shand family and people looking to contact living Shand relations.
Check out GENi for Shand family records.
Investigate One Great Family for Shand records submitted by people who are already researching the Shand Genealogy .
Find your Irish Shand relatives on findmypast.ie
Shand Forums
Research the Shand surname using Genealogy.com forums .
Look at RootsWeb forums for Shand records.
Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Shand surname in the USA? Shand is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA.
Miscellaneous Shand Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on the Shand family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Investigate Rootsweb resources for Shand records.
Research the Shand surname using the Genealogy Today database .
View the distribution of the Shand surname in Britain using the public profiler Names database. The public profiler Names database contains distributions for the Shand surname in both 1881 and 1998. It also contains data on the ethnicity breakdown of the Shand surname.
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