Researching the Shand Family Tree
Research 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 History !
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. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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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. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some 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 Family History
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 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 Shand family tree.
Study the huge Ancestry records Database for Births, Marriages and Deaths of the Shand family.
Check out Shand Parish Records at Find My Past.
Explore the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of the Shand family using the FreeBMD database.
Search Genealogy Bank for Shand family records.
Search MyHeritage for Shand family data.
Check out 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.
Look at 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 Genealogy Databases
Check out WikiTree for user contributed Shand family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Shand data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Check out MyTrees for information on the Shand family and people looking to contact living Shand relations.
Search GENi for Shand family records.
Investigate One Great Family for Shand records submitted by people who are already researching the Shand Family Tree .
Find your Irish Shand relatives on findmypast.ie
Shand Forums
Research the Shand surname using Genealogy.com forums .
Check out 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
Check out 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.
Search 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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