Shewan Family Tree research resources
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Shewan records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Shewan 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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Historical References
"SHEWAN. A surname recorded mainly in the shires of Aberdeen and Kincardine. Mathew Sewane was admitted burgess of Aberdeen, 1444 (NSCM., i, p. 9). William Sewan held land in Forfar in 1509 (RAA., n, 486). John Schewine, tenant of half of part of Glenboy, c. 1520 (Cupar-Angus, i, p. 300), and Thomas Sewan, reidare at Farnwell, 1574 (RMR.). John Schewane was burgess of Dundee and David Schewane burgess of Brechin, 1589 (REB., n, 227). James Schewan appears as cancellarius of Brechin in 1605, and in 1608 as bailie of Dundee (ibid., n, 236, 238). Patrick or Peter Schewane was admitted burgess of Aberdeen, 1603 (NSCM., i, p. 97), and Robert Shuan is in record in Edzell, 1714. Shuan is the name of the first mate of the brig Covenant in Stevenson's Kidnapped. Shewan occurs as a 'Ness' name in Shetland, and by some is mistakenly supposed to be from Old Norse Swein. In Shetland sasines appears the name of Adam Schewan, 1623. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Shewan Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Shewan 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 Shewan family tree.
Search Shewan Parish Records at Find My Past.
Explore the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Shewan family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Explore the LDS Database for records of the Shewan family.
Research the Shewan surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Shewan Military records.
Shewan Family History Databases
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Miscellaneous Shewan Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on the Shewan 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 Shewan surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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