Silver Family Tree research resources
Explore the detail of the Silver Genealogy using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Genealogy !
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1714 people with the Silver surname? In that year Silver was ranked number 2019 for popularity in the UK. |
Silver records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Silver 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Historical References
"SILVER. This surname is not uncommon in the Mearns, and is an old one in the parish of Fetteresso. John Syllar was tenant of the garden of the Hospital of Dundee, 1464 ( (Cupar-Angus, i, p. 147). James Silvir, "succentor Glasguensi," appears as witness in 1497 (REG., p. 496), and may be James Siluer, rector of Durisdere, 1504 (Simon, 92). William Silver de Stobo was a charter witness, 1506 (REG., 485), and another William Siluer or Silwer was a cleric in Aberdeen, 1540, and chaplain of Folaroull, 1546 (REA., n, p. 113; i, p. 431). The name Silver on a tomb in the Calton cemetery, Edinburgh, near the Stevenson 'lair' probably suggested to Robert Louis Stevenson the surname of his 'Long John Silver' in Treasure Island. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Silver Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Silver 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 Silver family tree.
Look at Silver Parish Records at Find My Past.
Check out the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Silver family name using the FreeBMD database.
Check out Genealogy Bank for Silver family records.
Study MyHeritage for Silver family data.
Investigate the LDS Database for records of the Silver family.
Research the Silver surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Silver Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 2899 people with the Silver surname in the UK? Silver is now ranked number 1855 for popularity in the UK. |
Silver Genealogy Databases
Investigate WikiTree for user contributed Silver family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Silver data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Study MyTrees for information on the Silver family and people looking to contact living Silver relations.
Look at GENi for Silver family records.
Find your Irish Silver relatives on findmypast.ie
Silver Forums
Research the Silver surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 27344 people with the Silver surname in the USA? Silver is ranked number 148 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Silver Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on the Silver 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 Silver surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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