Skea Family Tree research resources
Dig into the past of the Skea Family History using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Family Tree !
Skea records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Skea 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Historical References
"SKEA, SKAE. An Orcadian surname of local origin from the lands of Skea in Deerness. Magnus Sea was witness to the sale of a toft in Kirkwall in 1480, Bernard of Ska purchased a two mark land in Deldaill within Deirnes in 1505, Sir James Scay was chaplain in Orkney, 1523 (OSR., i, p. 104), John Skay in Deirnes was member of an assize in Tankirnes in 1559, and Madie Skae of Tankirness is recorded in a deed dated 1597 (REO., p. Ill, 203, 323, 331). Skaye 1562. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Skea Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Skea 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 Skea family tree.
Search Skea Parish Records at Find My Past.
Explore the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Skea family name using the FreeBMD database.
Explore Genealogy Bank for Skea family records.
Investigate MyHeritage for Skea family data.
Check out the LDS Database for records of the Skea family.
Research the Skea surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Skea Military records.
Skea Family Tree Databases
Check out WikiTree for user contributed Skea family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Skea data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Study MyTrees for information on the Skea family and people looking to contact living Skea relations.
Explore GENi for Skea family records.
Find your Irish Skea relatives on findmypast.ie
Skea Forums
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Miscellaneous Skea Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on the Skea 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 Skea surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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