Skeene Family Tree research resources
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Skeene records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"SKEEN, SKEENE. Variants of SKENE, q.v. SKENE, SKEEN, SKEENE. Of territorial origin from the lands of Skene, Aberdeenshire, erected into a barony in 1317 in favor of Robert de Skene. The first record of the name is in 1296 when Johan de Skene of the county of EdneImrk and Johan de Skene of the county of Aberdene rendered homage (Bain, n, p. 203, 208). The seals attached to the homage shows that the two Johns were one and the same person. The seal bears the device of a head of John the Baptist upon a charger with a hand pointing down (figured in Family of Skene, p. 10), and the legend S loh'is de Sceyn. Patrick de Skene, also of the county of Aberdene, also rendered homage in the same year. The seal attached to his homage bears three sgians or daggers, paleways as now borne, and S Patricii de Sken cl'ici [clerici]. Probably, like many other old families, the Skenes were hereditary possessors of the church of Skene, a vicarage dependent upon the church of Kinkell, and toolc their name from it. This supposition is rendered probable by the designation of Patrick as a cleric, and by the fact that in 1358 a Ciliane de Skene is mentioned (ER., i, p. 552) who is probably a descendant of the John de Skene who bore the head of John the Baptist on his seal. Ciliane, in Gaelic Gitteoin, is an ecclesiastical name meaning 'servant of (S.) John.' The family enjoyed the estate of Skene from father to son, in nearly uninterrupted succession for more than five hundred years, but in 1828 the last direct male descendant died. Schene 13th cent., Skeen 1509, Skeene 1649, Skein 1601, Skeine 1509, Sken 1474, Skeyne 1594, Skine 1653, Skyne 1586. Skeyn and Skyen also occur. Some Skenes settled in Posen, and the name there appears as Skin, 1586. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Skeene Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Skeene 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 Skeene family tree.
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Explore the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Skeene family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Research the Skeene surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Skeene Military records.
Skeene Family Tree Databases
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Miscellaneous Skeene Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on the Skeene 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 Skeene surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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