Sorley Family Tree research resources
Research the background of the Sorley Family History using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Genealogy !
Sorley records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Sorley family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. 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Historical References
"SORLEY, A late form of SOMERLED, q.v. John SoirHe, chapman, mentioned in 1590 (Sc. Ant., vi, p. 166). Custom set to William Soirlie in the Ouhynnis, 1598 (SBR., p. 91), and Archibald Soirlie was town officer in Stirling, 1606 (ibid., p. 117). Patrick Sorley in Easter Lethendy, parish of Crieff, 1769 (Dunkeld). Sorill 1536. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Sorley Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sorley 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 Sorley family tree.
Check out Sorley Parish Records at Find My Past.
Search the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Sorley family name using the FreeBMD database.
Check out Genealogy Bank for Sorley family records.
Explore MyHeritage for Sorley family data.
Investigate the LDS Database for records of the Sorley family.
Research the Sorley surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Sorley Military records.
Sorley Genealogy Databases
Explore WikiTree for user contributed Sorley family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Sorley data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Study MyTrees for information on the Sorley family and people looking to contact living Sorley relations.
Study GENi for Sorley family records.
Find your Irish Sorley relatives on findmypast.ie
Sorley Forums
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Miscellaneous Sorley Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on the Sorley 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 Sorley surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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