Spankie Family Tree research resources
Delve into the history of the Spankie Genealogy using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Family Tree !
Spankie records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Spankie 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Historical References
"SPANKIE. Walter Spankye held a land in Dundee before 1443 (REB., i, 93), and Alexander Spanky was tenant of Drumdranfurde, Ardmanoch, in 1504 (ER., xn, p. 662). Frequent mention is made (c. 1512-14) in the Rental of Dunkeld of Master Robert Spanke or Spankie, steward to the bishop and afterwards dean of Fife (Rent. Dunk., p. 148, 225, etc.). David Spankie was enrolled burgess of Dundee in 1590 (Wedd., p. 151), and James Spankie was minister at Coupar-Angus in 1779 (Dunkeld). Still a surname in the parish of St. Cyrus, Kincardineshire. Spangy and Spanky 1461. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Spankie Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Spankie 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 Spankie family tree.
Study Spankie Parish Records at Find My Past.
Investigate the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Spankie family name using the FreeBMD database.
Look at Genealogy Bank for Spankie family records.
Check out MyHeritage for Spankie family data.
Search the LDS Database for records of the Spankie family.
Research the Spankie surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Spankie Military records.
Spankie Genealogy Databases
Look at WikiTree for user contributed Spankie family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Spankie data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Investigate MyTrees for information on the Spankie family and people looking to contact living Spankie relations.
Explore GENi for Spankie family records.
Find your Irish Spankie relatives on findmypast.ie
Spankie Forums
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Miscellaneous Spankie Databases
Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on the Spankie 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 Spankie surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.





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