Stedman Family Tree research resources
Explore the detail of the Stedman Family History 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 1859 people with the Stedman surname? In that year Stedman was ranked number 1921 for popularity in the UK. |
Stedman records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Stedman 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Historical References
"STEDMAN, STEEDMAN, STUIDMAN. From provincial English stead, a farmhouse and offices, #NAME? the English king's peace in 1321 (Bain, m, 724). Steidman is found in Angus, 1505 (RAA., n, 448). Charles Studeman was "cuik at the Canongait port," Edinburgh, 1572 (Dittr. Occ., p. 303), and William Stuidman was reidare at Auchterderay, 1574 (RMR.). Alexander Steidman was retoured heir in croft and toft in vill Kinross, 1621 (Retours, Kinross, 6), James Stuidman was heir of Robert Stuidman, servitor S. D. N. Regis charissimae matris, 1633 (Inquis., 1950), and Janet Stoodman appears in Edinburgh in 1643 (Edinb. Marr.). Chalmers (History of Dunfermline) has a genealogy of the Stedmans of Baldridge, Fife. John le Stedman is recorded in English Parliamentary Writs in 1306. Stidman 1688. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Stedman Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Stedman 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 Stedman family tree.
Study Stedman Parish Records at Find My Past.
Look at the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Stedman family name using the FreeBMD database.
Search Genealogy Bank for Stedman family records.
Search MyHeritage for Stedman family data.
Investigate the LDS Database for records of the Stedman family.
Research the Stedman surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Stedman Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 1842 people with the Stedman surname in the UK? Stedman is now ranked number 2444 for popularity in the UK. |
Stedman Family Tree Databases
Search WikiTree for user contributed Stedman family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Stedman data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Investigate MyTrees for information on the Stedman family and people looking to contact living Stedman relations.
Search GENi for Stedman family records.
Find your Irish Stedman relatives on findmypast.ie
Stedman Forums
Research the Stedman surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Stedman surname in the USA? Stedman is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Stedman Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on the Stedman 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 Stedman surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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