Stein Family Tree research resources
Dig into the past of the Stein Family History using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Family Tree !
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 709 people with the Stein surname? In that year Stein was ranked number 2871 for popularity in the UK. |
"Local: from the town of Stein in the Isle of Skye. "(The origin and signification of Scottish surnames. Clifford Stanley Sims, 1862)
Stein records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Stein 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Historical References
"STEEN, STEIN. Syncopated forms of STEVEN, q.v. Found in Fife, the Lothians, Ayrshire and Roxburghshire. Alan Steyn was a monk of Kilwinning Abbey, 1557. John Steyne was burgess freeman of Glasgow in 1575, and James Stein in 1583 (Burgesses). As forename: Steyn Tran in Irvine, 1450 (Irvine, i, 45), and Steyne of Wod, voter in Monkland, 1519 (Stmon, 45). Katie Steven or Stein, who lived a solitary life at Laighpark, parish of Kirkoswald, is thought to nave been the 'Cutty-sark' heroine of Burns's 'Tarn o' Shanter.' "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Stein Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Stein 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 Stein family tree.
Study Stein Parish Records at Find My Past.
Study the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Stein family name using the FreeBMD database.
Search Genealogy Bank for Stein family records.
Search MyHeritage for Stein family data.
Explore the LDS Database for records of the Stein family.
Research the Stein surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Stein Military records.
Stein Genealogy Databases
Look at WikiTree for user contributed Stein family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Stein data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Explore MyTrees for information on the Stein family and people looking to contact living Stein relations.
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Find your Irish Stein relatives on findmypast.ie
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| Did you know that there are currently 42535 people with the Stein surname in the USA? Stein is ranked number 143 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Stein Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on the Stein 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 Stein surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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