Stenhouse Family Tree research resources
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Stenhouse records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Stenhouse 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Historical References
"STENHOUSE, STANHOUSE. From the old barony of the name in the parish of Larbert, Stirlingshire. The first of the name recorded appears to be John de Stanhus, who witnessed a grant to the Abbey of Cambuskenneth, c. 1200 (Cambus., 79), and about the same period Adam de Stanus witnessed Gilbert de Umframville's gift of teind of the mill of Dunipais to the same house (ibid., 86). Roben of Stanhus was indicted and arrested for larceny in 1278 (Bum, n, 148). Sir Robert Stanhus, a Pope's knight, was chaplain of Mariton in the diocese of Brechin in 1447 (Southesk, p. 720). John Stanis was juror on an inquest held at Cupar in 1522 (SCBF., p. 266), and Johanne Stannus, a witness in Dunfermline in 1525 appears again in 1549 with his name Latinized Johannes Lapideedomus, cleric of St. Andrews diocese and notary public (DBR., 255, 280). John Stainehous was a merchant burgess of Edinburgh in 1636 (Inquis., 2220), and "Alexander Stenos, tailer in Coldstrem," died in 1722. Stainhous 1674, Stannouse 1564, Stenhuus 1638, Stennous 1644, Stenous 1567. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Stenhouse Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Stenhouse 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 Stenhouse family tree.
Investigate Stenhouse Parish Records at Find My Past.
Search the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Stenhouse family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records of the Stenhouse family.
Research the Stenhouse surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Stenhouse Military records.
Stenhouse Genealogy Databases
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Miscellaneous Stenhouse Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on the Stenhouse 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 Stenhouse surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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