Stobo Family Tree research resources
Investigate the background of the Stobo Family Tree using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Family History !
Stobo records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Stobo 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Historical References
"STOBO. Of local origin from the old barony of Stobo in Peeblesshire. David de Stubhou or Stobhou witnessed charters by Jocelin, bishop of Glasgow, c. 1177-99 (RMP., p. 99, 101). Adam de Stobhou was juror on an inquest held at Peebles in 1262 (Peebles, 5; APS., I, p. 101 red). John Stobo was servant to the king in 1583 (MCM., n, p. 351), William Stobo was charged with tumult in Glasgow in 1606 (RFC., vn, p. 244), Mathew Stobo in Kittimure, parish of Stanehaven, 1630, and five more of the name (Lanark CR.), and Major Robert Stobo, a native of Glasgow, guided the Eraser Highlanders up the Heights of Abraham at Quebec in 1759. John Stobbo, late taylor burges in Edinburgh, 1730 (Guild, p. 136). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Stobo Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Stobo 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 Stobo family tree.
Explore Stobo Parish Records at Find My Past.
Study the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Stobo family name using the FreeBMD database.
Check out Genealogy Bank for Stobo family records.
Explore MyHeritage for Stobo family data.
Look at the LDS Database for records of the Stobo family.
Research the Stobo surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Stobo Military records.
Stobo Family Tree Databases
Search WikiTree for user contributed Stobo family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Stobo data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Look at MyTrees for information on the Stobo family and people looking to contact living Stobo relations.
Check out GENi for Stobo family records.
Find your Irish Stobo relatives on findmypast.ie
Stobo Forums
Research the Stobo surname using Genealogy.com forums .
Miscellaneous Stobo Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on the Stobo 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 Stobo surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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