Swain Family Tree research resources
Dig into the past of the Swain Family Tree 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 5772 people with the Swain surname? In that year Swain was ranked number 736 for popularity in the UK. |
Swain records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Swain 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Historical References
"SWAIN, SWAYNE. From Middle English Swein Old Norse Sveinn). "Sveinn was one of the most usual Scandinavian names in England during Old and Middle English times." Swein Ulfkills sime is a witness in King Edgar's charter granting Swintun to the monks of S. Cuthbert, c. 1100 (Nat. MSS., i,4). Sweing, presbyter of Fihswic (Fishwick) witnessed grant of a toft at Ednam to the church of S. Cuthbert at Coldingham, 1136 (Raine, 22). Elyas Sweyn, constable at Locres (Leuchars, Fife), appears as witness in two charters, c. 1250 (SHR., n, p. 174). James Swayne was tenant of Bordland in the barony of Kylbouho, 1376 (RHM., i, p. lix; n, 16), and Patrick Swane, charter witness in Glasgow, 1474 (LCD., p. 189). The editor of Dysart Records says under the year 1546: 'In a deed of this year I find for the first time Swyn (Swayne), a name that still exists in Dysart' (p. 15). Peter Swayne was tenant n Hylle of Mossplat, 1533 (Rental), George Swayne was tenant of Newtounleis, 1559 ( ER., xix, p. 403), George Swayne was rector of Methil, 1592 (Dysart, p. 42), and John Swane and Bessie Swane were examined for the Test in Tinwald, 1685 (RFC., 3. ser. xi, p. 433). Robert Swyne in Langriche, 1653, and five more are recorded in the neighborhood before 1800 (Louder). Svan 1668, Swen 1591. See also SWAN. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Swain Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Swain 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 Swain family tree.
Search Swain Parish Records at Find My Past.
Check out the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Swain family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records of the Swain family.
Research the Swain surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Swain Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 7913 people with the Swain surname in the UK? Swain is now ranked number 750 for popularity in the UK. |
Swain Genealogy Databases
Search WikiTree for user contributed Swain family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Swain data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Look at MyTrees for information on the Swain family and people looking to contact living Swain relations.
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| Did you know that there are currently 36459 people with the Swain surname in the USA? Swain is ranked number 145 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Swain Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on the Swain 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 Swain surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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