Swanton Family Tree research resources
Explore the detail of the Swanton 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 232 people with the Swanton surname? In that year Swanton was ranked number 3347 for popularity in the UK. |
Swanton records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Swanton 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Historical References
"SWANTON. William Suantoun, saidler in Irvine, 1666 (Irvine, n, p. 205). Perhaps of English origin from Swanton in county Norfolk, England. 0 "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Swanton Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Swanton 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 Swanton family tree.
Check out Swanton Parish Records at Find My Past.
Search the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Swanton family name using the FreeBMD database.
Investigate Genealogy Bank for Swanton family records.
Check out MyHeritage for Swanton family data.
Look at the LDS Database for records of the Swanton family.
Research the Swanton surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Swanton Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 469 people with the Swanton surname in the UK? Swanton is now ranked number 3598 for popularity in the UK. |
Swanton Family History Databases
Investigate WikiTree for user contributed Swanton family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Swanton data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Study MyTrees for information on the Swanton family and people looking to contact living Swanton relations.
Check out GENi for Swanton family records.
Find your Irish Swanton relatives on findmypast.ie
Swanton Forums
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Miscellaneous Swanton Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on the Swanton 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 Swanton surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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