Swinburne Family Tree research resources
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Swinburne records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Swinburne 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Historical References
"SWINBURNE. Perhaps from the township of Swinburne in Northumberland. There appears, however, to have been a place named Swinburne near Stenton in the reign of Alexander n. William de Swineburne, the king's clerk, was granted a dispensation to hold an additional benefice in 1253 (Pap. Lett., i, p. 283; ES., n, p. 572n). Sir Welsh de Swynebume witnessed a charter to the Priory of May by Alexander Comyn, earl of Buchan (RPSA., p. 383). An annuity paid to John de Swyneburne, 1291 (Bain, n, 490). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Swinburne Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Swinburne 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 Swinburne family tree.
Explore Swinburne Parish Records at Find My Past.
Study the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Swinburne family name using the FreeBMD database.
Investigate Genealogy Bank for Swinburne family records.
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Explore the LDS Database for records of the Swinburne family.
Research the Swinburne surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Swinburne Military records.
Swinburne Genealogy Databases
Check out WikiTree for user contributed Swinburne family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Swinburne data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Search MyTrees for information on the Swinburne family and people looking to contact living Swinburne relations.
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Find your Irish Swinburne relatives on findmypast.ie
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Miscellaneous Swinburne Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on the Swinburne 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 Swinburne surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.





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