Tait Family Tree research resources
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8817 people with the Tait surname? In that year Tait was ranked number 460 for popularity in the UK. |
"Pleasure, delight. "(The origin and signification of Scottish surnames. Clifford Stanley Sims, 1862)
Tait records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"TAIT. Originally a nickname. Bede (Hist. Eccles., n, 9) tells us that Ethelberga, daughter of Ethelbert, king of Kent, was otherwise called Tate' (fern.), and nine individuals named 'Tata' (masc.) are recorded in Birch's Cartularium Saxonicum. The word, meaning 'glad,' 'cheerful,' occurs in Old Norse as teitr, and as a proper name, Teitr, occurs several times in the Icelandic Landndmabok. A debt due by the king is recorded paid to Thomas dictus Tayt in 1329 (ER., i, p. 211). Between 1362 270 there are a number of entries of payment of pension to John Tayt, clerk, who appears to nave been connected with the hospital of Montrose (ibid., n, p. 115, 359, etc.). Alexander Tayt was burgess of Edinburgh, 1381 (Egidii, p. 22). Adam Tayte who had a safe conduct to travel in England in 1424, may be the Adam Tayt, scutifer, a charter witness in Paisley, 1432 (Bain, m, 970; RMP., p. 370). Andrew Tait was Master of the Flesher Craft of Edinburgh, 1490 (Colston, Incorporated trades, p. 54), and another Andrew Tayt was one of the perambulators of the boundaries of Yochry and Achbrady, 1492 (RAA., n, 339). Robert Tail was tenant of the land of Wydsyd in 1531 (Rental), Christie Tett and Dand Taitt were tenants under the Abbey of Kelso, 1567 (Kelso, p. 528). The name also appears in Orkney in 1575 (Oppressions, p. 7). A family of the name were proprietors of the barony of 0 Cherrytrees in 1605 (Trials, n, p. 475), and Tait of Pirn, an ancient family in Tweeddale, ended in two heiresses, Margaret and Anne, one of whom married a Horsburgh of that Ilk. Archibald Campbell Tait (1811-1882), bom in Edinburgh, became archbishop of Canterbury. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Tait Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Tait 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 Tait family tree.
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Research the Tait surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Tait Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 10398 people with the Tait surname in the UK? Tait is now ranked number 557 for popularity in the UK. |
Tait Genealogy Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Tait surname in the USA? Tait is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Tait Databases
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