Thacker Family Tree research resources
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2170 people with the Thacker surname? In that year Thacker was ranked number 1735 for popularity in the UK. |
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Thacker records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Thacker 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Historical References
"THACKER. The Scottish form of English Thatcher. A surname derived from the occuEtion of thacker (Middle English thacker, from Old English (Anglo-Saxon) ca, \xc, a roof, thatch + personal suffix -ere), one who covers a roof with straw, reeds, etc., perhaps now an obsolete craft. A few years ago there was an illustration in the Scotsman newspaper of a thacker at work on the roof of Livingstone Tollhouse on the EdinburghGlasgow road near Midcalder. Thomas Thekar is mentioned in a list of Aberdeen criminals in 1411 (CRA., p. 4), Cudbert Thekar was a witness in Edinburgh in 1426 (EgldU, p. 48), and John Thekar is recorded in St. Andrews in 1525 (SHR., n, p. 266). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Thacker Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Thacker 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 Thacker family tree.
Search Thacker Parish Records at Find My Past.
Search the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Thacker family name using the FreeBMD database.
Search Genealogy Bank for Thacker family records.
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Look at the LDS Database for records of the Thacker family.
Research the Thacker surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Thacker Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 3659 people with the Thacker surname in the UK? Thacker is now ranked number 1553 for popularity in the UK. |
Thacker Family History Databases
Check out WikiTree for user contributed Thacker family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Thacker data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Explore MyTrees for information on the Thacker family and people looking to contact living Thacker relations.
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Thacker Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 24306 people with the Thacker surname in the USA? Thacker is ranked number 149 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Thacker Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on the Thacker 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 Thacker surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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