Torrie Family Tree research resources
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Torrie records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Torrie family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. 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Historical References
"TORRIE, TORHY. There are places of this name in Kincardineshire and in Fife, but Tome of that Ilk was seated in Dumfriesshire till their forfeiture in the reign of James m, who 0 regranted to Thomas Carruthers the lands and church of Tony, etc., "quae ad Georgium Tory de eodem, nostrum f elonem et proditorem pertinuerunt, ratione ejus forfeitures (Nisbet, i, p. 306). Dan Johan de Torry 1'abbe de Dounfermelyn had a safe conduct in 1405 (Bain, rv, 715). Alexander Torrie in Cockbumespethe-toure, 1653 (Louder). (2) Probably from Tony near Aberdeen. David Tony, burgess of Elgin, 1590 (RFC., rv, p. 498), and William Tone, bailie there, 1638, and Robert Torrie, mason there, 1691 (Moray). There were many Torries in Islay, Kerrera, etc., probably followers of Campbell of Cawdor when Campbell acquired Islay. George Tonie in Cawdor, witness to a bond in 1639 (Catodor, p. 285). George Torrie, servitor to John Campbell, fiar of Calder (Cawdor), 1626 (Bk. Islay, p. 374). James and John Torrie, tenants in Islay. Robert Tone appears as late taylor burges of Edinburgh, 1732 (Guildry, p. 143). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Torrie Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Torrie 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 Torrie family tree.
Search Torrie Parish Records at Find My Past.
Study the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Torrie family name using the FreeBMD database.
Investigate Genealogy Bank for Torrie family records.
Look at MyHeritage for Torrie family data.
Study the LDS Database for records of the Torrie family.
Research the Torrie surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Torrie Military records.
Torrie Family History Databases
Study WikiTree for user contributed Torrie family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Torrie data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Study MyTrees for information on the Torrie family and people looking to contact living Torrie relations.
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Miscellaneous Torrie Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on the Torrie 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 Torrie surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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