Trail Family Tree research resources
Investigate the background of the Trail Family History using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Family History !
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 546 people with the Trail surname? In that year Trail was ranked number 3033 for popularity in the UK. |
"To drag. "(The origin and signification of Scottish surnames. Clifford Stanley Sims, 1862)
Trail records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"TRAIL, TRAILL. Probably from some place in the north. There is an Abhainn Traill emptying into Upper Loch Torridon. Hardly likely to be a form of Thrale as suggested by Harrison. Thomas Trayle was canon of Aberdeen, 1366 (REA., n, p. 58). Walter Trail (Trayl, or Treyl, or Treyle), of the family of Traill of Blebo in Fife, was provided bishop of St. Andrews in 1385 (Dowden, p. 27), and Magister Thomas Trayl was a friar of St. Andrews, 1395 (RPSA., p. 5). Sir Thomas Traell, knight of Scotland, had safe conduct into England, 1395 (Bain, rv, 497). Johannes Trayle was elected sergeant in Aberdeen, 1408 (Guildry, p. 185). Thomas Trail was treasurer of Glasgow, 1424 (LCD., p. 242). Thomas Traile was admitted burgess of Aberdeen, 1443 (NSCM., i, p. 7), and Tames Trayll de Malgask was a witness, 1448 (REB., i, 118). Thomas Trayll was appointed a procurator to appear in die Roman curia in 1526 (RAA., n, 633), and Thomas Trel was burgess of Dundee, 1576 (Wedd., p. 27). The Traills of Orkney and Shetland are descended from the family of Traill of Blebo, an ancient family of Fife. Their first appearance in Orkney is in 1523 when David Traile appears as witness in Kirkwall (REO., p. 207). The Traills of Castlehill and Rattar, Caithness, are also of Fife origin. Traell 1583, Trayle 1545; Treil. There were lands named Petintreill in the earldom of Sutherland in 1529 (OPS., n, p. 630), in 1616 Pentraill or Pitentrail (Retains, Sutherland, 3). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Trail Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Trail 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 Trail family tree.
Check out Trail Parish Records at Find My Past.
Explore the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Trail family name using the FreeBMD database.
Investigate Genealogy Bank for Trail family records.
Check out MyHeritage for Trail family data.
Investigate the LDS Database for records of the Trail family.
Research the Trail surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Trail Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 303 people with the Trail surname in the UK? Trail is now ranked number 3757 for popularity in the UK. |
Trail Genealogy Databases
Explore WikiTree for user contributed Trail family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Trail data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Study MyTrees for information on the Trail family and people looking to contact living Trail relations.
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Find your Irish Trail relatives on findmypast.ie
Trail Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Trail surname in the USA? Trail is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Trail Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on the Trail 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 Trail surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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