Traill Family Tree research resources
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 413 people with the Traill surname? In that year Traill was ranked number 3166 for popularity in the UK. |
Traill records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Traill 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Historical References
"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 Traill Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Traill 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 Traill family tree.
Look at Traill Parish Records at Find My Past.
Search the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Traill family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Check out the LDS Database for records of the Traill family.
Research the Traill surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Traill Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 576 people with the Traill surname in the UK? Traill is now ranked number 3496 for popularity in the UK. |
Traill Family History Databases
Study WikiTree for user contributed Traill family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Traill data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Search MyTrees for information on the Traill family and people looking to contact living Traill relations.
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Miscellaneous Traill Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on the Traill 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 Traill surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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