Traquair Family Tree research resources
Research the background of the Traquair Family History using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Family Tree !
Traquair records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Traquair 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Historical References
"TRAQUAIR. From the lands of Traquair in the parish of the same name in Peebfesshire. The surname is and apparently always has been a rare one. Magister Alan de Tracquare witnessed a gift of land in Berwick to the Hospital of Soltre, c. 1250-70 (Soltre, p. 33), and Thomas de Treuequer or Trouequer was decanus de Anegus in 1265 (RAA., i, p. 187, 269). Johannes de Traquair had a charter of lands of Edirdye and Henderstoun in the reign of Robert i (RMS., i, App. n, 11). Alexander Traquair, brother german of quondam Thomas Traquair, ypothecarius, burgess of Edinburgh, 1618 (Inquis. Tut., 271). Dr. Ramsey Heatley Traquair (1840-1912) was a distinguished paleontologist in Edinburgh. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Traquair Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Traquair 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 Traquair family tree.
Search Traquair Parish Records at Find My Past.
Explore the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Traquair family name using the FreeBMD database.
Explore Genealogy Bank for Traquair family records.
Look at MyHeritage for Traquair family data.
Study the LDS Database for records of the Traquair family.
Research the Traquair surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Traquair Military records.
Traquair Family History Databases
Explore WikiTree for user contributed Traquair family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Traquair data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Look at MyTrees for information on the Traquair family and people looking to contact living Traquair relations.
Explore GENi for Traquair family records.
Find your Irish Traquair relatives on findmypast.ie
Traquair Forums
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Miscellaneous Traquair Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on the Traquair 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 Traquair surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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