Wait Family Tree research resources
Delve into the history of the Wait Family Tree using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Genealogy !
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1512 people with the Wait surname? In that year Wait was ranked number 2159 for popularity in the UK. |
Wait records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Wait 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Historical References
"WAIT, WATTE. From the Middle English tuaite, a watchman, sentinel, which again is from Old French wnite, a guard. Adam Wayt, witness in Aberbrothoc, 1312 (RAA., i, p. 289), and Thomas dictus Weyt, chaplain, Inverness, 1361 (REM., p. 305). Huchown the Wate, tacksman in Grenyng and Bankis in Marwek, 1492 (REO., p. 407). Thomas Waith was a witness in Kelso in 1505 (Kelso, 535). George Wait witnessed an instrument of sasine in 1525 (Home, 35), Robert Waitt is recorded in Stitchill in 1684 (StitchM, p. 97), and George Waitt in Manderstoun in 1665 (Lauder). "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Wait Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Wait 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 Wait family tree.
Study Wait Parish Records at Find My Past.
Search the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Wait family name using the FreeBMD database.
Explore Genealogy Bank for Wait family records.
Check out MyHeritage for Wait family data.
Investigate the LDS Database for records of the Wait family.
Research the Wait surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Wait Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 962 people with the Wait surname in the UK? Wait is now ranked number 3138 for popularity in the UK. |
Wait Family History Databases
Check out WikiTree for user contributed Wait family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Wait data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Explore MyTrees for information on the Wait family and people looking to contact living Wait relations.
Investigate GENi for Wait family records.
Find your Irish Wait relatives on findmypast.ie
Wait Forums
Research the Wait surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Wait surname in the USA? Wait is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Wait Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on the Wait 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 Wait surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.
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