Wight Family Tree research resources
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1541 people with the Wight surname? In that year Wight was ranked number 2135 for popularity in the UK. |
Wight records on Ancestry
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Historical References
"WIGHT. Most probably from the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) personal name Wiht. Thomas Whight, burgois de Seint John de Perth, rendered homage, 1291 (RR.). A family of this name was settled about Ormiston, East Lothian, from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. James Wicht was prebendary of the Collegiate Church of Holy Trinity in Edinburgh, 1554 (Soltre, p. 200). Alexander Wycht was a monk of Inchaffray, 1555 (Inchaffray, p. xcix), John Weycht is recorded in Auchtinraicht in the same year (Protocols, i), and Hendrie Veycht and Riche Wycht were tenants on lands of the Abbey of Kelso, 1567 (Kelso, p. 519, 520). Weight 1686. WIGHT. Most probably from the Old English (Anglo-Saxon) personal name Wiht. Thomas Whight, burgois de Seint John de Perth, rendered homage, 1291 (RR.). A family of this name was settled about Ormiston, East Lothian, from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century. James Wicht was prebendary of the Collegiate Church of Holy Trinity in Edinburgh, 1554 (Soltre, p. 200). Alexander Wycht was a monk of Inchaffray, 1555 (Inchaffray, p. xcix), John Weycht is recorded in Auchtinraicht in the same year (Protocols, i), and Hendrie Veycht and Riche Wycht were tenants on lands of the Abbey of Kelso, 1567 (Kelso, p. 519, 520). Weight 1686. "(The surnames of Scotland. George Fraser Black, 1866-1948)
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Wight Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Wight 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 Wight family tree.
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Explore the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Wight family name using the FreeBMD database.
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Research the Wight surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Wight Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 1521 people with the Wight surname in the UK? Wight is now ranked number 2671 for popularity in the UK. |
Wight Genealogy Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Wight surname in the USA? Wight is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Wight Databases
Study the Ellis Island Database for information on the Wight family. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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