Yankee Family Tree research resources
Research the background of the Yankee Family History using the resources below. We hope you find these sites useful whilst you are researching your Family Tree !
Yankee records on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out your Yankee 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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Ancestry.com Global records search results for the Yankee family. |
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Ancestry.com US records search results for the Yankee family. |
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Ancestry.co.uk UK records search results for the Yankee family. |
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Ancestry.ca Canadian records search results for the Yankee family. |
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Ancestry.com.au Australian records search results for the Yankee family. |
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DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Yankee ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for the Yankee Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Yankee 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 Yankee family tree.
Study Yankee Parish Records at Find My Past.
Look at the UK registered births, marriages and deaths for the Yankee family name using the FreeBMD database.
Study Genealogy Bank for Yankee family records.
Look at MyHeritage for Yankee family data.
Look at the LDS Database for records of the Yankee family.
Research the Yankee surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Yankee Military records.
Yankee Family Tree Databases
Study WikiTree for user contributed Yankee family records. Collaboration is encouraged so that accuracy of Yankee data can be verified or corrected by other users.
Look at MyTrees for information on the Yankee family and people looking to contact living Yankee relations.
Study GENi for Yankee family records.
Find your Irish Yankee relatives on findmypast.ie
Yankee Forums
Research the Yankee surname using Genealogy.com forums .
Miscellaneous Yankee Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on the Yankee 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 Yankee surname in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Romania.





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