Records of Albert Keep on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Albert Keep in your 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.

A Moment of your Time Please...

In order to try and help fund this website, I've tried producing some music. Click the banner below to listen to my latest album on your favourite streaming service. If you like it, please consider adding your favourite songs to a playlist!

Play music by Gracie James
Country Collection
Globe Ancestry.com Global records search results for Albert Keep.
USA Ancestry.com US records search results for Albert Keep.
UK Ancestry.co.uk UK records search results for Albert Keep.
Canada Ancestry.ca Canadian records search results for Albert Keep.
Australia Ancestry.com.au Australian records search results for Albert Keep.

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. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Keep ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!

Unlock your DNAHave you reached a brick wall in your Keep Tree?

Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Albert Keep and the Keep Family Tree

Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Keep 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 Keep family tree.

Look at Parish Records for Albert Keep at Find My Past.

Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Albert Keep using the FreeBMD database.

Investigate Genealogy BankGenealogy Bank for Albert Keep records.

Look at MyHeritage for Albert Keep information.

Investigate the LDS Database for records about Albert Keep.

Research the Keep surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Keep Military records.

ukDid you know that there are currently 1321 people with the Keep surname in the UK? Keep is now ranked number 2832 for popularity in the UK.

Keep Family Tree Databases

Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.

Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Albert Keep.

Study MyTrees for information on the Keep family and people looking to contact living Keep relations.

Check out One Great Family for Keep records submitted by people who are already researching the Keep Family Tree.

Find Albert Keep from Ireland on findmypast.ie

Keep Forums

There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.

Research the Keep surname using Genealogy.com forums .

Miscellaneous Keep Databases

Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Albert Keep. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

Comments

Looking for information on a Albert Keep in your family tree? Why not post a question here -

Some Famous People called Albert Keep

Albert Keep

Albert Keep (1826 – May 13, 1907) was a 19th-century American railroad official and financier. He was a former president and director ofthe Chicago and North Western Railway. For eighteen years he was director of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. He was born in Homer, New York, in Cortland County.

Keep moved to Whitewater, Wisconsin, in 1846. He became a leading merchant there, working along with his brother, Henry, and Philander Peck. The Keeps and Peck relocated to Chicago, Illinois, in 1851. They were involved in trade and began to accumulate wealth. The brothers took an interest in promoting the Chicago and North Western Railway and Albert served as its director for fourteen years. As a result of his leadership the railroad became one of the best built, equipped, and managed in the midwest.

Albert Keep died in Chicago on May 13, 1907.

The family has since expanded on their dynastical business and is currently headed by Anthony Keep who owns a mining conglomerate in Western Australia.

Source: Albert Keep, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Keep

Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.

Kaib Kapp Kaub Kauff Kaup Kaupa Kave Keave Keavy Kebby Keebaugh Keef Keefe Keeffe Keepe Keip Kepe Kepp Keppe Keppie Keppy Keup Kibbe Kibbee Kibbey Kibby Kibbye Kief Kieff Kiep Kiff Kiffe Kip Kipe Kipp Kippie Kob Koba Kobbe Kobe Kobi Kobpa Kobu Koep Koepp Koeppe Koff Koivu Koob Koop Kop Kopa Kope Kopf Kopp Koppa Koppe Koppie Kouba Koubu Kouf Koup Kub Kube Kubu Kupp Kybbye Kyp Kype