Researching Benjamin Tayloe
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8 people with the Tayloe surname? In that year Tayloe was ranked number 3571 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Benjamin means "Son of the right hand" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Benjamin Tayloe on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Benjamin Tayloe 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.
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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. 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 Tayloe 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 Benjamin Tayloe and the Tayloe Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Tayloe 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 Tayloe family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Benjamin Tayloe at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Benjamin Tayloe using the FreeBMD database.
Search Genealogy Bank for Benjamin Tayloe records.
Check out MyHeritage for Benjamin Tayloe information.
Study the LDS Database for records about Benjamin Tayloe.
Research the Tayloe surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Tayloe Military records.
Tayloe Family History 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.
Look at the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Benjamin Tayloe.
Study MyTrees for information on the Tayloe family and people looking to contact living Tayloe relations.
Check out One Great Family for Tayloe records submitted by people who are already researching the Tayloe Family Tree.
Find Benjamin Tayloe from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Tayloe 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.
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Miscellaneous Tayloe Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Benjamin Tayloe. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Benjamin Tayloe
Benjamin Ogle Tayloe
Benjamin "Ogle" Tayloe (May 21, 1796 — February 25, 1868) was an American businessman, bon vivant, diplomat, and influential political activist in Washington, D.C. during the first half of the 19th century. Although he never held elective office, he was a prominent Whig and influential in presidential electoral politics in the 1840s and 1850s. His home, the Tayloe House, became a salon for politically powerful people in the federal government and socially influential individuals in the United States and abroad. Tayloe was also a party in the important 1869 contract law case, Willard v. Tayloe, 75 U.S. 557.
Source: Benjamin Ogle Tayloe, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Tayloe
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.
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