Records of Claude Toft on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Claude Toft 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 Claude Toft.
USA Ancestry.com US records search results for Claude Toft.
UK Ancestry.co.uk UK records search results for Claude Toft.
Canada Ancestry.ca Canadian records search results for Claude Toft.
Australia Ancestry.com.au Australian records search results for Claude Toft.

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 Toft 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 Toft Tree?

Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Claude Toft and the Toft Family Tree

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

Explore Parish Records for Claude Toft at Find My Past.

Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Claude Toft using the FreeBMD database.

Explore Genealogy BankGenealogy Bank for Claude Toft records.

Check out MyHeritage for Claude Toft information.

Study the LDS Database for records about Claude Toft.

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

ukDid you know that there are currently 1346 people with the Toft surname in the UK? Toft is now ranked number 2814 for popularity in the UK.

Toft 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 Claude Toft.

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

Look at One Great Family for Toft records submitted by people who are already researching the Toft Family Tree.

Find Claude Toft from Ireland on findmypast.ie

Toft 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 Toft surname using Genealogy.com forums .

Miscellaneous Toft Databases

Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Claude Toft. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

Comments

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

Some Famous People called Claude Toft

Claude Toft

David Claude Toft (10 April 1922 – 3 December 1981) was the Mayor of Galway from July 1981 until his death.

Toft was born in Galway to Abby Toft of Dublin, and Florence (née Piper) Toft of Tramore, County Waterford, and had two siblings, Kenneth and Maureen. The family was in the amusement business. They set up arcades in Eyre Square during the Galway Races. The final two days takings of race week were always donated to charity.

A campaigner for Bobby Molloy since the 1960s brought him into the political arena, and he successfully contested the 1979 Galway Corporation elections. He was elected Mayor of Galway on 29 June 1981. Upon receiving the chain of office from Bridie O'Flaherty he joked "The only reason I'm taking on this job is to have the family name on the chain - isn't that perfectly understandable!"

Already ill on the night of his election, Toft nonetheless continued in his duties, his last official function being an especially strenuous journey to New York City for the Galwaymen's Association Centennial celebrations. He died on 3 December 1981, aged 59, from undisclosed causes, and was succeeded in office by Michael D. Higgins. He was buried in the New Cemetery, Bohermore, survived by his daughter Gillian and her family.

Source: Claude Toft, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Toft

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.

Tabatt Tabbitt Tabitha Taboada Tafet Taffat Taffet Taffte Taft Tebbet Tebbett Tebbit Tebbitt Tebboth Tebbut Tebbutt Tefft Thauvette Thebeaud Thibaud Thibedeau Thibodeau Thiebaud Tibbet Tibbett Tibbot Tiffit Tifft Tift Tipit Tippet Tippett Tippit Tippitt Toffetto Toffte Tofte Topete Tuft Tufte Tvedt