Records of Colley Scotland on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Colley Scotland 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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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 Scotland 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 Colley Scotland and the Scotland Family Tree

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

Study Parish Records for Colley Scotland at Find My Past.

Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Colley Scotland using the FreeBMD database.

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Check out the LDS Database for records about Colley Scotland.

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

ukDid you know that there are currently 887 people with the Scotland surname in the UK? Scotland is now ranked number 3207 for popularity in the UK.

Scotland Genealogy 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.

Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Colley Scotland.

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

Explore One Great Family for Scotland records submitted by people who are already researching the Scotland Family Tree.

Find Colley Scotland from Ireland on findmypast.ie

Scotland 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 Scotland surname using Genealogy.com forums .

Miscellaneous Scotland Databases

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

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Some Famous People called Colley Scotland

Colley Harman Scotland

Sir Colley Harman Scotland (16 June 1818 – 20 January 1903) was the first Chief Justice of the Madras High Court in British India.

Scotland was born in the West Indies, the son of Thomas Scotland, Registrar of Antigua and deputy-paymaster of the British forces in Jamaica, and his wife, Sarah Haverkam.

He was called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1843. He was successor of Sir Henry Davison as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Madras after he died at Ootacamund on 4 November 1860. He arrived at Madras on 23 May 1861 and was sworn in on 24 May 1861. He served as the first Chief Justice of the Madras High Court from 1861 to 1871. He also served as the Vice Chancellor of the University of Madras from 1862 to 1871.

Source: Colley Harman Scotland, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Scotland

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.

Satelmeier Sattelmayer Schedlin Scheidlin Scotlandsouth Sedlmayr Seidelman Settlemoir Settlemoire Settlemon Settlemore Settlemoyer Settlemyre Sidelinger Sidlington Sitlington Sitlinton Sittlington Sottlemier Stahlin Stahlman Stahlnecker Stalans Stalings Stalins Stalions Stallan Stallen Stalling Stallings Stallins Stallion Stallions Stallknecht Stallman Stallon Stallons Stalman Stalmuke Stalnaker Stalnecker Steelman Stehlin Stellin Stelling Stellino Stellmacher Stellmaker Stellman Stelma Stelmach Stelman Stelmo Steuhlmeyer Stileman Stiling Stilings Stillians Stilling Stillinger Stillings Stillion Stillions Stillmacher Stillmaker Stillman Stillmann Stollen Stollenbeck Stollenbecker Stollenberg Stollenhof Stollenwerck Stollings Stollman Stollmeier Stollmeyer Stoolmiller Stuhlinger Stuhlmiller Stuhlmuller Styling Suttlehan Suttling Swadlen Swadlin Swadling Swadlinge Swatland Sweatland Swedeland Sweedland Sweetland Swethelm Swetland Switland