Researching Eddie Payne
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 26951 people with the Payne surname? In that year Payne was ranked number 118 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Eddie means "Form of EDWARD - guardian of prosperity" and is of English origin.
Records of Eddie Payne on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Eddie Payne 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 Payne 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 Eddie Payne and the Payne Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Payne 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 Payne family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Eddie Payne at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Eddie Payne using the FreeBMD database.
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Research the Payne surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Payne Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 37331 people with the Payne surname in the UK? Payne is now ranked number 118 for popularity in the UK. |
Payne 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.
Investigate the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Eddie Payne.
Study MyTrees for information on the Payne family and people looking to contact living Payne relations.
Check out One Great Family for Payne records submitted by people who are already researching the Payne Family Tree.
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Payne 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 Payne surname using Genealogy.com forums .
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 173180 people with the Payne surname in the USA? Payne is ranked number 100 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Payne Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Eddie Payne. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Eddie Payne
Eddie Payne
Edward G. Payne (July 10, 1951 – July 7, 2021) was an American college basketball coach and the head men's basketball coach at the University of South Carolina Upstate. Payne led the USC Upstate Spartans through their first season of Division I competition in 2007–2008. In 2012, he was named the Atlantic Sun Conference Coach of the Year. Prior to arriving at USC Upstate, Payne was a Div I head coach at Oregon State University and East Carolina University. Payne's son, Luke, was one of his assistant coaches at USC Upstate from 2012 to 2015. Payne announced his retirement from USC Upstate on October 3, 2017, citing complications from ankle surgeries in the off-season. He died in 2021, three days short of his 70th birthday, from complications of a stroke.
Source: Eddie Payne, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Payne
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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