Researching Elizabeth Pain
Dig into the past of Elizabeth Pain using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2691 people with the Pain surname? In that year Pain was ranked number 1465 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Elizabeth means "consecrated to God" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Elizabeth Pain on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Elizabeth Pain in your family tree. A vast range of data is available to search ranging from census records, births, deaths and marriages, military records and immigration records to name but a few. 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 Pain 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 Elizabeth Pain and the Pain Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Pain 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 Pain family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Elizabeth Pain at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Elizabeth Pain using the FreeBMD database.
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Search the LDS Database for records about Elizabeth Pain.
Research the Pain surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Pain Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 2075 people with the Pain surname in the UK? Pain is now ranked number 2300 for popularity in the UK. |
Pain 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.
Investigate the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Elizabeth Pain.
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Check out One Great Family for Pain records submitted by people who are already researching the Pain Family Tree.
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Pain 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 Pain Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Elizabeth Pain. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Elizabeth Pain
Elizabeth Pain
Elizabeth Pain (c. 1652 – 26 November 1704), sometimes spelled Elizabeth Paine or Elisabeth Payne, was a settler in colonial Boston who was brought to trial after the death of her child. She was acquitted of the murder charge but found guilty of negligence, fined, and flogged. According to some writers and by popular tradition, aspects of Pain's life and her gravestone are considered an inspiration for the life and grave of character Hester Prynne in the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Source: Elizabeth Pain, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Pain
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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