Researching Ellen Craft
Dig into the past of Ellen Craft using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 661 people with the Craft surname? In that year Craft was ranked number 2919 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Ellen means "Form of ELEANOR. light" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Ellen Craft on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Ellen Craft 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. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Craft 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 Ellen Craft and the Craft Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Craft 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 Craft family tree.
Explore Parish Records for Ellen Craft at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Ellen Craft using the FreeBMD database.
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Investigate the LDS Database for records about Ellen Craft.
Research the Craft surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Craft Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 1161 people with the Craft surname in the UK? Craft is now ranked number 2964 for popularity in the UK. |
Craft Family Tree 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 Ellen Craft.
Study MyTrees for information on the Craft family and people looking to contact living Craft relations.
Explore One Great Family for Craft records submitted by people who are already researching the Craft Family Tree.
Find Ellen Craft from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Craft 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 Craft surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 39497 people with the Craft surname in the USA? Craft is ranked number 144 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Craft Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Ellen Craft. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Ellen Craft
Ellen and William Craft
Ellen Craft (1826–1891) and William Craft (September 25, 1824 – January 29, 1900) were American fugitives who were born and enslaved in Macon, Georgia. They escaped to the North in December 1848 by traveling by train and steamboat, arriving in Philadelphia on Christmas Day. Ellen crossed the boundaries of race, class, gender, and physical ability by passing as a white male planter with William posing as her personal servant. Their daring escape was widely publicized, making them among the most famous of fugitives from slavery. Abolitionists featured them in public lectures to gain support in the struggle to end the institution.
As prominent fugitives, they were threatened by slave catchers in Boston after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, so the Crafts emigrated to England. They lived there for nearly two decades and raised five children. The Crafts lectured publicly about their escape and challenged the Confederacy during the American Civil War. In 1860 they published a written account, Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom; Or, The Escape of William and Ellen Craft from Slavery. One of the most compelling of the many slave narratives published before the American Civil War, their book reached wide audiences in the United Kingdom and the United States. After their return to the US in 1868, the Crafts opened an agricultural school for freedmen's children in Georgia. They worked at the school and its farm until 1890. Their account was reprinted in the United States in 1999, with both the Crafts credited as authors, and it is available online at Project Gutenberg and the University of Virginia.
Source: Ellen and William Craft, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Craft
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