Records of Eric Paton on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Eric Paton 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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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Eric Paton and the Paton Family Tree

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

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ukDid you know that there are currently 8134 people with the Paton surname in the UK? Paton is now ranked number 722 for popularity in the UK.

Paton Family Tree Databases

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Paton 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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Some Famous People called Eric Paton

Eric Paton

East end united 2016–2018

Eric John Paton (born 1 August 1978 in Glasgow) is a retired Scottish professional footballer.

Paton developed into a right back, a position that ex-Queens manager John Connolly favoured the former right sided midfielder in. However his versatility seen him deployed on the right-back of a midfield five, just inside the wide left man and at left back.

Paton joined Dundee in June 2008, after he signed a pre-contract agreement with the club on 24 January 2008. On 15 October 2010, Paton had his contract terminated by Dundee, a victim of the club entering administration.

Source: Eric Paton, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Paton

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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