Researching Estella Payton
Dig into the past of Estella Payton using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1193 people with the Payton surname? In that year Payton was ranked number 2419 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Estella Payton on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Estella Payton 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 Payton 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 Estella Payton and the Payton Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Payton 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 Payton family tree.
Study Parish Records for Estella Payton at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Estella Payton using the FreeBMD database.
Search Genealogy Bank for Estella Payton records.
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Look at the LDS Database for records about Estella Payton.
Research the Payton surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Payton Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 1694 people with the Payton surname in the UK? Payton is now ranked number 2549 for popularity in the UK. |
Payton 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.
Check out the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Estella Payton.
Study MyTrees for information on the Payton family and people looking to contact living Payton relations.
Explore One Great Family for Payton records submitted by people who are already researching the Payton Family Tree.
Find Estella Payton from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Payton 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 Payton surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 30382 people with the Payton surname in the USA? Payton is ranked number 147 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Payton Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Estella Payton. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Estella Payton
Estella Payton
Estella Payton sometimes Estelle Payton (August 17, 1904 – December 16, 1999) was a co-star on the Woman's World cooking show that aired on WKRG-TV in Mobile, Alabama for decades. Payton, an African American woman, appeared with Connie Bea Hope, a white woman, on the show starting in 1956. In the early years, Payton did not appear on camera unless her hands slipped into the shot while setting up or removing utensils. Later, in the 1960s, Payton began to appear on air and she eventually received third billing on the program's opening titles, was given her own microphone, and offered comments on Hope's demonstrations. The two women were known in the station for their usually good-natured backstage squabbles.
The Mobile Bay Convention and Visitor's Bureau website describes the pair as being "the Mobile version of Martha Stewart and Julia Child" and notes that when the long-running show appeared on Channel Five at a time when there were only two channels in the city. Payton lived to age 95.
Mrs. Payton was the great aunt of baseball legend Hank Aaron, who is also from Mobile.
Source: Estella Payton, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Payton
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