Researching Henry Keating
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1481 people with the Keating surname? In that year Keating was ranked number 2182 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Henry means "ruler of the home" and is of German origin.
Records of Henry Keating on Ancestry
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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 Keating 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 Henry Keating and the Keating Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Keating 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 Keating family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Henry Keating at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Henry Keating using the FreeBMD database.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 4332 people with the Keating surname in the UK? Keating is now ranked number 1352 for popularity in the UK. |
Keating Family Tree Databases
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Keating 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 Keating Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Henry Keating. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Henry Keating
Henry Singer Keating
Sir Henry Singer Keating (13 January 1804 – 1 October 1888) was a British lawyer and politician. The son of Lieutenant General Sir Henry Sheehy Keating, he attended Trinity College, Dublin and became a barrister at the Inner Temple in 1832, and a Queen's Counsel in 1849. He was Member of Parliament for Reading from 1852 until 1860 and as Solicitor General for England and Wales from 1857 to 1858 and in 1859.
He sat as a Judge of Common Pleas from 1859 to 1875. He became a member of the Privy Council in 1875, entitling him to sit on the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the court of last resort for the Empire.
Source: Henry Singer Keating, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Keating
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