Researching James Loney
Dig into the past of James Loney using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 426 people with the Loney surname? In that year Loney was ranked number 3153 for popularity in the UK. |

The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Loney on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of James Loney 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 Loney 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 James Loney and the Loney Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Loney 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 Loney family tree.
Look at Parish Records for James Loney at Find My Past.
Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of James Loney using the FreeBMD database.
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Explore the LDS Database for records about James Loney.
Research the Loney surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Loney Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 683 people with the Loney surname in the UK? Loney is now ranked number 3396 for popularity in the UK. |
Loney 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.
Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for James Loney.
Study MyTrees for information on the Loney family and people looking to contact living Loney relations.
Explore One Great Family for Loney records submitted by people who are already researching the Loney Family Tree.
Find James Loney from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Loney 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 Loney surname using Genealogy.com forums .
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Loney surname in the USA? Loney is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Loney Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on James Loney. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called James Loney
James Loney (peace activist)
James Loney (born 1964) is a Canadian peace activist who has worked for several years with Christian Peacemaker Teams in Iraq and Palestine. On November 26, 2005, he was kidnapped in Baghdad along with three others: Harmeet Singh Sooden (Canadian) and Norman Kember (British), both members of the delegation he was leading; and Tom Fox (American), a full-time member of CPT who had been working in Iraq since September 2004. The widely publicized hostage crisis (see 2005-2006 Christian Peacemaker hostage crisis) ended on March 23, 2006 when Loney, Kember and Sooden were freed in a clandestine military operation led by British Special Forces. Tom Fox was killed on March 9, two weeks before the release of the other hostages.
While Loney was held as a hostage, his family and partner Dan Hunt withheld the fact of his homosexuality out of fear for his safety. The media was aware of this fact but cooperated in keeping it secret.
He made a brief media appearance on March 30: "I'll take things slowly until I can get through a day without shaking legs and a pounding heart," he said.
Source: James Loney (peace activist), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Loney
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