Records of Layne Staley on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Layne Staley in your family tree. With over 30 billion records and 100 million family trees to search, Ancestry is one of the key websites to visit to help you trace your family tree back in time. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.

A Moment of your Time Please...

In order to try and help fund this website, I've tried producing some music. Click the banner below to listen to my latest album on your favourite streaming service. If you like it, please consider adding your favourite songs to a playlist!

Play music by Gracie James
Country Collection
Globe Ancestry.com Global records search results for Layne Staley.
USA Ancestry.com US records search results for Layne Staley.
UK Ancestry.co.uk UK records search results for Layne Staley.
Canada Ancestry.ca Canadian records search results for Layne Staley.
Australia Ancestry.com.au Australian records search results for Layne Staley.

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 Staley ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!

Unlock your DNAHave you reached a brick wall in your Staley Tree?

Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Layne Staley and the Staley Genealogy

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

Search Parish Records for Layne Staley at Find My Past.

Study for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Layne Staley using the FreeBMD database.

Check out Genealogy BankGenealogy Bank for Layne Staley records.

Search MyHeritage for Layne Staley information.

Look at the LDS Database for records about Layne Staley.

Research the Staley surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Staley Military records.

ukDid you know that there are currently 1497 people with the Staley surname in the UK? Staley is now ranked number 2688 for popularity in the UK.

Staley 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.

Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Layne Staley.

Study MyTrees for information on the Staley family and people looking to contact living Staley relations.

Search One Great Family for Staley records submitted by people who are already researching the Staley Family Tree.

Find Layne Staley from Ireland on findmypast.ie

Staley 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 Staley surname using Genealogy.com forums .

ukDid you know that there are currently 21268 people with the Staley surname in the USA? Staley is ranked number 150 for popularity in the USA.

Miscellaneous Staley Databases

Study the Ellis Island Database for information on Layne Staley. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

Comments

Looking for information on a Layne Staley in your family tree? Why not post a question here -

Some Famous People called Layne Staley

Layne Staley

Layne Thomas Staley (born Layne Rutherford Staley; August 22, 1967 – April 5, 2002) was an American musician, songwriter and the original lead singer of the rock band Alice in Chains, which rose to international fame in the early 1990s as part of Seattle's grunge movement. He was known for his distinctive vocal style and tenor voice, as well as his harmonizing with guitarist/vocalist Jerry Cantrell. Staley was also a member of the glam metal bands Sleze and Alice N' Chains, and the supergroups Mad Season and Class of '99.

"Man in the Box", the second single from Alice in Chains' debut album, Facelift (1990), garnered Staley critical recognition for his vocal style. Alice in Chains' EP Jar of Flies (1994), debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, making it Alice in Chains' first record—and the first-ever EP—to top the chart. However, Staley's deteriorating condition due to heroin abuse led him to enter a rehabilitation clinic. He began to work on a side project with several Seattle musicians, Mike McCready of Pearl Jam, Barrett Martin of Screaming Trees and John Baker Saunders of The Walkabouts, which came to be Mad Season, while Alice in Chains went into hiatus.

During Alice in Chains' hiatus, reports of Staley's drug addiction began to gain widespread circulation in fan and media communities, in part due to changes in his physical condition brought on by prolonged heroin abuse. On April 10, 1996, the band returned with a performance on MTV Unplugged in New York; it was their first concert in two-and-a-half years.

From mid-1996 onwards, Staley was out of the public spotlight, never to perform live again. Staley struggled with depression and addiction for much of his adult life and later died from a speedball overdose on April 5, 2002, at the age of 34. Staley was ranked at No. 27 on Hit Paraders list of "Heavy Metal's All-Time Top 100 Vocalists" in 2006, and at No. 42 on Complex's magazine list of "The 50 Best Lead Singers of All Time" in 2012. Seattle officially declared August 22, 2019, as "Layne Staley Day". Staley earned six Grammy Award nominations as a member of Alice in Chains.

Source: Layne Staley, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Staley

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.

Saettel Sattolo Sawtell Sawtelle Scedall Schadel Schaidle Scheddle Schedel Schedl Scheidel Scheidl Schottli Schudel Schuttel Schweidel Sedalia Sedillo Sedley Sedlow Seedull Seidel Seidell Seidl Setley Settle Seydel Shaatal Shaddle Shadel Shadell Shadlaw Shadle Shadley Shadwell Shatley Shattwell Shatwell Shetley Shettle Shidell Shotwell Shotwill Shutle Shutley Shuttell Shuttle Siddaley Siddall Siddele Siddeley Siddell Siddle Sidel Sidell Sidle Sidley Sidlow Sidwell Siedel Siedl Sitley Sitwell Skittle Skottle Skydall Sotelo Sottel Sottell Southall Southwell Staehle Stahl Stahley Stahli Stailey Stall Stalley Stallo Stawell Stealey Stealy Steel Steele Steeley Steely Stehl Stehle Steile Stell Stella Stelle Stelli Stelly Sthole Stiehl Stiel Stiell Stielow Stihl Stile Stiley Still Stillaway Stille Stilley Stillie Stilly Stoel Stoele Stohl Stoile Stole Stoll Stolle Stolley Stolli Stoole Stowel Stowell Stoyell Stoyle Stula Stull Style Suddell Sudell Sudlow Sudol Suedel Sutehall Sutley Suttell Suttill Suttle Swaddle Swaddly Swadel Swadley Swedell Switala Sydall Syddall Syddell Sydell