Records of Lemuel Sawyer on Ancestry

Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Lemuel Sawyer 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.

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 Lemuel Sawyer.
USA Ancestry.com US records search results for Lemuel Sawyer.
UK Ancestry.co.uk UK records search results for Lemuel Sawyer.
Canada Ancestry.ca Canadian records search results for Lemuel Sawyer.
Australia Ancestry.com.au Australian records search results for Lemuel Sawyer.

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 Sawyer 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 Sawyer Tree?

Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Lemuel Sawyer and the Sawyer Family Tree

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

Look at Parish Records for Lemuel Sawyer at Find My Past.

Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Lemuel Sawyer using the FreeBMD database.

Investigate Genealogy BankGenealogy Bank for Lemuel Sawyer records.

Look at MyHeritage for Lemuel Sawyer information.

Investigate the LDS Database for records about Lemuel Sawyer.

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

ukDid you know that there are currently 7383 people with the Sawyer surname in the UK? Sawyer is now ranked number 799 for popularity in the UK.

Sawyer Genealogy 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 Lemuel Sawyer.

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

Explore One Great Family for Sawyer records submitted by people who are already researching the Sawyer Family Tree.

Find Lemuel Sawyer from Ireland on findmypast.ie

Sawyer 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 Sawyer surname using Genealogy.com forums .

ukDid you know that there are currently 69880 people with the Sawyer surname in the USA? Sawyer is ranked number 134 for popularity in the USA.

Miscellaneous Sawyer Databases

Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Lemuel Sawyer. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.

Comments

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

Some Famous People called Lemuel Sawyer

Lemuel Sawyer

Lemuel Sawyer (1777 – January 9, 1852) was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from North Carolina.

Sawyer was born in Camden County, near Elizabeth City, North Carolina. He attended Flatbush Academy, Long Island, New York, and was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1799. He attended the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia for a time. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1804 and commenced practice in Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

Sawyer was a member of the State House of Commons in 1800 and 1801. He was elected to the Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Congresses (March 4, 1807 – March 3, 1813) as a Democratic-Republican, and the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth as a Jacksonian (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823). He ran unsuccessfully in 1822 for the Eighteenth Congress. Sawyer was elected to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1829), but was not reelected in 1828 to the Twenty-first Congress. He was department clerk in Washington, D.C., until his death in that city.

He was interred in the family burying ground at Lambs Ferry, Camden County, North Carolina, about from Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

Source: Lemuel Sawyer, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Other names that sound a bit like Sawyer

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.

Saar Saer Sahara Sahr Sahre Sara Sarah Sare Sarow Sarr Sarra Sarre Sauer Saur Saura Sawer Sawrey Sayer Sayre Scara Scarah Scare Scarr Scarrah Scarre Scarrow Schaar Schauer Scheer Scheier Scher Scherr Scherry Scheuer Scheyer Schier Schiro Schirru Schoer Schohier Schor Schora Schorah Schorr Schory Schrah Schrei Schuaer Schur Schura Schure Schurr Schuur Schweer Schwier Sciara Sciarra Scior Scohier Scorah Score Scorey Scurr Scurrah Scurrey Scurry Scury Sear Seary Seear Seer Seerey Seery Seher Sehr Serio Serr Serra Sery Sgro Shaer Share Shari Sharr Sharrah Sharrai Sharrow Sharry Shauer Shawyer Shear Sheara Sheer Sheere Sher Shera Shere Sherr Sherrow Sherry Shewery Shewry Shier Shira Shirah Shire Shirey Shore Shorey Shorie Shorr Shory Shour Shower Shree Shroy Shry Shura Shurey Shury Shyer Shyre Sier Siere Sierra Sieur Sire Sirey Siria Sirr Skara Skarr Skirrow Skuhry Skurray Skurrie Skurry Skury Soar Soeiro Sor Sorah Sore Soreau Sorey Soria Soro Sorrie Sorro Sorrow Sory Sower Sowrah Sowray Sowrey Squair Squeri Squier Squire Squyer Sr Suero Sughrue Suhar Suhr Suire Sura Sureau Surr Surrah Sury Swar Sware Swayer Swier Swire Swor Swoyer Swyer Swyre Syer Syre Syrie Szura