Researching Lucy Allan
Delve into the history of Lucy Allan using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 18801 people with the Allan surname? In that year Allan was ranked number 199 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Lucy means "Light" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Lucy Allan on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Lucy Allan 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.
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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 Allan 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 Lucy Allan and the Allan Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Allan 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 Allan family tree.
Check out Parish Records for Lucy Allan at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Lucy Allan using the FreeBMD database.
Look at Genealogy Bank for Lucy Allan records.
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Check out the LDS Database for records about Lucy Allan.
Research the Allan surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Allan Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 22473 people with the Allan surname in the UK? Allan is now ranked number 235 for popularity in the UK. |
Allan 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 Lucy Allan.
Study MyTrees for information on the Allan family and people looking to contact living Allan relations.
Investigate One Great Family for Allan records submitted by people who are already researching the Allan Family Tree.
Find Lucy Allan from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Allan 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 Allan surname using Genealogy.com forums .
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 9115 people with the Allan surname in the USA? Allan is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Allan Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Lucy Allan. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Lucy Allan
Lucy Allan (politician)
Lucy Elizabeth Allan (born 2 October 1964) is a Conservative Party British politician, who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Telford, and a family rights campaigner. She was a member of Wandsworth London Borough Council from 2006 to 2012. She was elected at the 2015 general election as the first Conservative MP as well as the first female MP to represent the Telford constituency, and was re-elected in 2017, with a majority of 720 votes or 1.6% and again in 2019, with an increased majority of 25.5%.
Since 26 February 2020, she has served as the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Leader of the House of Commons. In November 2021, Allan was appointed to the Health and Social Care Select Committee.
Source: Lucy Allan (politician), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Allan
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.
Ahlin Ahlum Alaimo Alam Alamia Alamo Alan Alen Aleon Alewine Aliano Allain Allam Allamby Allein Alleine Allemby Allen Allena Alleyn Alleyne Allin Allom Allon Allone Allum Allun Allwein Allwine Allyn Alm Almaw Almey Almy Alumbaugh Alwen Alwin Alwine Alywen Alywin Aylen Aylin Aylwin





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