Researching Ray Tanner
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6719 people with the Tanner surname? In that year Tanner was ranked number 607 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Ray means "kingly" and is of French origin.
Records of Ray Tanner on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Ray Tanner 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. If you are lucky then you may find some previously undiscovered Tanner 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 Ray Tanner and the Tanner Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Tanner 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 Tanner family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Ray Tanner at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Ray Tanner using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Ray Tanner.
Research the Tanner surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Tanner Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 7920 people with the Tanner surname in the UK? Tanner is now ranked number 748 for popularity in the UK. |
Tanner 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.
Study the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Ray Tanner.
Study MyTrees for information on the Tanner family and people looking to contact living Tanner relations.
Look at One Great Family for Tanner records submitted by people who are already researching the Tanner Family Tree.
Find Ray Tanner from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Tanner 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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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 57727 people with the Tanner surname in the USA? Tanner is ranked number 138 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Tanner Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Ray Tanner. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Ray Tanner
Ray Tanner
Donald Ray Tanner Jr. (born March 25, 1958) is an American college athletics administrator and former baseball coach who is the athletic director at the University of South Carolina, a position he took on July 13, 2012 after spending 16 successful seasons as head coach of the university's baseball program. His record since arriving at Carolina in 1997 is 738-316 (.700). He led USC to three consecutive College World Series appearances in 2002, 2003 and 2004, three consecutive College World Series Finals appearances in 2010, 2011 and 2012, two College World Series Championships in 2010 and 2011, and coached the USA Baseball National Team during the 2003 summer. His South Carolina teams have qualified for thirteen consecutive NCAA postseasons (the longest active streak in the Southeastern Conference (SEC)). On April 11, 2010, Tanner recorded the 1,000th win of his career with a 2-0 victory over Vanderbilt, becoming the 44th Division I coach in history to reach the milestone.
Source: Ray Tanner, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Tanner
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.
Tamboer Tamburi Tamburo Tannar Tannery Tannor Tanori Tanury Taynor Teanor Temar Tener Tennear Tenore Tenorio Teynor Theimer Thomer Thomure Tiemeier Tiemeyer Tienhaara Tigner Tignor Timbro Timmer Tinaro Tiner Tingher Tinner Togneri Tomar Tomer Tommer Tonary Toner Toneri Tonery Tonner Tonry Toomer Towner Townrow Tumber Tumer Tunmore Twiner Tyner Tynewear





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