Researching Selma Steele
Investigate the background of Selma Steele using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8014 people with the Steele surname? In that year Steele was ranked number 502 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Selma means "divinely protected" and is of Scandinavian origin.
Records of Selma Steele on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Selma Steele 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
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Selma Steele and the Steele Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Steele 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 Steele family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Selma Steele at Find My Past.
Investigate for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Selma Steele using the FreeBMD database.
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Study the LDS Database for records about Selma Steele.
Research the Steele surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Steele Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 16819 people with the Steele surname in the UK? Steele is now ranked number 324 for popularity in the UK. |
Steele Genealogy Databases
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Explore the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Selma Steele.
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Look at One Great Family for Steele records submitted by people who are already researching the Steele Family Tree.
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Steele 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 106339 people with the Steele surname in the USA? Steele is ranked number 122 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Steele Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Selma Steele. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Selma Steele
Selma Neubacher Steele
Selma Neubacher Steele (October 21, 1870 – August 28, 1945) was an American educator and writer from Indiana who was the second wife of Hoosier Group artist T. C. Steele. She is best remembered for her efforts to landscape the grounds and establish the gardens at the House of the Singing Winds, the Steele home and studio in Brown County, Indiana. It 1945 she donated the property to the Indiana Department of Conservation to established the T. C. Steele State Historic Site. Her remains are buried beside her husband's in the T. C. Steele Memorial Cemetery at the state historic site near Belmont, Brown County, Indiana.
Source: Selma Neubacher Steele, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Steele
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.
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