Researching Troy Sanders
Delve into the history of Troy Sanders using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 13576 people with the Sanders surname? In that year Sanders was ranked number 290 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Troy means "Water or Foot soldier" and is of French origin.
Records of Troy Sanders on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Troy Sanders and the Sanders Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sanders 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 Sanders family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Troy Sanders at Find My Past.
Look at for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Troy Sanders using the FreeBMD database.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 16492 people with the Sanders surname in the UK? Sanders is now ranked number 333 for popularity in the UK. |
Sanders Genealogy Databases
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Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Troy Sanders.
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Find Troy Sanders from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Sanders 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 303825 people with the Sanders surname in the USA? Sanders is ranked number 63 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Sanders Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Troy Sanders. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Troy Sanders
Troy Sanders (composer)
Troy Sanders (December 7, 1901 – May 3, 1959) was an American composer and musician who worked in the Hollywood industry from 1930 through 1959. For 30 years Sanders worked steadily in Hollywood since the first talkies hit the screen, contributing to different areas of the music department, while working mostly as an advisor for composers such as Irving Berlin, Johnny Burke, Frederick Hollander, John Leipold, Alfred Newman, Walter Scharf, Jimmy Van Heusen, Franz Waxman and Victor Young, among others.
Source: Troy Sanders (composer), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Sanders
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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