Researching Troy Seals
Dig into the past of Troy Seals using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 280 people with the Seals surname? In that year Seals was ranked number 3299 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Troy means "Water or Foot soldier" and is of French origin.
Records of Troy Seals on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Troy Seals 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. 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 Seals 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 Troy Seals and the Seals Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Seals 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 Seals family tree.
Search Parish Records for Troy Seals at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Troy Seals using the FreeBMD database.
Study Genealogy Bank for Troy Seals records.
Investigate MyHeritage for Troy Seals information.
Investigate the LDS Database for records about Troy Seals.
Research the Seals surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Seals Military records.
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 254 people with the Seals surname in the UK? Seals is now ranked number 3803 for popularity in the UK. |
Seals Family History 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 Troy Seals.
Study MyTrees for information on the Seals family and people looking to contact living Seals relations.
Explore One Great Family for Seals records submitted by people who are already researching the Seals Family Tree.
Find Troy Seals from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Seals 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 Seals surname using Genealogy.com forums .
![]() | Did you know that there are currently 27344 people with the Seals surname in the USA? Seals is ranked number 148 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Seals Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Troy Seals. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Troy Seals
Troy Seals
Troy Harold Seals (born November 16, 1938, in Bighill, Madison County, Kentucky, United States) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
He is a member of the prominent Seals family of musicians that includes Jim Seals (of Seals and Crofts), Dan Seals (of England Dan & John Ford Coley), Brady Seals (Little Texas and Hot Apple Pie), and Johnny Duncan. During the 1970s, Seals recorded with Lonnie Mack and Doug Kershaw and although he made two albums of his own, he is best known as a songwriter. His compositions have been recorded by artists such as Joe Cocker, Eric Clapton, Nancy Sinatra, Randy Travis, Conway Twitty, Hank Williams Jr., Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Levon Helm, and Jerry Lee Lewis. George Jones' "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes," was co-written with Max D. Barnes.
Seals has played guitar on numerous sessions for recording stars and has collaborated on compositions with Waylon Jennings, Vince Gill, Will Jennings and others. He has had three co-written compositions nominated for the Country Music Association "Song of the Year" award: "Seven Spanish Angels" (1985), "Lost in the Fifties Tonight" (1986), and "If You Ever Have Forever In Mind" (1999). He also co-wrote "L.A. Lady" for the New Riders of the Purple Sage, along with Will Jennings and Donald Clint Goodman. "L.A. Lady" was also recorded by Dobie Gray.
In recognition of his successful career, Seals was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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