Adams Family History
Adams Name Meaning
English (very common in England, especially in the south Midlands,
and in Wales) and German (especially northwestern Germany): patronymic
from the personal name Adam. In the U.S. this form has absorbed
many patronymics and other derivatives of Adam in languages
other than English. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Adams
Name Distribution of Adams Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Adams families
 3,745 - 7,487  1,249 - 3,744 |
 1 - 1,248  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Adams families
|
601 - 1,199 201 - 600 |
1 - 200 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Adams census records
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Adams Family Origin
Adams Emigration Information (US)
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to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Adams Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Adams families immigrated
to Australia.
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port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Adams Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Adams census records
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Military Service by Adams
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