Alford Family History
Alford Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of various places
called Alford, for example in Somerset and Aberdeenshire. The first is
named with the Old English female personal name Ealdg¯{dh} +
ford ‘ford’. See also Alvord.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Alford
Name Distribution of Alford Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Alford families
 268 - 533  90 - 267 |
 1 - 89  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Alford families
|
10 - 17 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Alford census records
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Alford Family Origin
Alford Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Alford Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Alford Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Alford census records
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Military Service by Alford
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