Border Family History
Border Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived at the edge of a
village or by some other boundary, Middle English border, from
Old French bordure ‘edge’.
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Border
Name Distribution of Border Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Border families
 36 - 70  13 - 35 |
 1 - 12  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Border families
|
6 - 10 3 - 5 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Border census records
You can see how Border families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of personal estate.
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Border Family Origin
Border Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Border families immigrated
to the United States.
You can focus your search to emigration records dating from that era.
Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Border Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Border families immigrated
to Australia.
You can focus your search to emigration records dating from that era.
Emigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure,
port of arrival and destination.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Border Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Border census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Border ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Border
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