Highland Family History
Highland Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish: variant spelling of
Hyland.Possibly an Americanized spelling of German
Heiland.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Highland
Name Distribution of Highland Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Highland families
 30 - 58  11 - 29 |
 1 - 10  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Highland families
|
9 - 15 4 - 8 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Highland census records
You can see how Highland 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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Highland Family Origin
Highland Emigration Information (US)
Click on a circle in the chart to view Highland emigration records
You can find out when most of the Highland 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
Highland Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Highland census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Highland ancestors, such as occupation.
Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
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Military Service by Highland
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