Holt Family History
Holt Name Meaning
English, North German, Danish, and Norwegian: topographic name
for someone who lived in or by a small wood, Middle English, Middle
Low German, Danish, Norwegian holt, or a habitational name from
one of the very many places named with this word. In England the
surname is widely distributed, but rather more common in Lancashire
than elsewhere.Shortened form of Dutch van Holt, a
habitational name from places named Holt (see 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Holt
Name Distribution of Holt Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Holt families
 4,756 - 9,509  1,586 - 4,755 |
 1 - 1,585  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Holt families
|
33 - 64 12 - 32 |
1 - 11 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Holt census records
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Holt Family Origin
Holt Emigration Information (US)
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You can find out when most of the Holt families immigrated
to the United States.
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Holt Emigration Information (AU)
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You can find out when most of the Holt families immigrated
to Australia.
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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
Holt Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Holt census records
Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Holt ancestors, such as occupation.
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Military Service by Holt
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