Gelinas Family History
- Gelinas Name Meaning
- French (Gélinas): possibly from an augmentative of Old French gelin or geline ‘hen’. It is often found in Canada with Lacourse as a secondary surname.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 137,866 Historical Documents with Gelinas on Ancestry
- 48,219 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 24,800 Census and Voter Lists
- 2,309 Military Records
- 2,326 Immigration Records
- 60,212 Member Trees
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Number of Gelinas families
 7 - 11  3 - 6 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Gelinas census records
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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