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Mark One-Name Study

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Study details

Study: Mark   

Variants: Marke

Category:  3 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is well under way on a global basis.

DNA website: www.familytreedna.com/public/Mark

Contact: Mr David Hall


About the study

This study started with various Mark families in Cumberland and Westmorland and soon branched out into other parts of the British Isles and eventually gathered interest in many other parts of the world.

Variant names

The most frequent variants to the surname Mark include Marke, Marks and Mark-Bell.

Data

Data held on Mark families includes;

Births, marriages and deaths within the civil registration period of 1837 to 2005
Church records for many parishes in Cumberland and Westmorland
Quaker Records for many counties in England and in Ireland
Norfolk marriage index 1801 to 1837
Census returns for England
Wills proved at the PCC, PCC York, Carlisle Durham, Hexham, Lancashire
1873 Owners of Land, England
English Manorial Records
Soldier Index WO97
Extracts from many published works

DNA

A Mark surname DNA project is being administered with Familytreedna which is steadily growing in membership.

Links

www.familytreedna.com/public/mark

Contact Details

Mr David Hall

General Search Results

Occurrences of the surname Mark in the Guild Indexes
(Click on the number to view the search results in each index. Indexes marked by * are only accessible by logged in Guild members.)
  • Global Marriages (public)  350
  • Global Marriages (members)* 362
  • Modern Newspaper Index  6
  • Probate Index* 8
  • Datastores  1
  • References to the name Mark in the Guild Journal  22
  • Stories for the name Mark  1

Other Guild Websites

You may find our other Guild websites of interest:

  • Members’ Websites Program
  • Surname Cloud
  • Guild Members’ records on FamilySearch
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