Ware family history & genealogy search advice

As you probably know, searching a common name like Ware on the Internet is often a frustrating experience. This page gives you tips on where to best search for the Ware family genealogy on the Internet.

This surname is common. In fact, over 64,000 people share the surname in the United States alone. As a result, searching for the Ware family is difficult when using search engines.

So, the suggestions below are intended to make your search easier.

Get free, specific advice on searching the Ware family

This site is designed ask you questions about what you already know about your ancestry and then it will give you free, specific advice on what you might do and where you might look in order to develop your search more fully. This emphasizes online records so that it is easier to perform your research using your computer. All in all, this makes your Internet searching more effective.

This feature will consider census, birth, death, ship manifests, naturalization records, and other records to help you find more on your ancestry.

Search many sites for Ware family trees

Another option is to follow in the footsteps of previous researchers. This can be done by searching for family trees on the Internet. It is best to search as far back as you can. The further back you search, the more likely you are to find ancestors that have been previously researched. Also, if you are lucky, you will find an ancestor who has a less common name, which will greatly simplify your research.

The best way to get as far back as you can before searching for trees is to follow the free, specific advice described above.

Of course there are a great many sites on the the Internet to search for family trees. This can become cumbersome because you keep entering the same ancestor information over and over. But, fortunately, there is a site that allows you to search most of these by entering your information just one time. It also figures out what would be the best type of tree search for you for a given site (all tree sites are not created equal). The site is Family Tree Searcher.

Other Ware resources on the Internet

The following sites have an extensive surname information. Again, it is best if you have as much detail on your ancestry before going to these sites. That can be done by following the free, specific advice described above.

Ware obituaries

Obituaries are an excellent source of family information. It is possible to search for obituaries on the Internet. Here are three excellent sources to check out. Each of these will allow you to add additional information to your obituary search once you are at the site. The additional information will help narrow your search since the name you are searching is so common.

Ware message boards

Message boards are good when you are trying to track down a specific person. It helps to already some sense of the person’s ancestry, marriage, birth, or death information. This is particularly important when posting information about a common name.

Monitor the Internet for hard-to-find ancestors

The following are some of the Webpages currently monitored for changes by the software agents at GenealogyAgent.com. You can monitor Webpages for your ancestors by clicking here.

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Surnames monitored: Howell, Merritt, Palmer, Ware, Wolfe
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Surnames monitored: Drake, Funk, Miller, Sexton, Shepherd, Ware
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Surnames monitored: Fulton, Graves, Griffin, Howell, Jacobs, Tate, Ware
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Surnames monitored: Bailey, Foote, Hoffman, Manley, Mead, Seymour, Spencer, Vernon, Ware
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Surnames monitored: Bradley, Brewer, Browning, Bunch, Connell, Forbes, Higgins, Judd, Mason, Morton, Turner, Ware
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Surnames monitored: Richards, Rowell, Sprague, Strong, Ware
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Surnames monitored: Parsons, Thompson, Tyler, Ware
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Surnames monitored: Nixon, Ogden, Reeves, Stratton, Wallace, Ware
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Surnames monitored: Ware

Have you reached a “brick wall” for your Ware ancestor?

Try the GenealogyAgent.com Website. That site helps you monitor the Internet for your hard-to-find ancestors for new or updated information. The GenealogyAgents at that site are designed to help you monitor Websites and multiple genealogy site searches for any changes related your ancestors.

Ware Family History

Ware Name Meaning

topographic name for someone who lived by a dam or weir on a river (Old English wær, wer), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, such as Ware in Hertfordshire.nickname for a cautious person, from Middle English war(e) ‘wary’, ‘prudent’ (Old English (ge)wær).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

1,026,699 Historical Documents & Family Trees with Ware

Ware Family Occupations

from 1880 Federal Census Data

Ware census records

Census records can offer a lot of little known facts about your Ware ancestors, such as occupation.

Occupation can tell you about your ancestors’ social status and economic status.

Ware Civil War Service Records

All Ware

808

Confederate

359

Union

449

from the Civil War Service Records

Click to view veteran service records

You can find out if your ancestors came primarily from the North of the South.

Military records can tell you an ancestor’s birthplace, occupation, and even physical description.

Average Life Expectancy for Ware

Click on a circle in the chart to view Ware birth and death records

An unusually short lifespan might indicate that your ancestors lived in harsh conditions. A short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in your family.

The SSDI is a searchable database of more than 70 million names. You can find birthdates, death dates, addresses and more.

Ware Immigration Information

Click on a circle in the chart to view Ware immigration records

You can find out when most of the Ware families immigrated to the United States. You can focus your search to immigration records dating from that era.

Immigration records can tell you an ancestor’s name, ship name, port of departure, port of arrival and destination.

(From New York Passenger Lists)

Comments

Ware Genealogy Search Information from GenealogyAgent.com and Facts From Ancestry.com — 2 Comments

HelenJWilson on April 16, 2012 at 5:33 pm said:

Please drop me form further notifications of postings
WayneWare on January 30, 2012 at 3:15 pm said:

Excellent article and most helpful. Thank you Vicki.

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Ware Genealogy Search Information from GenealogyAgent.com and Facts From Ancestry.com