Dorland Family History
- Dorland Name Meaning
- French: probably a variant of Douland, a habitational name for someone from Doullens in the Somme, from an old form of the place name.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 110,106 Historical Documents with Dorland on Ancestry
- 21,452 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 10,729 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,537 Military Records
- 1,728 Immigration Records
- 74,660 Member Trees
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Number of Dorland families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Dorland families
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3 - 4 2 - 2 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Dorland census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
Dorland census records
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- All Dorland
- 39
- Confederate
- 2
- Union
- 37
from the Civil War Service Records
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