Hempstead Family History
- Hempstead Name Meaning
- English: habitational name from any of various places so called, most of which were originally named with Old English hamstede or h?mstede ‘homestead’. One Hempstead in Norfolk derives its name from Old English hænep ‘hemp’ + stede ‘place’, while Hempsted in Gloucestershire was originally ‘high homestead’ (Old English heah + hamstede).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 140,361 Historical Documents with Hempstead on Ancestry
- 29,984 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 16,954 Census and Voter Lists
- 3,377 Military Records
- 1,644 Immigration Records
- 88,402 Member Trees
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Number of Hempstead families
 37 - 71  13 - 36 |
 1 - 12  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Hempstead families
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43 - 83 15 - 42 |
1 - 14 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Hempstead families
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8 - 13 3 - 7 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Hempstead census records
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Immigration records can tell you an ancestor's name, ship name, port of departure, port of arrival, and destination.
from the New York Passenger Lists
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You can find out when most of the Hempstead families immigrated to the United States. You can focus your search to immigration records dating from that era.
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from the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
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from 1880 Federal Census Data
Hempstead census records
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Occupation can tell you about your ancestors' social status and economic status.
- All Hempstead
- 76
- Confederate
- 18
- Union
- 58
from the Civil War Service Records
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