Neals Family History
- Neals Name Meaning
- Variant spelling of Dutch and North German Niels or Neels. Perhaps also a variant of Irish Neill, with the addition of English patronymic -s.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 14,134 Historical Documents with Neals on Ancestry
- 5,776 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 4,319 Census and Voter Lists
- 489 Military Records
- 427 Immigration Records
- 3,123 Member Trees
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Number of Neals families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Neals families
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14 - 26 5 - 13 |
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Neals 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
Neals census records
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- All Neals
- 16
- Confederate
- 1
- Union
- 15
from the Civil War Service Records
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