Welcome to the McNooney Family page at Surname Finder, a service of Genealogy Today. Our editors have compiled this checklist of genealogical resources, combining links to commercial databases along with user-contributed information and web sites for the McNooney surname. As additional sources for vital records, original documents, vintage photographs and surname-based DNA projects are discovered, this page is updated to offer the best list for researching McNooney ancestry. Share this page on Twitter!
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The McNooney Family Tree
Everyone has different reasons for building a family tree; your personal motiviation will influence whether the McNooney family tree has more depth or breadth. Have you struck a McNooney brick wall? Read "The 12 Essential Skills for Family Genealogists" for some helpful advice.
Best Tree Collections for Discovering McNooney Ancestors
McNooney Genealogy
Many things can go wrong when a record collection is indexed. If you're having diffculty finding McNooney ancestors in a particular database at one site, try finding it on another and compare the results. If you want to know When were McNooney births first recorded in the United States?, then read this frequently asked question.
Top Five Genealogy Databases to Search for McNooney
Census records are among the most useful records available for family tree building.
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Death Records
Military Records
Origins of the McNooney Surname
It is quite possible for two people with the McNooney last name to have been given that surname for entirely different reasons. Discovering the country from which your McNooney ancestors originated can often yield additional clues for the meaning of the surname. Keep in mind that it was not unusual for a last name to be altered as an ancestor entered a new country.
McNooney DNA Projects
While DNA testing cannot conclusively tell you if two McNooney ancestors were related, it can easily prove if they weren't. Be sure you understand what types of research issues each different DNA test can address before you spend any money. If you're not sure how DNA testing could aid your McNooney research, read "Basics of DNA Family History Research".
McNooney Family History
There is more to exploring your McNooney ancestry than just gathering a bunch of names and dates. Understanding where your ancestors lived, how they were employed, and what they did for fun, may give you a better appreciation of your heritage. Whether you are a beginner or expert genealogists, knowing Where can I find a biography of my McNooney ancestor? is always useful.
Photo Collections
Networking with McNooney Researchers
As genealogy researchers, we are eternally grateful to come upon information shared by others that enlightens our research; and we can reciprocate by paying it forward in responding to message board queries and sharing our own information that others in down the road or in future generations may benefit. The article "Looking for John Smith - Focusing a Query" provides some valuable tips for posting successful McNooney queries.
You may also want to consider posting a query to the Community Message Boards at Genealogy Today to get assistance from other researchers on your most elusive McNooney ancestors.
McNooney Achievements & Celebrities
Web Sites & Blogs with McNooney Research
If you are having difficulty locating records for the last name of McNooney, contact the folks at ProGenealogists for a free research estimate. You may also find it helpful to read, "When, Why and How to Hire a Professional Genealogist."
RootsWeb search of US Naturalization Records
RootsWeb search of Obituary Daily Times
RootsWeb search of Social Security Death Index
To recommend your web site/blog for inclusion on this page, please submit a link to the user-contributed directory at Genealogy Today. Your web page may appear once its content has been reviewed by our editors.
Upcoming McNooney Family Reunions
Notifying everyone in advance to bring old photos and documents can bring big rewards, making a special place at the reunion (maybe even a special McNooney booth) where people can come at their leisure to sit, look and chat; in addition to information and clues that might be written on the back of a photo, every photograph has a story and serves as an excellent stimulus to recall -- people might comment not only on the people in the photo, but also on what's in the background, or they might have information around where the photo was taken or the event -- just be sure to have someone there to capture new information. The article "Family Reunions Don't Always Turn Out as one has Pictured" may provide you with tips for hosting a successful McNooney reunion.
See Also
Surname Finder, The McNooney Genealogy and Family Tree Page [on-line resource], New Providence, NJ, USA: Genealogy Today LLC, 2021.
