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Moore
Related surnames or alternate spellings: Moreau, Moor, More, Moir
Notable ancestors include:
Ellen, Jasper, Mary More, Mayflower passengers
Benjamin Moore, started the paint company with his brother
Catherine Lucille “C.L.” Moore, sci-fi writer
Clarence Bloomfield Moore, Titanic passenger and victim
Colleen Moore, actress
Daniel McFarlan Moore, inventor of the Moore lamp
Jack Carlton “Clayton” Moore, actor in the Lone Ranger
John Richard “Dickie” Moore, Jr., child actor
Juanita Moore, actress
Marianne Moore, prize winning poet
Oscar Moore, jazz guitarist
Richard Winston “Dickie” Moore, Canadian hockey player
Robert Frederick Chelsea “Bobby” Moore, professional footballer
Thomas Moore, Irish poet
Winfield Scott “Scotty” Moore III, musician
Genealogy websites
“Branches to our family tree “Moore” (Rootsweb)
“Descendants of Thomas Moore” (Rootsweb)
“Edwards - Moore Family Genealogy Pages” edwards-moore-family.net
“John Raynore Moore & Gladiola Parker” Sally’s Family Place
“Joseph Moore” (Rootsweb)
“Moore Family History: Interesting branches on our family tree” moorehistory.us
“Moore Family History” garlinger.com
“Moore Family History” wisecountytexas.info
“Moore Family Photographs, Wayne County, Tennessee” (Rootsweb)
“Moore Family Photos” Bibb County, ALGenWeb
“My family stories & genealogy: the Moore family” davcarsheros.weebly.com
“The Moores: parents of George E. Moore” (Rootsweb)
Message boards & mailing lists
“Looking for info on Harriet Ann Moore…” reddit thread
“Moore” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards
“Moore” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards
“Moor” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards
Social media groups & societies
“Moore Ancestry” on Genealogy Wise
“Moore Family History” Facebook group
“Moore GEDmatch and Genealogy” Facebook group
Photographs:
“Addie Moore, 1894” Library of Congress
“Alison Moore’s wedding day” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“A.M. Moore, age 91, 1936” Library of Congress
“A.P. Moore, 1920” Library of Congress
“Bessie Moore, 1903” Library of Congress
“Bishop Moore, 1891” Library of Congress
“Betty Moore, 1945” Hennepin County Library
“Charlene Moore, 1945” Hennepin County Library
“Clara Moore, 1905” Library of Congress
“Colleen Moore, 1920” Library of Congress
“Cora Moore, 1905” Library of Congress
“Crawford Moore, 1894” Library of Congress
“Decima Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Dorothy Moore, 1934” Hennepin County Library
“Edith Moore” Fort Collins History Connection
“Edwena May Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Fannie Moore, age 88, 1936” Library of Congress
“Grace Moore, singer, 1917” Library of Congress
“George Moore, 1908” Library of Congress
“Hattie Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Henry C. Moore Family” tnyesterday.com
“Henry W. Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“H.M. Moore, 1901” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Hon. Orren Cheney Moore, 1873” Library of Congress
“James O. Moore” Civil War, The Huntington
“Jane C., Peggy Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Jerry Moore, age 89, 1936” Library of Congress
“J.J. Moore, 1861” Library of Congress
“John R. Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“L. B. Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Levi Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Mary Moore and Sidney Moore, sisters” Monrovia Public Library
“Miss Sylvia H. Moore, 1930” Library of Congress
“Moore Family” Park County Archives, Wyoming
“Moore, 1873” Library of Congress
“Mrs. Clifford B. Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Mrs. Edward Cecil Moore, 1920” Library of Congress
“Mrs. Moore, 1901” Library of Congress
“Northrup Moore, 1891” Library of Congress
“Pal Moore & wife, 1915” Library of Congress
“Pauline Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Peggy Moore, class of 1954” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Portrait of Leon Moore, 1952” Library of Congress
“Private Miles Moore, musician” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Rev. S. E. Moore Family” The Portal to Texas History
“Roger Moore, 1894” Library of Congress
“Ruth Moore, 1873” Library of Congress
“Susie Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“Valine Smith Moore and Richard Moore” Harnett County Public Library
“Van Moore, 80, 1936” Library of Congress
“wedding picture of Rory Veronica Moore” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
“W.H. Moore, 1914” Library of Congress
“William Moore, age 82, 1936” Library of Congress
“William Sherrill Moore, William Pinkey Moore, Lida Belle Moore”, Benson Museum of Local History
“Willie Moore, 1894” Library of Congress
Website clippings, news articles, blog posts (no paywalls)
Goodspeed, Mary. “The Moore Family” 9 Jan 2016. Goodspeed Histories: New Jersey History and Genealogy.
Hermes, Katherine. “Colonists of Color: The Moore Family” africannativeburialssct.org
Artifacts
“An abstract of Moore Records of South Carolina 1694 - 1865” Janie Revill.
“Diary kept by Syndenham Moore during the Mexican-American War” Alabama Department of Archives & History
Diary of George F. Moore, 1864. (Full view on Internet Archive)
Handwritten document by Josiah Moore, 1810. Center for the History of Medicine, Harvard Countway Library
“Robert Augustus Moore Diary, volume 1, 1861” The University of Mississippi
Correspondence and letters
Letter from Charles B. Moore to Mary Ann Moore, 1898, UNT Libraries
Letter from Cornelius V. Moore to Henry Moore, 1861, Library of Congress
Letter from Henry Moore to Ziza Moore, Charles Moore, and Elvira Moore, UNT Libraries
Homes & historical markers
“Moore Home, Visalia, Calif, early 1900s” Internet Archive
“Moore House” Whately Historical Society
“Moore’s House “Barney”, Greenwich, Mass. UMass Amherst
“The Moore Family” Waterloo
“The Moore Homestead” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts
Oral histories & transcripts
“Agnes Walters Moore Collection, 1942” Library of Congress
“Helen G. Moore oral history interview, June 9, 1977” (audio only) ECU Digital Collections
“Jack Moore Collection, 1942” (audio only) Library of Congress
“Oral history interview with James Moore, 1972” (audio only) Digital Library of Georgia
“Ray Moore Oral History Interview, 1987” Youtube, Georgia State University Library
“Spencer C. Moore Collection, 1940” Library of Congress
“Thurman Moore Collection, 1965” Library of Congress
“William Lewis Moore Collection, 1973” Library of Congress
“Wylie B. Moore Collection, 1982” (audio only) Library of Congress
Finding aids (may not contain any online content)
Charles B. Moore Family papers, 1832 - 1917. (some online media) UNT Digital Libraries
Merrill Moore papers, Library of Congress
Moore Family Papers, 1827 - 1942. UNC Libraries
Books (Online & In Print)
“A complete sketch of James and Elizabeth Moore: and a complete record of their descendants” 1908. (Full view on HathiTrust)
Bolton, Ethel Stanwood. “Some descendants of John Moore of Sudbury, Mass” 1904 (Full view on HathiTrust)
DeForest, L. Effingham. and Anne Lawrence DeForest. “William Henry moore and his ancestry: with accounts of the Moore families in the American colonies, 1620 - 1730” The De Forest Publishing Company, New York, 1934. (Full view on Internet Archive with login and borrow)
Haines, Blanche Moore. “Ancestry of Sharpless Moore and Rachel (Roberts) Moore, with their direct ancestors to and including thirty-six first or immigrant ancestors with some old world pedigrees…” 1937. (Full view on HathiTrust)
Harper, Gladys. “History of the Moore Family” 1946. (Full view on Internet Archive)
Moore, Allen L. “The Moore Family History 1599 - 1962” (Full view on Internet Archive - with login and borrow)
Moore, Edward Joseph. “Genealogy of a branch of the Moore Family, descendants of Deacon John Moore, of Windsor, Conn.” New York, 1900 (Full view on Internet Archive)
Moore, George L. “A history of the descendants of Shildes Moore, in America. Covering a period of one hundred and fifty-nine years, from 1732 to 1891.” 1891. (Full view on HathiTrust)
Moore, George W. “Genealogy of the Moore Family of Londonderry, New Hampshire and Peterborough, New Hampshire 1648 - 1924” 1925. (Full view on Internet Archive)
Moore, James W. “Rev. John Moore of Newtown, Long Island, and some of his descendants.” 1903. (Full view on HathiTrust)
Moore, Mrs. Herman. “Moore Genealogy” 1962. (Full view on Internet Archive)
Moore, Rev. Daniel J. “A Brief History of the Moore Family” 2008 (Full view on Internet Archive)
Moore, Ulysses Sherman. “Genealogy of the descendants of John Bennett and William Moore, and also of Harlow Reed” 1933. (Full view on HathiTrust)
Passmore, John Andrew Moore. “Ancestors and descendants of Andrew Moore, 1612 - 1897, v1 pt 1” Philadelphia, 1897. (Full view on Internet Archive)
Passmore, John Andrew Moore. “Ancestors and descendants of Andrew Moore, 1612 - 1897, v1 pt 2” Philadelphia, 1897. (Full view on Internet Archive)
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