Surname Search: "Robinson"

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The goal of these surname search blog posts is to help you connect with other researchers interested in these surnames, and to find more information about your ancestors. Use the resources below as a stepping point to find credible sources, and remember: not every “Jane Doe” is your “Jane Doe”! If you have information related to the Robinson surname, or would like to reach out to fellow Robinson genealogy researchers, leave a comment. Please do not share any information about those still living to respect privacy.

Robinson

Notable ancestors include:

• Elizabeth “Anne” Franklin Robinson, Titanic survivor

• Edwin Arlington Robinson, poet

• Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson, baseball star

• William Robinson, qualifying ancestor, First Families of Maryland

• Dewey Robinson, actor

• Ikey Robinson, banjoist

• Fenton Robinson, blues singer and guitarist

• Sir Robert Robinson, chemist

• Mary Robinson, poet

• Hugh Robinson, aviator

• Sylvia Robinson, musician and record label founder

• Edwin Arlington Robinson, prize winning poet

• Joan Violet Robinson, economist

Genealogy websites

• “Gregory Genealogy and Robinson Roots” (Rootsweb)

• “Keller Gibbs Robinson Family” (Rootsweb)

• “My Robinson Genealogy: The Family of Isaac G. Robinson, Master Stone Mason; Son of Daniel Robinson, Glassblower” (Google Sites)

• “Robinson Families” (Rootsweb)

• “Robinson Family Page” Blann-Watts Genealogy

• “Rev. John Robinson” RevJohnRobinson.com (Wayback Machine link)

• “The Robinson family of Long Island: Descendants of John Robinson of Oyster Bay” Long Island Genealogy

• “The Robinson Family” history.LoftinNC.com

Message boards & mailing lists

• “Autopsy or information on Frank James Robinson” post on HistoryHub

• “Robinson” posts on Ancestry.com Message Boards

• “Robinson” posts on Genealogy.com GenForum Message Boards

• “Robinson” rootsweb mailing list (Wayback Machine link)

• “Seeking information on Henry Robinson” post on HistoryHub

Social media groups & societies

• “Peter Robinson Settlers in Canada” Facebook group

• “The Robinson Family Tree” Facebook group

Photographs:

• “Betty Robinson, sprint champion…1928” Library of Congress

• “Bob Robinson” Hennepin County Library

• “Cornelia Robinson, 1936” Library of Congress

• “Dorothy June Robinson, to wed Silas H. Towler, 1933” Hennepin County Library

• “Dorothy Louise Robinson, to wed Carroll Morse Harden, 1937” Hennepin County Library

• “Edgar M. Robinson” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Edith Robinson, 1938” Hennepin County Library

• “Edward G. Robinson, 1920” Library of Congress

• “Ella Robinson, 1891” Library of Congress

• “Fannie F. Robinson, 1889” Denver Public Library

• “Franklin Byers Robinson, 1886” Denver Public Library

• “Frederick Robinson” University of Wisconsin

• “Geo D. Robinson” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Helen D. Robinson” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Helen E. Robinson, 1931” Hennepin County Library

• “Helen R. Robinson, 1915” Library of Congress

• “Helen Ring Robinson, 1911” Denver Public Library

• “Hon. J.M. Robinson, 1897” Library of Congress

• “Ida Robinson, 1903” Library of Congress

• “Inez Robinson, circa 1900” Fort Collins History Connection

• “Jessie Robinson Maroney and Ms. Robinson” The Portal to Texas History

• “John D. Robinson” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Josephine E. Robinson”, Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Leon Robinson, baby” State Historical Society of Missouri

• “Lillie Ludlam Robinson” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Lillie Robinson, 1901” Library of Congress

• “Lizzie Robinson, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Lota Robinson, 1900” Library of Congress

• “Louise Robinson” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Mary E. Robinson” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Mother Robinson” Denver Public Library

• “Mother Robinson” Denver Public Library

• “Mother Robinson” Denver Public Library

• “Mother Robinson” Denver Public Library

• “Mr. and Mrs. Angus Robinson, 1941” Hennepin County Library

• “Mrs. Addie K. Robinson, 1899” Library of Congress

• “Mrs. Alvin John Robinson, 1932” Hennepin County Library

• “Mrs. Charles S. Robinson, 1939” Hennepin County Library

• “Nellie Robinson, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Pauline Robinson, Librarian / Civic Leader” Denver Public Library

• “Portrait of Bill Robinson, 1941” Library of Congress

• “Powhatan Robinson, 1910” Library of Congress

• “Ralph C. Robinson” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• Rev. Mrs. V.R. Robinson, Evangelist. Newport, Tennessee. Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection

• “Robinson Family: Avvon, Eve, Hoyle, Jean, and Jim” Uintah County Library

• “Robinson Family: Hoyle and Rose Ainge Robinson with Nial, Peggy, and Clark” Uintah County Library

• “Robinson family: Jackie and Rachel with three children” New Georgia Encylopedia

• “Robinson family: Sarah and Ebenezar” Golden History Museum & Park

• “Robinson Family” Delaware County NY Genealogy and History Site

• “Robinson, A.T., 1901” Library of Congress

• “Robinson, Chas., 1905” Library of Congress

• “Robinson” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Robinson”, National Archives

• “Rose Robinson, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Robinson, J. Lee, 1894” Library of Congress

• “Rowland T. Robinson” Digital Commonwealth Massachusetts

• “Wallace C. Robinson and Frances Robinson, 1925” The University of Tennessee

• “Wilbert Robinson, Brooklyn NL (baseball), 1900” Library of Congress

• “William Robinson, Mrs. Robinson, and Grandchild, 1898” Oklahoma Historical Society

• “Wm. B. Robinson, 1890” Denver Public Library

• “Wm L Robinson” The Huntington

• “Woodrow Robinson Family” Uintah County Library

Website clippings, news articles, blog posts (no paywalls)

• “Elizabeth Robinson: genealogy and early life” 2015; throglove.wordpress.com

• “Robinson Genealogy” Robinsongenealogy.blogspot.com

• “The Robinson Family” Rokeby Museum

Artifacts

• Elizabeth Robinson Farm Diary Volume 1, 1951 - 1953, Smithsonian

• “List of Robinson slaves 1826” W&L

• “Robinson family letters and genealogy chart” Middlebury

• “Robinson Family Bible Records” North Carolina Digital Collections

Correspondence and letters

• Letter from Hal J. Robinson to his parents, State Historical Society of Missouri

• Letter from the Robinson family papers dated 1871, Internet Archive

• Robinson, Elizabeth (Drake). Letter to Sarah (Robinson) Scott. The Huntington

• Robinson, JoAnn letter, 1960, UMass Amherst

• Robinson, Norman letter, UMass Amherst

Homes & historical markers

• “Andrew Robinson Homestead” St George

• “Charles O. Robinson House” North Carolina

• “Home of Colonel John Robinson Memorial” Westford, Mass

• “James Robinson House” Ossining, New York

• “Robinson House” Oakland

• “Robinson House, of Edwin Arlington Robinson”

• “Robinson, J.F., house, circa 1907” State Historical Society of Missouri

• “Willard Robinson House” North Attleborough, Massachusetts

Oral histories

• “Barbara Jane Robinson Collection, 1943” (audio only) Library of Congress

• “Jim Robinson Jr Oral history interview, 1996” (audio only) State Historical Society of Missouri

• “Oral history interview with Audrey Gibson Robinson, 2004” California Revealed

• “Oral history interview recording with Irene Robinson, 1975 / 1976” (audio only) City of Boston Archives

• “Oral history interview with Jerome Benjamin Robinson, 1991” (audio only) Archives West

• “Oral history interview with Marie Robinson 1981” University of Denver

• “Oral history interview with Roosevelt Robinson” The Oregon Historical Society

• “Oral history interview with Wright Robinson about 1981” University of Denver

Finding aids (may not have online content)

• “A guide to the Robinson family papers, 1684 - 1915” Archival Resources of the Virginias

• “Robinson Family Bible and Records” Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society

• “Robinson Family papers” TriColleges Libraries Archives and Manuscripts

• “Steen and Robinson families photographs” BYU Libraries

Books (Online & In Print)

• Bunnell, Paul J. “The House of Robinson: the Robinsons of Rhode Island: the genealogy and letters and the history of the Robinson & Sons Company of Baltimore, Maryland” 1995. (Not available online)

• Forrester, Mary Frances. “Robinsons” 1986. (Full view on FamilySearch)

• “Genealogy and family register of George Robinson, late of Attleborough, Mass, with some account of his ancestors, compiled by one of his sons, in 1829” Glazier, Masters & Co., Printers. Boston, Mass, 1831, reprinted 1919. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Hazard, Thomas R. “Recollects of olden times: Rowland Robinson of Narragansett and his unfortunate daughter: with genealogies of the Robinson, Hazard, and Sweet families of Rhode Island” Newport, R.I., J.P. Sanborne, 1879. (Full view on HathiTrust)

• Robinson Genealogical Society (The Robinson Family Genealogical and Historical Association) “Officers, constitution and by-laws, historical sketches of early Robinson emigrants to America, illustrations, armorial bearings, members of association” New York, 1902. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Robinson Genealogical Society. “Robinson Genealogy: Descendants of Gain Robinson and Moses Robinson, Volume Two” Spalding Moss Company, Boston, 1926. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Robinson Genealogical Society (The Robinson Family Genealogical and Historical Association) “The Robinsons and their kin folk, Third series, July 1906” New York, 1906 (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Robinson Genealogical Society (The Robinson Family Genealogical and Historical Association) “The Robinsons and their kin folk, Fourth series, fifth series, sixth series, seventh series” New York, 1913. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Robinson, Jane Bancroft, Ph.D. “A historical sketch of the Robinson family of the line of Ebenezer Robinson, a soldier of the revolution” Detroit, Michigan, 1903. (Full view on Internet Archive)

• Sherman, James P. “The Robinson Family” Waterloo, Iowa, 1901. (Full view on FamilySearch)

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