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Family History & Genealogy

The Sample Family

1,370 Sample records from public death, burial and census records and the old county histories, in all 12 Midwestern states we cover. Every name is a real person in the public record, and we follow set rules to leave living people out (how).

1,370Records in our database
1874Earliest birth
See the Sample family trees →60 Sample families pieced together from public birth and death records, county histories and old newspapers
At a glance

1,370 Sample records in our database

From public death, burial and census records across 12 Midwestern states. We follow set rules to leave living people out (how). Tap a state or a decade to narrow the list of ancestors below.

Where

North Dakota: 3 Sample recordsSouth Dakota: 20 Sample recordsNebraska: 124 Sample recordsKansas: 62 Sample recordsMinnesota: 48 Sample recordsIowa: 115 Sample recordsMissouri: 436 Sample recordsWisconsin: 38 Sample recordsIllinois: 157 Sample recordsMichigan: 117 Sample recordsIndiana: 115 Sample recordsOhio: 135 Sample records320124624811543638157117115135
fewer more

When they were born

Born in the 1870s: 16Born in the 1880s: 8380Born in the 1890s: 174Born in the 1900s: 1851900Born in the 1910s: 232Born in the 1920s: 15020Born in the 1930s: 63Born in the 1940s: 2840Born in the 1950s: 26Born in the 1960s: 1060Born in the 1970s: 2Born in the 1980s: 180Born in the 1990s: 3Born in the 2000s: 12000
  • Most records: Missouri (436 of 1,370)
  • Most common birth decade: the 1910s
  • Earliest birth in the database: Martha Sample, born 1874, Ohio
Documented families

Sample families we have traced

Written from county histories and public records, every fact cited. We follow set rules to leave living people out (how).

The earliest Samples in the county histories

Family trees from the public record

In old newspapers

In the county history family index

People in the record

Sample people in our records

120 of the 1,258 Sample people in our records, from every state where the name turns up: the earliest born and the most recent deaths, newest first. Tap a name to open that person's page. Someone listed in two public indexes is shown once. Search every Sample record →

Douglas Prescott Sample
1940 to 2020
Dakota, Minnesota
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James A Sample
1940 to 2020
Dakota, Minnesota
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Donald V Sample
1916 to 2013
Iowa
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Theodore R Sample
1928 to 2013
Iowa
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Bondeena Sample
1951 to 2012
Iowa
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Michael D Sample
1957 to 2012
Iowa
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Wilma J Sample
1929 to 2012
Iowa
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Clarellen H Sample
1906 to 1999
Illinois
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Curron J Sample
1998 to 1999
Indiana
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Darwyn L Sample
1935 to 1999
Michigan
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Delores J Sample
1930 to 1999
Michigan
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Denver D Sample
1926 to 1999
Michigan
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Dixie L Sample
1926 to 1999
Missouri
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Earlene Sample
1928 to 1999
Ohio
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Edward H Sample
1919 to 1999
Ohio
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Elizabeth R Sample
1927 to 1999
Ohio
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Ella M Sample
1926 to 1999
Missouri
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Ella M Sample
1919 to 1999
Missouri
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Ellouise A Sample
1931 to 1999
Michigan
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Gerald W Sample
1921 to 1999
Missouri
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Glenn R Sample
1931 to 1999
Indiana
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Homer O Sample
1917 to 1999
Indiana
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Iona A Sample
1914 to 1999
Missouri
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J W Sample
1911 to 1999
Kansas
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Jack D Sample
1932 to 1999
Missouri
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Jasper M Sample
1904 to 1999
Indiana
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Jean A Sample
1931 to 1999
Ohio
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Joseph E Sample
1925 to 1999
Ohio
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Kenneth M Sample
1912 to 1999
Hall, Nebraska
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Lora L Sample
1928 to 1999
Kansas
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Margaret Sample
1917 to 1999
Michigan
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Muriel Sample
1908 to 1999
Ohio
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Othenial Sample
1907 to 1999
Missouri
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Pauline P Sample
1922 to 1999
Illinois
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Reva G Sample
1903 to 1999
Missouri
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Truman W Sample
1911 to 1999
Missouri
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Bertha A Sample
1904 to 1998
Kansas
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Earl C Sample
1899 to 1998
Indiana
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Elizabeth L Sample
1912 to 1998
Nebraska
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George I Sample
1924 to 1998
Missouri
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Gladys M Sample
1910 to 1998
Missouri
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John A Sample
1920 to 1998
North Dakota
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Lorraine Sample
1907 to 1998
Missouri
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Margie Sample
1911 to 1998
Missouri
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Marion B Sample
1912 to 1998
Missouri
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Mary Sample
1904 to 1998
Illinois
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Mildred J Sample
1909 to 1998
Illinois
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Iva B Sample
1905 to 1997
Nance, Nebraska
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Laura A Sample
1975 to 1997
Illinois
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Margaret L Sample
1920 to 1997
Illinois
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Ora L Sample
1926 to 1997
Illinois
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Kathryn D Sample
1946 to 1996
Nebraska
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E Sample
1952 to 1995
Wisconsin
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Wallace P Sample
1933 to 1994
South Dakota
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Byrd S Sample
1891 to 1989
Missouri
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A T Sample
1962 to 1988
Wisconsin
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Connie P Sample
1891 to 1987
Missouri
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Alvin Sample
1895 to 1984
North Dakota
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Matilda Sample
1886 to 1984
Ohio
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Mina Sample
1887 to 1984
Michigan
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Helen K Sample
1907 to 1983
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Cathrine Sample
1884 to 1981
Minnesota
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Herbert E Sample
1889 to 1980
Missouri
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Elmer Sample
1886 to 1979
South Dakota
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William Sample
1884 to 1979
Nebraska
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Chester Sample
1882 to 1978
Ohio
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Effie Sample
1885 to 1977
Indiana
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John W Sample
1884 to 1976
Missouri
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Elza Sample
1880 to 1975
Illinois
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Florence Sample
1883 to 1975
Michigan
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William Sample
1902 to 1975
Wisconsin
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Blanche Sample
1886 to 1974
Merrick, Nebraska
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Flora A Sample
1880 to 1974
Missouri
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Henry L Sample
1880 to 1974
Missouri
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John F Sample
1884 to 1974
Iowa
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John P Sample
1887 to 1974
Scotts Bluff, Nebraska
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Cora V Sample
1880 to 1973
Nance, Nebraska
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Kenneth E Sample
1910 to 1973
North Dakota
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Lucy Sample
1878 to 1973
Illinois
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Roxy Sample
1885 to 1973
Ohio
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Clara Sample
1877 to 1972
Minnesota
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Ida Sample
1876 to 1972
Indiana
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Mary Sample
1883 to 1972
Ohio
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Ross Sample
1883 to 1972
Illinois
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Henry Sample
1887 to 1970
Michigan
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Jessie E Sample
1877 to 1970
South Dakota
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Arsula Sample
1888 to 1969
Missouri
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Frank Sample
1887 to 1969
Missouri
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Grant Sample
1879 to 1969
Iowa
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Maude Sample
1883 to 1969
Illinois
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Oscar Sample
1880 to 1969
Iowa
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Horace Sample
1877 to 1968
Illinois
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Irvin J Sample
1879 to 1968
Nance, Nebraska
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John Sample
1883 to 1968
Michigan
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Joseph L Sample
1888 to 1968
Missouri
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Nina Sample
1879 to 1968
Indiana
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Vernie O Sample
1887 to 1968
Missouri
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Bertha Sample
1876 to 1967
Illinois
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Ida Sample
1877 to 1967
Missouri
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John Sample
1881 to 1967
Illinois
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Virtue Sample
1879 to 1967
Michigan
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Bessie Sample
1880 to 1966
Ohio
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Elizabeth Sample
1881 to 1966
Iowa
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Lola Sample
1885 to 1966
Illinois
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Lulu Sample
1881 to 1966
Missouri
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Maude Sample
1883 to 1966
Indiana
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Nellie Sample
1884 to 1966
Missouri
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Theresa Sample
1876 to 1966
Missouri
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Walter Sample
1888 to 1966
Michigan
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Clarence Sample
1881 to 1965
Kansas
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George Sample
1888 to 1965
Missouri
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Martha Sample
1874 to 1965
Ohio
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Walter Sample
1878 to 1965
Iowa
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Leon Sample
1883 to 1964
Minnesota
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Roy Sample
1886 to 1964
Indiana
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William Sample
1880 to 1964
Iowa
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Belle Sample
1880 to 1963
Ohio
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Virgil Sample
1880 to 1963
Kansas
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Clarence Sample
1876 to 1962
Kansas
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Mary Sample
1877 to 1962
Indiana
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Common questions

Sample genealogy: FAQ

Where were Sample ancestors recorded?

Our database holds 1,370 Sample records from all 12 Midwestern states. The most are in Missouri (436), then Illinois (157) and Ohio (135).

How far back does the Sample family tree go?

The earliest Sample birth in our database is 1874: Martha Sample, Ohio. We have pieced together 60 Sample family trees from public birth and death records.

Are living Sample family members listed here?

Not knowingly. We follow set rules to leave living people out of our public pages. If you find a living relative listed here, email us and we will take the record down.

Is this my Sample family?

Maybe. Many people share a name, so treat any match as a possible match until the dates and places line up with what you know about your family. Every person here links to their own page with the details, and we can trace your line for you.

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