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Welcome 

To the Gilpin History & Genealogy section

This is a one surname study of the Gilpin surname and the different origins it may have come from. Gathering of family legends. Trying to prove to disprove these legends. Gathering of Gilpin information / documents to make research easier. To display different lineages so others may connect their information to them. 

Different Origins of the Gilpin surname:

1. Irish -  MacGillifin Anglicized to Gilfin, Gilpin, Gill

2. Norman (?) -  deGylpyn includes Gilpin, Gilpinge, Gilpen

3. Norman (?) - Galpin

4. MacAlpine -  Anglicized to Gilpin

My Mission

Is to make available to you as much as I can find, research, gather and document on the Gilpin surname

Your Mission

If you accept it, is to use what you find, Verify it, and help others further their research.

Gilpin DNA Project

GILPIN Family researchers have been gathering information and compiling their genealogies diligently for years. You may be among the few who are able to trace your earliest ancestor back to England, or Ireland, or Scotland and or France. Or, like most, you may be searching to find that illusive, missing link to the past.

As a GILPIN Family researcher you have probably reached a point where you cannot identify any earlier ancestors. You may have documented multiple generations, but, at some point the leads dwindle and the trail grows cold. You have reached the preverbal "brick wall." We know that more documentary evidence remains to be discovered however traditional genealogical research will most likely never find all the connections between the various GILPIN Family groups. Until recently there was little hope of extending a cold chart, however, genealogical DNA testing may provide the answers you are seeking.