This prestigious
international one name family history society was founded in 1970 and
brings you a wealth of information about the huge worldwide Dalton family.
Please use the links on the left and above to navigate around the site. Here you
will find our monthly newsletter Daltons in History,
details about our projects and activities, and gain access to our extensive
databank and index built up over many years.
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Dalton
Data Bank
Recent
Additions
Ohio: New page with Census SSDI
Canada: Bio of Sir Charles Dalton
Ireland: Amendments
Ireland: Irish Times BMD Records
New Updates
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DGS Journal
Volume 49 Out
Now!
The DGS has published
a Journal for its members from its founding in 1970.
It is an authoritative source of Dalton family history
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Future DGS Events
2009 AGM Preston England
The DGS Annual General Meeting
will be held at the Lancashire
Family History and Heraldry
Society in Oswaldtwistle
August 2009
booking form...
Dalton
Archives
James Dalton
History Maker
During the
reign of the Catholic Queen Mary Tudor, James Dalton,
was admitted to Lincoln's Inn in London on 7 August 1555
Very 1st article
January 1998...
Daltons in History
June
2009
Notes from the DGS Chairman
Book Now for 2009 AGM
Msgr Michael Joseph Dalton
Sir Charles Dalton
10 articles...
Join the DGS
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Dalton Intl DNA Project
More Testees Wanted
Now with 128 Y-DNA participants,
DIDP is one of the largest and
most respected global projects -
add your Dalton name today
Pomery Interview
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Clan Dalton
Sláinte agus saol chugat
Clan Dalton is
a Clans of Ireland member. Chieftain and DGS Irish
Secretary, Ciaran Dalton, wishes you Health and a Long Life
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Past DGS Events
Annual Gatherings
2009 Gathering Orange Australia
2008 Gathering Birr Ireland
2007 Gathering/AGM Worcester
2006 Gathering Hampton USA
reports...
Dalton Forum
Ancestors in the UK
James Joseph Dalton born Ireland
c. 1865-1869 from Clitheroe
Lancashire. Footballer for Canada
and Sunderland 26th Sept 1891
post your query...
Daltons in History
June 2009
Notes from the DGS Chairman
Book Now for 2009 AGM
Msgr Michael Joseph Dalton
Sir Charles Dalton
Tom & Gerry's Travels
Sands Post Office
Dalton Strays
Anything Dalton
News from America
Editor's Message
Notes from the DGS Chairman
Book Now for 2009 AGM
Msgr Michael Joseph Dalton
Sir Charles Dalton
Tom & Gerry's Travels
Sands Post Office
Dalton Strays
Anything Dalton
News from America
Editor's Message
10 articles...
Past DGS Events
2009 Annual Gathering
Maureen Collins and Helen Smith
organised a 'Real Aussie Welcome'
for 60 Dalton members and friends
in Orange, NSW Australia
March 2009
Orange diary...
2008 Birr Offaly Ireland
Ciaran, Collette & family
organised a wonderful conference
visiting the Giant Telescope,
Clonmacnoise and peat bog railway
August 2008
comments...
Worcester England 2007
The worst floods in 200 years but
Howard J Dalton organised the
Worcester Gathering swimmingly.
The DGS motto: panic not!
July 2007
reminiscences...
USA Gathering 2006
Millicent Craig and her family
welcomed delegates to Hampton
for the first American Gathering.
A truly memorable occasion!
October 2006
diary...
Annual Gatherings
2009 Gathering Orange Australia
2008 Gathering Birr Ireland
2007 Gathering/AGM Worcester
2006 Gathering Hampton USA
2006 AGM Catherington England
2005 Gathering/AGM Dublin
2004 Gathering/AGM Preston UK
2004 Sydney Australia
2003 Gathering/AGM Wales
2002 Gathering/AGM Pickering
2001 Gathering/AGM Cambridge
2000 Gathering/AGM Surrey UK
1999 Gathering/AGM Swaffham
1998 Gathering/AGM Rufford UK
reports...
Dalton Data Bank
Recent Additions
Ohio - New Ohio page with Census & SSDI now available Contributed by Mike Dalton, OR
Canada - Bio of Sir Charles Dalton Contributed by Tom O'Connor, MA
Ireland - Amendments Various
Ireland - Irish Times BMD Records Contributed by Karen Dalton Preston, Nevada
News - Chris Pomery Interview Contributed by David Preston, Nevada
Canada - Prince Edward Island, Canada Contributed by Mike Dalton, Oregon
Utah - Utah Daltons from 1100 AD onwards Contributed by Rodney G. Dalton, Utah
Utah - Added Ogden Utah Newspaper Extracts 1879 - 1906 Contributed by Rodney G. Dalton, Utah
Wales - Added Cwt Pembre History Contributed by Rodney G. Dalton, Utah
Republic of Ireland - Added link to Civil Registrations Added by David Preston, Las Vegas, Nevada
Northern Ireland- Added link to Civil Registrations Added by David Preston, Las Vegas, Nevada
Wales - Added Thomas Dalton Family Papers Contributed by Rodney G. Dalton, Utah
Canada - Added 850 Newfoundland Records Contributed by Everett J. Dalton, Kamloops, British Columbia
Canada - Created Separate Newfoundland page Added by David Preston, Las Vegas, Nevada
Canada - 1901 Canadian Census Database Added by David Preston, Las Vegas, Nevada
Northern Ireland - Antrim County Births Contributed by Mike Dalton, Oregon
Republic of Ireland - County Carlow Landowners 1876 Contributed by Mike Dalton, Oregon
Republic of Ireland - Tipperary Early Baptisms - 1806-1814 Contributed by Kevin Sippel, Lane Cove Australia
Republic of Ireland - Tipperary Marriages - 1794 Contributed by Kevin Sippel, Lane Cove Australia
Republic of Ireland - Tipperary Marriages - 25 APR. 1837 Contributed by Kevin Sippel, Lane Cove Australia
Republic of Ireland - Tipperary Early Baptisms - 1838 Contributed by Kevin Sippel, Lane Cove Australia
Republic of Ireland - NSW Early Baptisms - 1842 Contributed by Kevin Sippel, Lane Cove Australia
New South Wales - NSW Error corrected in 1864 Marriages Contributed by Kevin Sippel, Lane Cove Australia
Republic of Ireland - Wills, Probates & Testimony Contributed by Mike Dalton, Oregon
Republic of Ireland - Royal Irish Constabulatory Contributed by Mike Dalton, Oregon
Republic of Ireland - Dublin WWI Casualties Contributed by Mike Dalton, Oregon
Republic of Ireland - Dublin 1851 Census Contributed by Mike Dalton
Irish Scholars - Trinity College Contributed by Mike Dalton, Oregon
English Scholars - University of Oxford Contributed by Mike Dalton, Oregon
Republic of Ireland - County Laois/Queens Deaths Contributed by Mike Dalton, Oregon
Republic of Ireland - County Offaly Marriages, Deaths Contributed by Mike Dalton, Oregon
Republic of Ireland - County Tipperary Births, Deaths Contributed by Mike Dalton, Oregon
Republic of Ireland - County Westmeath Deaths Contributed by Mike Dalton, Oregon
New Updates
family tree...
Volunteers Required
Contact if you wish to help with the transcription and migration of the DDB data to the new format
Mark II test
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Future DGS Events
2009 AGM Preston England
To be held in Oswaldtwistle, at the
Lancashire Family History and
Heraldry Society. Visit the Queen
Street cotton-weaving mill
August 2009
itinerary...
2009 AGM Preston England
Lunch at Thurnham, 16th Century
ancestral home.Visit Cockersand
Abbey Chapter House, where the
Daltons of Thurnham are buried
August 2009
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40th Anniversary
2010 marks forty years since the
founding of the DGS and a special
celebratory Gathering and AGM is to be held
in Surrey, England
July/Aug 2010
diary dates...
2009 AGM Preston England
The DGS Annual General Meeting
will be held at the Lancashire
Family History and Heraldry
Society in Oswaldtwistle
August 2009
booking form...
From the Archives
Demise of Croston Hall
Reproduced by kind permission of
Derek Dalton, antiquarian, local
historian and descendent of the Croston Daltons.
500th Article
July 2005...
Back Issues
First Daltons in America
In April 1635, Philemon Dalton
from Suffolk, England sailed on
the ship Increase to Boston and
arrived in Hampton, NH
100th Edition
April 2006...
Dalton Archives
Australian Historical Tidbits
The following histories of Australia mention the presence of Daltons in the communities from the earliest times
November 2000...
Dalton Archives
James Dalton History Maker
During the reign of the
Catholic Queen Mary Tudor, James
Dalton was admitted to Lincoln's
Inn in London on 7 August 1555
Very 1st article
January 1998...
Dalton Forum
Ancestors in the UK
James Joseph Dalton born Ireland
c. 1865-1869 from Clitheroe
Lancashire. Footballer for Canada
and Sunderland 26th Sept 1891
post your query...
Ancestors in Australia
Where did my gggrandfather John
D'Alton die? Born c.1816 (or later) in
Meopham UK and migrated to Australia
on the Norfolk in 1858
post query...
Ancestors in Ireland
Tracing Patrick Dalton and Anne
McLoughlin b. Wicklow, Ireland
about 1860. Parents of Winifred
Dalton, g-g-grandmother
Help needed
finding ancestors...
Ancestors in US
My Ggrandfather was William
Henry Dalton. Born Germantown Oh
in 1859. Father Henry and
son Roy (My grandfather)
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