Carlson Family History
- Carlson Name Meaning
- Scandinavian: respelling of Norwegian and Danish Carlsen or Swedish Carlsson. Dutch and German: patronymic from Carl. See also Karlson.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 2,428,495 Historical Documents with Carlson on Ancestry
- 972,921 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 565,545 Census and Voter Lists
- 125,372 Military Records
- 260,274 Immigration Records
- 504,383 Member Trees
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Number of Carlson families
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Carlson families
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Carlson census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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from 1881 CA Census Data
Carlson census records
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