Dignan Family History
- Dignan Name Meaning
- Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duibhgeannáin (see Deignan).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 61,668 Historical Documents with Dignan on Ancestry
- 26,390 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 14,019 Census and Voter Lists
- 2,563 Military Records
- 3,826 Immigration Records
- 14,870 Member Trees
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Number of Dignan families
 29 - 55  10 - 28 |
 1 - 9  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Dignan families
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10 - 18 4 - 9 |
1 - 3 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Dignan 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
Dignan census records
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