Are there any Dees on here?

Question:i`m researching my family tree. do you know any dees? they came from ireland to skipton in yorkshire in 18something.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: i`m researching my family tree. do you know any dees? they came from ireland to skipton in yorkshire in 18something.

Ancestry.Com shows the following given as place of origin of Dees immigrants to the United States

Germany 18

England 2

Scotland 2

Wurttemburg 2

Bruck 1

Ireland 1

It can be English - variant of deas

Dutch from a short form of the personal name Desiderius

German a short form of the personal name Matthias or in some instances an Americanized form of Diess

Rootsweb(free site) has more than 37,000 entries in family trees for Dees. Just pull the site up and put Dees in the World Connect block. If you see something that interest you, probe on a name and it will take you to a screen that will give you the name and email address of the submitter.

However, please don't take as fact everything you see in family trees on any website, free or paid.
The information is user submitter and mostly not documented. Even when you see the same information repeatedly by many different submitters, you can't take it for granted that it is correct. A lot of people copy without verifying.

The same surname can come from more than one national origin and people with the same surname are not necessarily related or shares ancestors. The best thing to do is to trace your family starting with yourself and working back. Anytime you wish to do this, there are lots of good people on this board that can give you some great tips and advice.

fiddleydee

I'm a D.

Try the Sheffield area...... thats where all the Dee Daas live !!
Dee do dis and Da do dat !!!

Dees?This is the nickname for the best team from the City of Dundee.......Dundee Football Club and yep I`m one!!

Sorry no Dees in my tree - the closest I've got is Rees no relation of comedian Jack?

According to my copy of the Electoral Roll (approx 3 years old) there are 147 people called Dees, over the age of 18, Registered to vote, in the UK
Just looking at them, briefly, most are congregated in the North of the Country.