Sicard Secord Secor Name Study

Location: [unknown]
Surnames/tags: Secor Secord Sicard

Contents 1 About this study 2 How to Join 3 Goals 3.1 Adding a Profile to this Study 3.2 Process 3.3 Task List 4 History 5 Secors by Location 6 Name Variations 6.1 List of Secor/d Profiles 6.2 Oldest in the United States 6.3 Secor/d Notables 6.4 Places Named After Secor / Secord / Sicard People 7 Sicard / Secord / Secor Sources

About this study

The purpose of this study is to work together here on Wikitree to break brick walls and gather useful information. We'll do that by collecting accurate, sourced information and resources pertaining to the Secor family in America (including Secord and Secord surnames).

The main focus of this study is Sicard/Secord/Secor families in North America (U.S. and Canada), but it's fine to include Secor/d branches outside of North America, too.

Note: "Secor/d" refers to two variations of the name: Secor and Secord. The original "Sicard" is also included in this one name study.

How to Join

You are welcome to just jump in after reading the goals and process described below for this project.

If you have any questions, please contact the project leader Alison McClintock or leave a comment at the foot of the page. Thanks!

Goals

You can contribute by doing any of the following:

1. Take a DNA test and add the results to your profile. Your results will also appear on Secor DNA Connections.
2. Profile Improvement
   1. Ensure each profile is Genealogically Defined.
   2. Add sources!
      • Add in-line sources for each fact, avoiding references to unsourced online trees.
      • Add new information with in-line sources; review vital information in profiles and substantiate same; and review and confirm existing source citations.
   3. Connect any unconnected family member (i.e. ones with unknown parents) to one of the oldest Secor/Secord/Sicard lineages.
   4. Add Categories where appropriate.
3. Write or expand biographies, using in-line sources and adding explanatory remarks, if needed (i.e. Research Notes, disputed persons sections).
4. Discover the relationship between the oldest Secor/d individuals within the United States and any immigration to the United States.
5. Gather a list of useful sources
6. Make a list of Sicard/Secord/Secor notables

Adding a Profile to this Study

Please avoid adding every Secor/Secord/Sicard profile to this Study. See List of Secor Profiles below to get a sorted list of every Secor profile on WikiTree.

The criteria for adding a Secor/d profile to the study are:

1. Add a Secor/d profile to this study if their Secor/d ancestor is currently unknown (or uncertain).
2. Add a Secor/d profile to this study if they are Adopted.

To add your ancestor to this study, simply copy the following template to the Biography section of his or her profile:

{{One Name Study|name=Secor|category=Secor Name Study}}

Once the profile is connected to the main Secor/d family line, then remove the template from the profile. Keep the template if the Secor/d parentage is marked as uncertain.

Process

1. Take existing Secor/d profiles on WikiTree and use records found on FamilySearch.org and elsewhere to reconstruct the pedigree as much as possible.
2. Find other Secor/ds on FamilySearch.org etc, add them to WikiTree, reconstruct pedigree or find where they fit in existing families
3. Find any historical newspaper references to any Secor/d in the United States
4. Find any histories of the Secor/d family, whether books, previous personal research, or other written materials. Use these to compare against primary records.

• Note: Please make sure to provide sources for all information. Please do not base profiles entirely on derivative sources, such as online family trees that aren't sourced. If the tree you are referencing is sourced, please provide those sources on the profile. Otherwise, please do not blindly copy over information from online trees and risk repeating their mistakes. As Wikitree says, "The buck stops here."

Task List

List of Secor/d profiles added to this study (these should only be profiles of people with unknown or uncertain parents).

You are invited to work from this list to try to find sources/connections for these unconnected or "uncertain" profiles.

History

To be added

Secors by Location

You can view categories here: Secor Name Study Categories

Name Variations

To be added

List of Secor/d Profiles

• List of Sicard Profiles on WikiTree, sorted in birth order, including current last name

• List of Secord Profiles on WikiTree, sorted in birth order, including current last name

• List of Secor Profiles on WikiTree, sorted in birth order, including current last name

Oldest in the United States

Ambroise Sicard, b. 1631

Secor/d Notables

Do you know of any Secor/d notables? Feel free to add a link to their profile here!

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Secor-706

Places Named After Secor / Secord / Sicard People

This can include towns, counties, streets, parks, buildings, etc. The goal is to find out exactly which person they're named after, but feel free to add places to this list even if you don't know the history behind them.

• Secor, Illinois: A village in Woodford County, Illinois, United States. Named after Charles A. Secor and his brother Zeno Secor.

Sicard / Secord / Secor Sources

Below is a collection of sources for the Secor/d family (coming soon--feel free to add your own!)