Surname Definition: See Family Crest below.

Origins: Scotland and England.

Alternate spellings: FORRESTER, FORESTER, FORREST, FORSTER, FOSTOR, FORRESTOR, and others.

Surnames sharing the Rootsweb Soundex Code: FIRESTONE, FOERSTER, FOREST, FORESTEIRE, FORESTER, FORREST, FORRESTER, FORSTER, FORSTHYE, FORSYTH, FORSYTHE, FRAUSTO, FRECHETTE, FREESTONE, FROST, FUERST, FURCHTENICHT, FURST.

Surnames sharing the GenesReunited NameX Code: FORRESTER, FIRSTER, FORRSET, FORESTEIRE, FORSTOR, FORIEST, FARSTER, FIRESTEIN, FARREST, FORSTERN, FOREMASTER.

Other Resources

• Family Crest
• FORRESTER Family Genealogy Forum - Also see Forester, Forister, Forster
• Over 30,000 search results for FORRESTER at Rootsweb
• Rootsweb Messageboards FORRESTER
• Over 1,200 search results for FORRESTER at TribalPages
• USA Death Records
• Over 6,100 search results for FORRESTER at Gencircles
• Over 2,800 search results for FORRESTER at Geneanet
• Over 300 search results for FORRESTER at GenesReunited $
• AncientFaces Family Treasures
• Linkpendium Genealogy Page FORRESTER
• The FOSTER / FORSTER / FORESTER / FORRESTER / FOERSTER / FORESTIER / FORISTER / FORRISTER / VORSTER / VOSTER DNA project
• FamilySearch - The largest collection of free family history, family tree and genealogy records in the world
• Answers.com – The world’s greatest encyclodictionalmanacapedia
• Search Wikipedia – the free encyclopaedia
• DeadFred – Genealogy photo archive
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• RootsChat – Genealogy, Family History, Local History, Messaging Forum and more
• CertificateSharing – free sharing of Birth, Baptism, Marriage and Death Certificates in English language only
• Access Genealogy’s Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania search engine
• The Ryerson Index to Contemporary Death Notices and Obituaries in Australian Newspapers
• Australian Dictionary of Biography
• National Archives of Australia
• State Records Office, New South Wales, Australia
• Public Record Office, Victoria, Australia
• Archives of New Zealand
• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
• Auckland City Libraries – family history resources, New Zealand
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography online
• Search Family Home Pages at FamilyTreeMaker
• Search Encyclopaedia Titanica – Titanic Passenger and Crew Research

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