Surname Definition: See Family Crest below.

Origins: Germany.

Alternate Spellings: PETER, PETTER, PEETER, PEETTER, PEATER, PEATTER, PETERS, PETERSEN, PEER, PEERS, and many more. See also PETERSON, which is a Scottish/Swedish surname.

Surnames sharing the Rootsweb Soundex Code: PATERSON, PATRICK, PATRIS, PATTERSON, PEDERSEN, PEDERSON, PETERS, PETERSDOTTER, PETERSEN, PETERSON, PETERSSEN, PETERSSON, PETROSKY, PIETERS, PIOTROSKI, PODRAZA, POYTHRESS.

Surnames sharing the GenesReunited NameX Code: PETERSEN, PATERNEN, PATERSONE, PATTERSAN, PATTERSIN, PATTERSUN, PEATERS, PEDDERSON, PEDEERSON, PEDERSONN, PEDERSSON.

Other Resources

• Family Crest and Name History
• PETERSEN Family Genealogy Forum - see also PETERSON
• Over 48,000 records for PETERSEN RootsWeb's World Connect Project
• Rootsweb Messageboards PETERSEN
• Personal Websites at RootsWeb covering PETERSEN surname
• Ancestry.co.uk Global Search Results
• Up to 20,000 records for PETERSEN in USA Death Records
• Over 870 records for PETERSEN in family tree websites at TribalPages
• Over 6,000 records for PETERSEN at GeneaNet
• Over 9,000 records for PETERSEN at GenCircles
• Over 300 records for PETERSEN at GenesReunited $
• 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
• AncientFaces – Family Treasures
• Linkpendium
• Family Tree DNA
• 141 records for PETERSEN in the Debt of Honour Roll - 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
• History of Australia by the Eureka Council
• The Ryerson Index to Contemporary Death Notices and Obituaries in Australian Newspapers
• Australian Dictionary of Biography
• Up to 2,000 records for PETERSEN in the 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
• The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
• 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
• SurnameNavigator.org - Genealogy Search Engine
• CinnamonToastGenealogy
• FamilyHistory.com
• CousinConnect.com
• KindredKonnections.com
• SurnameWeb.org
• Olive Tree Genealogy - Search free genealogy databases for your ancestors
• GenealogyTrails.com - United States of America - Finding ancestors wherever their trails led
• Worldwide Cemetery Records Online - Internment.net
• Australian Obituaries - PETERSEN

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