Research your surname and your family tree

find out what your surname means and trace your ancestors who share it too

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Research your surname and your family tree

find out what your surname means and trace your ancestors who share it too

4th ed.
  • 5.0 (1 rating)
  • 2 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading

"Perhaps your surname is that of a Norman who fought at the Battle of Hastings ... Maybe it is an old English trade ... It may be distinctive of a particular location. And just possibly you might be related to everyone who bears the name. Find out! Your surname is part of you - so use this book to discover what it really means"--Page 4 of cover.

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Language
English
Pages
213

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Table of Contents

Understanding surnames
Finding out how surnames change
Exploring surname distribution
One source or many?
Working with occupational names
Focusing on place names
Making sense of landscape names
Working with patronymics
Taking care with nicknames
Working with the genealogical approach
Exploring 1066 names
Understanding coats of arms and surnames
Orphans and surnames
English surnames
Welsh surnames
Scottish surnames
Irish surnames
Isle of Man surnames
Channel Island surnames
Understanding Jewish surnames of the British Isles
Identifying gypsy surnames of the Briths Isles
British Isles surnames in Australia and New Zealand
British Isles surnames in the Americas
Dealing with extinct surnames
Investigating DNA studies
One-name studies
Taking charge of your surname.

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Published in
Oxford

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
929.42
Library of Congress
CS2385

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 213 pages
Number of pages
213

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL27889167M
ISBN 10
1845284348
ISBN 13
9781845284343
OCLC/WorldCat
624417934

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL16086291W

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