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Origins of English Surnames

Author : Joslin Fiennes
Publisher : Robert Hale Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0719824443
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (198 download)

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Download or read book Origins of English Surnames written by Joslin Fiennes and published by Robert Hale Ltd. This book was released on 2017-05-31 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surnames carry the history of people in a very personal way. In England, surnames were mostly established by the end of the fourteenth century - by ordinary people, for ordinary people. Uniquely, surnames describe medieval lives not captured by any other record. They tell us what these people did, where they went, what they noticed and give clues about their culture and memories. This book examines the origins of English surnames, looking at: occupational names; locational names, or names that record places; nicknames and personal names; names from the Continent; and symbolic names. Where genealogists and etymologists focus on single names, this book takes groups of names and explores what these say about the society that created them. In 'The Origins of English Surnames' you will find the English people at a key moment in history, revealing the way they spoke, the jokes they made, and their memories of ancient cultures - all at a time when land-based feudalism was crumbling and people sought better lives.

The Surnames Handbook

Author : Debbie Kennett
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752483498
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book The Surnames Handbook written by Debbie Kennett and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2012-10-04 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every surname has its own story to tell, and a surname study is a natural complement to family history research. The study of surnames has been revolutionised in the last decade with the increasing availability of online resources, and it is now easier than ever before to explore the history, evolution, distribution and meaning of your family name. The Surnames Handbook provides a comprehensive guide to researching your surname using genealogical methods in conjunction with the latest advances in DNA testing and surname mapping. The book explores the key resources that are used to study a surname and is packed with links to relevant websites giving you everything you need to research your surname in one compact volume.

The Story of Surnames

Author : Leslie Gilbert Pine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Surnames written by Leslie Gilbert Pine and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Family Names and Family History

Author : David Hey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0826435343
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book Family Names and Family History written by David Hey and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2006-06-15 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family names are an essential part of everyone's personal history. The story of their evolution is integral to family history and fascinating in its own right. Formed from first names, place names, nicknames and occupations, names allow us to trace the movements of our ancestors from the middle ages to the present day. David Hey shows how, when and where families first got their names, and proves that most families stayed close to their places of origin. Settlement patterns and family groupings can be traced back towards their origin by using national and local records. Family Names and Family History tells anyone interested in tracing their own name how to set about doing so.

The Book of Ulster Surnames

Author : Robert Bell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781909556867
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (568 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Ulster Surnames written by Robert Bell and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Ulster Surnames has over 500 entries of the most common family names of the nine county province of Ulster, with reference to thousands more. It gives the meaning and history of each name, its original form, where it came from - Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales or France - and why it changed to what it is today. The index is an essential asset to the publication - providing nearly 3,000 surnames and variant spellings, cross-referenced to the main listing. The book includes notes on some famous bearers of the name and where in Ulster the name is now most common. This new edition by the Foundation also includes an article by the author on the Riding Clans of the Scottish Borders, many members of which came to Ulster during the Plantation. The result is a reference book which details much about the history of the Ulster Irish as well as the Scottish and English who arrived from the seventeenth century onwards, and is packed with surprising insights into the origins of a complex, turbulent people.

The Book of Surnames

Author : Peter Verstappen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Surnames written by Peter Verstappen and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The story of surnames

Author : William Dodgson Bowman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (633 download)

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Download or read book The story of surnames written by William Dodgson Bowman and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Story of Surnames and Geneaology

Author : William Dodgson Bowman
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1447487354
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Surnames and Geneaology written by William Dodgson Bowman and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2012-12-03 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published London 1932, this fascinating book takes an in-depth look at surnames and geneology, and will prove a fantastic reference book to anyone studying the subjects. Contents include: Local Names; Address Surnames; Patronymics; Prophets, Martyrs, Warriors; Matronymics; Names from Miracle Plays; Fourteenth Century London; Nicknames; Names from Pastimes; Nicknames from Dispositions; Foreign Names; Craftsmen and Officials; Teutonic Surnames; American Surnames; Index of Surnames. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

English Surnames

Author : Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 682 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book English Surnames written by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 682 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Great British Family Names and Their History

Author : John Moss
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 9781526751553
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Great British Family Names and Their History written by John Moss and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2020-02-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For better or worse, what we are is often determined by our family; the events that occurred many years before we were born, and the choices that were made by our forebears are our inheritance - we are the inexorable product of family history. So it is with nations. The history of Great Britain has been largely defined by powerful and influential families, many of whose names have come down to us from Celtic, Danish, Saxon or Norman ancestors. Their family names fill the pages of our history books; they are indelibly written into the events which we learned about at school. Iconic family names like Wellington, Nelson, Shakespeare, Cromwell, Constable, De Montfort and Montgomery... there are innumerable others. They reflect the long chequered history of Britain, and demonstrate the assimilation of the many cultures and languages which have migrated to these islands over the centuries, and which have resulted in the emergence of our language. This book is a snapshot of several hundred such family names and delves into their beginnings and derivations, making extensive use of old sources, including translations of The Domesday Book and The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, as well as tracing many through the centuries to the present day.

Surname Book and Racial History

Author : Susa Young Gates
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Surname Book and Racial History written by Susa Young Gates and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland

Author : William Kirwin
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 0773567410
Total Pages : 628 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (735 download)

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Download or read book Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland written by William Kirwin and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 1998-11-01 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Byrne, Chaffey, Fahey, Fizzard, Fudge, Grouchy, Hynes, Inkpen, Lyver, McLaughlin, Miles, Murphy, Puddester, Quirk -- the names themselves are evocative of Newfoundland. Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland traces the origins of almost 3,000 surnames found on the Island and provides an engaging and comprehensive collection of etymology, genealogy, and Newfoundland history. The introduction presents a fascinating discussion of the history and linguistic origins of surnames found in Newfoundland, which come from many different cultures, notably English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, French, Syrian, Lebanese, and Mi'kmaq. The main body of the book comprises a dictionary of surnames in the province based on data collected from provincial voting lists, family records, government documents, and newspaper reports dating back to the seventeenth century. Each entry includes variant spellings and cross-references of the surname, the countries in which the name originated, and its meaning. Newfoundland place names associated with the surname are also given. The book also includes a ranking of the most common surnames in Newfoundland and a comparative analysis of the frequency of surnames in Scotland, Ireland, England, and Newfoundland. Originally published in 1977, Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland is a unique reference work, giving Newfoundlanders, both in the province and away, a fascinating look at their roots. This edition incorporates a number of additions and corrections and has been completely reset in a sturdier and more convenient format. It will be of great use to individuals tracing their ancestors and to genealogists researching early settlers in Newfoundland.

Family Names and Family History

Author : David Hey
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1852855509
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (528 download)

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Download or read book Family Names and Family History written by David Hey and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2006-06-22 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family names are an essential part of everyone's personal history. The story of their evolution is integral to family history and fascinating in its own right. Formed from first names, place names, nicknames and occupations, names allow us to trace the movements of our ancestors from the middle ages to the present day. David Hey shows how, when and where families first got their names, and proves that most families stayed close to their places of origin. Settlement patterns and family groupings can be traced back towards their origin by using national and local records. Family Names and Family History tells anyone interested in tracing their own name how to set about doing so.

Surnames, DNA, and Family History

Author : George Redmonds
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019162036X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Surnames, DNA, and Family History written by George Redmonds and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2011-08-25 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book combines linguistic and historical approaches with the latest techniques of DNA analysis and shows the insights these offer for every kind of genealogical research. It focuses on British names, tracing their origins to different parts of the British Isles and Europe and revealing how names often remain concentrated in the districts where they first became established centuries ago. In the process the book casts fresh light on the ancient peopling of the British Isles. The authors consider why some names die out while others spread across the globe. They use recent advances in DNA testing to investigate whether particular surnames have single, dual, or multiple origins, and to find out if the various forms of a single name have a common origin. They show how information from DNA can be combined with historical evidence and techniques to distinguish between individuals with the same name and different names with similar spellings, and to identifty the name of the same individual or family spelt in various ways in different times and places. The final chapter of this paperback edition, looking at the use of genetics in historical research, has been updated to include new work on the DNA of Richard III.

A History of British Surnames

Author : Richard Alexander McKinley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book A History of British Surnames written by Richard Alexander McKinley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1990 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Part of a series concerned with local history, this text looks at the derivation of different types of surnames. It ranges from those which have evolved from occupations and location to those which have evolved from personal names and by hereditary.

The Story of Surnames

Author : Lilian Devereux
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780631108801
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Surnames written by Lilian Devereux and published by . This book was released on 1967-01-01 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Story of Surnames and Geneaology

Author : William Dodgson Bowman
Publisher : READ BOOKS
ISBN 13 : 9781443738729
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book The Story of Surnames and Geneaology written by William Dodgson Bowman and published by READ BOOKS. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published London 1932. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Home Farm Books are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. The research into surnames and family history is of extraordinary fascination, for it is a subject in which everyone has a proprietary interest. It is also part of the history of Medieval times. This book makes clear, points that would otherwise be doubtful or obscure. Contents Include: Local Names. Address Surnames. Patronymics. Prophets, Martyrs, Warriors. Matronymics. Names from Miracle Plays. Fourteenth Century London. Nicknames. Names from Pastimes. Nicknames from Dispositions. Foreign names. Craftsmen and Officials. Teutonic Surnames. American Surnames. Index of Surnames.