Norfolk and Suffolk Surnames in the Middle Ages
Author: Richard Alexander McKinley
Publisher: Leopard's Head Press
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 200
ISBN-13:
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The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Author: Patrick Hanks
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2016-11-17
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 0192527479
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContaining entries for more than 45,000 English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Cornish, and immigrant surnames, The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland is the ultimate reference work on family names of the UK. The Dictionary includes every surname that currently has more than 100 bearers. Each entry contains lists of variant spellings of the name, an explanation of its origins (including the etymology), lists of early bearers showing evidence for formation and continuity from the date of formation down to the 19th century, geographical distribution, and, where relevant, genealogical and bibliographical notes, making this a fully comprehensive work on family names. This authoritative guide also includes an introductory essay explaining the historical background, formation, and typology of surnames and a guide to surnames research and family history research. Additional material also includes a list of published and unpublished lists of surnames from the Middle Ages to the present day.
Family Names and Family History
Author: David Hey
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2006-06-22
Total Pages: 261
ISBN-13: 1852855509
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFamily 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 Surnames Handbook
Author: Debbie Kennett
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2012-10-04
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 0752483498
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEvery 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.
Surnames as a Science
Author: Robert Ferguson
Publisher: London, Routledge
Published: 1883
Total Pages: 254
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Descendants of George Bigbie of Virginia
Author: Scott Bigbie
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2011-01-02
Total Pages: 182
ISBN-13: 145832088X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKModified format genealogy tracing more than 10 generations of the descendants of George Bigbie, who lived in Tidewater Virginia in the early 1700s. Traces at nearly a dozen distinct family lines in Virginia, Ohio, Tennessee, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas, and includes families with surname spelling variants Bigbee, Bigby, Bigbey, and others. Introduction includes a short essay on the probable origins of the Bigbie name. 172 + v pages, 1200-name personal name index, full footnotes, plus maps, photographs and black and white illustrations. This is a revised and enlarged edition of Volume 1 of the same title published in 1994 and 2010.
The Teutonic Name-system Applied to the Family Names of France, England, & Germany
Author: Robert Ferguson
Publisher:
Published: 1864
Total Pages: 634
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKFamily History and Local History in England
Author: David Hey
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-01-14
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 1317870557
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is a book for those thousands of family historians who have already made some progress in tracing their family tree and have become interested in the places where their ancestors lived, worked and raised children. It emphasises the diversity and extraordinary complexity of the rural and urban communities in provincial England even before the great changes associated with the Industrial Revolution.
Words, Names, and History
Author: Cecily Clark
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 488
ISBN-13: 9780859914024
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCecily Clark (1926-1992) is familiar to medievalists as editor of the Peterborough Chronicle; others will know her work in Anglo-Saxon, Anglo-Norman and Middle English studies, in particular her extensive researches in medieval English onomastics. She lectured at the universities of London, Edinburgh and Aberdeen before settling in Cambridge as Research Fellow of, successively, Newnham College and Clare Hall. She was past joint editor of Nomina, a Council member of the English Place-Name Society, and a member of the International Committee of Onomastic Sciences.
