Check out Newman at The Guild of One Name Studies . This can be an excellent source for your research so please do correspond with the person conducting the study.
Site includes information pertaining to the origin of the name, the family crest, and a family tree.
Mailing lists such as this one can be an invaluable source of information for your family history research. These lists do however generate a large volume of e-mail. Search the archives of Newman-L or any other Rootsweb surname mailing list by clicking here . Genforum is an automated system on which anyone may post a genealogical query by surname and have others respond to the particular message. We're sure you will be pleasantly surprised.