Research your surname and your family tree
Subtitle: find out what your surname means and trace your ancestors who share it too
By: Graeme Davis
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: How To Books; How to Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford
Language: eng
Number of pages: 213
ISBN-13: 9781845284343
Subjects: Names, personal; Personal Names; Genealogy; Handbooks, manuals; English
Description: "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.
Table of contents: title: Understanding surnames; title: Finding out how surnames change; title: Exploring surname distribution; title: One source or many?; title: Working with occupational names; title: Focusing on place names; title: Making sense of landscape names; title: Working with patronymics; title: Taking care with nicknames; title: Working with the genealogical approach; title: Exploring 1066 names; title: Understanding coats of arms and surnames; title: Orphans and surnames; title: English surnames; title: Welsh surnames; title: Scottish surnames; title: Irish surnames; title: Isle of Man surnames; title: Channel Island surnames; title: Understanding Jewish surnames of the British Isles; title: Identifying gypsy surnames of the Briths Isles; title: British Isles surnames in Australia and New Zealand; title: British Isles surnames in the Americas; title: Dealing with extinct surnames; title: Investigating DNA studies; title: One-name studies; title: Taking charge of your surname.