Surnames as a Science
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: April 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780766148970
Subjects: Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours; Genealogy; Reference
First sentence: As some things that seem common, and even ignoble, to the naked eye, lose their meanness under the revelations of the microscope, so, many of our surnames that seem common and even vulgar at first sight, will be found, when their origin is adequately investigated, to be of high antiquity, and of unsuspected dignity.