Authors:F.K. & S. Hitching, S. Hitching,
Publisher: Clearfield
Keywords: surnames, english, giving, references, index, xviith, century, year, containe, printed, contained, registers, parishes, first
Number of Pages: 172
Published: 2009-04-01
List price: $20.00
ISBN-10: 0806301813
ISBN-13: 9780806301815

These two works, now reprinted for handy reference in a single volume, index over 40,000 references to surnames contained in the printed registers of English parishes during the years 1601 and 1602. While the two indexes themselves merely list the surname and the parish register(s) where it occurred in 1601 and 1602, and the location of the register at the time of original publication, researchers must realize that these reference are of considerable value inasmuch as the parish records to which they refer are nothing less than early 17th-century registers of baptisms, marriages, and bur

Author: P. H. Reaney
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: surnames, english, dictionary
Number of Pages: 508
Published: 1991-10-10
List price: $240.00
ISBN-10: 041505737X
ISBN-13: 9780415057370

There is a constant popular fascination with names--what they mean, when and where they originated. This edition of the classic work by Reaney and Wilson will be the primary resource for anyone who is interested in names. It gives the meanings of over 16,000 English surnames and their variants, together with early forms and their sources and dates.Now in its third edition, this volume has been updated to include 5,000 more names. The main body of the work is arranged alphabetically with a full cross-reference system for different spellings, and will prove essential for linguists, historians, a

Author: Joseph G. Fucilla
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company
Keywords: surnames, italian
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 1998-01-01
List price: $28.50
ISBN-10: 0806311878
ISBN-13: 9780806311876

Our Italian Surnames covers every fact of Italian names and naming practices. It is here we discover, for example, that bussolari is Italian for compass, orsini means bear, and passalacqua stands for butterfly. In addition to sections on given names and the evolution of Italian surnames, the book contains chapters devoted to pet names, botanical names, geographical names, bird names, insect names, occupational names, and more. Our Italian Surnames is written for a popular audience, and each chapter of the book is a separate and informative unit in itself. Complete with a list of sour

Author: Edward MacLysaght
Publisher: Irish Academic Press
Keywords: ireland, surnames
Number of Pages: 314
Published: 1991-06
List price: $24.00
ISBN-10: 0716523663
ISBN-13: 9780716523666

Author: Edward Neafsey
Publisher: Irish Genealogical Foundation
Keywords: ireland, surnames, new
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2002-03-01
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0940134977
ISBN-13: 9780940134973

Irish Family History with 200 Specific Family Location Maps.... The Surnames of Ireland by Edward Kneafsey with 200 family location maps! Family Locations & History in Ireland, indexed, 200 families mapped by locations in Ireland. 216 pages. The First of its Kind The First book to combine all the historical research from the past, with the modern locations of Irish Families today - culminating in 200 family histories accompanied by an individual map showing each family ! This has never been done like this before, and considering the expense, it may not be done again...

Author: Elsdon C. Smith
Publisher: Genealogical Publishing Company
Keywords: surnames, american
Number of Pages: 394
Published: 2009-12-08
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0806311509
ISBN-13: 9780806311500

Elsdon Smith begins this work with a discussion of the development of hereditary surnames and then he divides his subject into six broad categories: Classification of Surnames, Surnames from Father’s Name (patronymics), Surnames from Occupation or Office, Surnames from Description or Action (nicknames), Surnames from Places, and Surnames Not Properly Included Elsewhere. In these areas he expounds on such subjects as abbreviated names, surnames derived from animals, changes of names by immigrants, ethnic names, names indicating nationality, surnames from place nam

Author: Nathanial Ingersoll Bowditch
Publisher: Boucher Press
Keywords: surnames, suffolk
Number of Pages: 782
Published: 2010-07-12
List price: $40.45
ISBN-10: 1446032272
ISBN-13: 9781446032275