Family Names and Family History

Family Names and Family History
ISBN-10
1852855509
ISBN-13
9781852855505
Category
History
Pages
240
Language
English
Published
2006-06-22
Publisher
A&C Black
Author
David Hey

Description

Family 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.

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