Family Names and Family History

Name: Family Names and Family History
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ISBN: 9781852855505

David Hey (University of Sheffield, UK)

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English

Hambledon
22 June 2006

History; Genealogy, heraldry, names & honours; Family history, tracing ancestors

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.

By: David Hey (University of Sheffield UK)
Imprint: Hambledon
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 420g
ISBN: 9781852855505
ISBN 10: 1852855509
Pages: 262
Publication Date: 22 June 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Illustrations; Preface; I The History of Family Names; 1 Names and History; 2 The Normans; 3 The Origins of English Family Names; 4 The Development of Family Names; Stability and Change; II Tracing Surnames Back in Time; 6 The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; 7 Family Names in the Seventeenth Century and Earlier; III Tracing Your Own Name; 8 Steps to Tracing Your Surname; 9 The Most Common Surnames; 10 Maps; Notes; Bibliography; Index of Names; General Index

Reviews for Family Names and Family History

a scholarly and readable study of the growth of English surnames based on the valuble work of the Names Projects Group at the National Centre for English Cultural Tradition and Language. It will appeal to the general redaer and to the student coming to the topic for the first time. Contemporary Review, 01/07/07