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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Academic & Professional

ISBN-101852855509

ISBN-139781852855505

eBay Product ID (ePID)117209729

Product Key Features

Number of Pages262 Pages

Publication NameFamily Names and Family History

LanguageEnglish

SubjectGenealogy & Heraldry, General, Historical, Linguistics / Etymology

Publication Year2006

TypeNot Available

Subject AreaReference, Language Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorDavid Hey

FormatPerfect

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight13.2 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsHey's book provides a wealth of information on the evolution and development of the surname, its spread and mutation., "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

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal929.4/2

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Table Of ContentIllustrations; 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

SynopsisFamily 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., 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. >

LC Classification NumberDA145.3.B6