Discovering Surnames

by J. W. Freeman

Series: Shire Discovering (35)

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Your surname can tell you a lot about your ancestors. Not all names are what they at first sight seem to be- if your name is Farmer, then an ancestor was a tax-collector; if it is Alabaster, then you are descended from a crossbowman. This work includes about 1500 surnames, and if your name is not amongst them then probably a very similar one is.… (more)

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Your surname can tell you a lot about your ancestors. Not all names are what they at first sight seem to be- if your name is Farmer, then an ancestor was a tax-collector; if it is Alabaster, then you are descended from a crossbowman. This work includes about 1500 surnames, and if your name is not amongst them then probably a very similar one is.

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