Family Names and Family History.

Intro -- Contents -- 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 -- 5 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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- General Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y.

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