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Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company. New. 1995. Trade Paperback. Index. . 370 pages. Elsdon Smith begins this work with a discussion of the development of hereditary surnames and then he divides his subject into six broad categories: Classification of Surnames, Surnames from Father's Name (patronymics), Surnames from Occupation or Office, Surnames from Description or Action (nicknames), Surnames from Places, and Surnames Not Properly Included Elsewhere. In these areas he expounds on such subjects as abbreviated names, surnames derived from animals, changes of names by immigrants, ethnic names, names indicating nationality, surnames from place names, European names, Asian names, names of Blacks and Indians, surnames without vowels, surnames from Christian names, landscape names, Jewish names, surnames from history, garbled names, comic or odd names, and hyphenated names. The list is almost endless and Mr. Smith is unstinting in his explanation of the roots and meaning of these… Read More

Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company. New. 2000. Trade Paperback. 265 pages. Nobody in America knows more about names. This book will tell you where surnames had their origins; how forenames have their fashions; and how names are used for tracing settlement patterns. .