RESEARCH YOUR SURNAME AND YOUR FAMILY TREE

Dr Graeme Davis

• PRICE £9.99
• EXTENT 224 pages
• BINDING Paperback
• FORMAT 234 x 153 mm
• ISBN 978-1-84528-434-3
• PUB DATE 24th September 2010
• BIC CODE WQY, HBTG
• CATEGORY Family History/ Genealogy
• TERRITORIES World Rights

KEY POINTS

• This is the only book to combine researching your surname and family tree in one book
• Genealogy is a perennially popular subject of growing interest
• This comprehensive book shows how to research your surname and your family tree, both in earliest and in more recent years
• Find out how to take part in a One Name Study or use DNA profiling - and contact others who share your surname or with whom you share ancestors

DR GRAEME DAVIS is a university lecturer with a doctorate in philology - the area of study which includes surname origins - as well as a genealogist with extensive experience of family tree research. His academic work includes books about the Anglo-Saxon language and English dialect dictionaries, while his genealogical publications include Your Family Tree Online.

CONTENTS

• 1.Welcome! A new approach. The surname revolution. Online sources. Genetics.
• 2.First steps: Dictionaries; on-line sources; spelling varieties
• 3.Exploring surname distribution
• 4.One source of many? Monogenesis and polygenesis Aliases Adopted spellings Double barrelled names
• 5.Working with Patronymics
• 6.Getting to grips with Occupational Names
• 7.Treating Nicknames with suspicion
• 8.Making sense of Landscape Names
• 9.Focusing on Place Names
• 10.Working with the Genealogical Approach
• 11.Exploring 1066 Names Norman surnames Mediaeval names
• 12.Understanding Coats of Arms
• 13.Opportunities Presented by Recent Origin Surnames
• 14.Adoption
• 15.English
• 16.Welsh
• 17.Scottish
• 18.Irish
• 19.Isle of Man
• 20.Channel Islands
• 21.Jewish Surnames
• 22.Gypsy Surnames
• 23.Australia and New Zealand
• 24.USA and Canada
• 25.Dealing with Extinct Surnames
• 26.Investigating DNA studies Y chromosome
• 27.One-name Studies
• 28.Psychology and Surnames