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The Surname Detective. Investigating Surname Distribution in England Since 1086.
Colin Rogers
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Paperback. Provides amateur genealogists with the skills to research the distribution and history of a surname. 100 sample names are mapped from the Doomsday book to the present, and for those whose name is not featured the author provides instructions for mapping the distribution and origin of a name. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; HBTG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 336.
From the author of The Family Tree Detective, this guide provides the amateur genealogist or family historian with the skills to research the distribution and history of a surname. Colin Rogers uses a sample of 100 names, many of them common, to follow the migration of people through the centuries. Each of the 100 names is mapped since the Doomsday book in 1086. For those whose name is not among the sample, the book shows how to find out where namesakes live now, how they moved around the country through time, and how the name originated from a placename, a ... Read more
From the author of The Family Tree Detective, this guide provides the amateur genealogist or family historian with the skills to research the distribution and history of a surname. Colin Rogers uses a sample of 100 names, many of them common, to follow the migration of people through the centuries. Each of the 100 names is mapped since the Doomsday book in 1086. For those whose name is not among the sample, the book shows how to find out where namesakes live now, how they moved around the country through time, and how the name originated from a placename, a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
Number of Pages
260
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719040481
SKU
V9780719040481
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99-15
About Colin Rogers
Colin D. Rogers is a Fellow of the Society of Genealogists and was Hon. General Editor of the Lancashire Parish Register Society for thirty years. He runs a consultancy which specialises in tracing missing beneficiaries for banks and solicitors.
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