Christian Names In Local And Family History

Author : George Redmonds
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1550025074
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Christian Names in Local and Family History written by George Redmonds and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2004-04-13 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surnames have long provided key links in historical research. This ground-breaking work shows that English christian names are also significant for those researching local communities and family history - and that they are a fascinating topic in their own right. Did you know, for instance, that the names Philip and Thomas were once used for girls? Or that there was a woman called Diot Coke in 1379? When George Redmonds became interested in christian names, he found that the information on his own name in dictionaries was contradicted by local records and that the standard works' emphasis on etymology only gave part of the story. Half a lifetime's research has convinced him that every christian name has a 'pedigree', which can be regional, local or even centered on one family. Here he explores the implications of this for both amateur and academic historians. Drawing on examples from Anne to Zaccheus, he covers a wealth of topics including the stabilisation of first names as surnames; the influence of individuals, parents, godparents and communities on naming; the popularity of names over the last 700 years; and more recent changes in naming practice. He challenges many published assumptions - and offers new insights into the customs and attitudes of our ancestors from the Middle Ages to the present day.

Author : George Redmonds
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199582645
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Surnames, DNA, and Family History written by George Redmonds and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-08-25 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book combines linguistic and historical approaches with the latest techniques of DNA analysis and show the insights these offer for every kind of genealogical research. The book will be welcomed by all those engaged in genealogical research, including everyone seeking to discover the histories of their names and families.

Author : Chris Pomery
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 1550025368
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book DNA and Family History written by Chris Pomery and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DNA testing is now being used by thousands of genealogists around the world. DNA and Family History is the first guide to this pioneering subject, designed for family historians and surname study organizers at any stage in their research. In simple language aimed at non-scientists, Chris Pomery examines the background and the issues.

Author : George Redmonds
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9781852855079
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.7X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Names and History written by George Redmonds and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2007-03-15 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fascinating detective stories into the connections between names and related subjects.

Author : David Hey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0826435343
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Family Names and Family History written by David Hey and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2006-06-15 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Family names are an essential part of everyone's personal history. The story of their evolution is integral to family history and fascinating in its own right. Formed from first names, place names, nicknames and occupations, names allow us to trace the movements of our ancestors from the middle ages to the present day. David Hey shows how, when and where families first got their names, and proves that most families stayed close to their places of origin. Settlement patterns and family groupings can be traced back towards their origin by using national and local records. Family Names and Family History tells anyone interested in tracing their own name how to set about doing so.

Author : Carole Hough
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019163042X
Total Pages : 801 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Names and Naming written by Carole Hough and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 801 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this handbook, scholars from around the world offer an up-to-date account of the state of the art in different areas of onomastics, in a format that is both useful to specialists in related fields and accessible to the general reader. Since Ancient Greece, names have been regarded as central to the study of language, and this has continued to be a major theme of both philosophical and linguistic enquiry throughout the history of Western thought. The investigation of name origins is more recent, as is the study of names in literature. Relatively new is the study of names in society, which draws on techniques from sociolinguistics and has gradually been gathering momentum over the last few decades. The structure of this volume reflects the emergence of the main branches of name studies, in roughly chronological order. The first Part focuses on name theory and outlines key issues about the role of names in language, focusing on grammar, meaning, and discourse. Parts II and III deal with the study of place-names and personal names respectively, while Part IV outlines contrasting approaches to the study of names in literature, with case studies from different languages and time periods. Part V explores the field of socio-onomastics, with chapters relating to the names of people, places, and commercial products. Part VI then examines the interdisciplinary nature of name studies, before the concluding Part presents a selection of animate and inanimate referents ranging from aircraft to animals, and explains the naming strategies adopted for them.

Author : David Hey
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317870565
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Family History and Local History in England written by David Hey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book for those thousands of family historians who have already made some progress in tracing their family tree and have become interested in the places where their ancestors lived, worked and raised children. It emphasises the diversity and extraordinary complexity of the rural and urban communities in provincial England even before the great changes associated with the Industrial Revolution.

Author : Charlotte Mary Yonge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 604 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Christian Names written by Charlotte Mary Yonge and published by . This book was released on 1863 with total page 604 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Mahlon Myron Gowdy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
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Download or read book A Family History Comprising the Surnames of Gade--Gadie--Gaudie--Gawdie--Gawdy--Gowdy--Goudy--Goudey--Gowdey--Gauden--Gaudern--and the Variant Forms, from A. D. 800 to A. D. 1919 written by Mahlon Myron Gowdy and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Arthur
Publisher : Sagwan Press
ISBN 13 : 9781377151731
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names: With an Essay on Their Derivation and Import written by William Arthur and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2018-02-08 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.