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Names get changed for a wide variety of reasons, the least of which is the oft-quoted “name was changed at Ellis Island.” I think you’ll find Matthew Hansen’s column on the subject interesting. The following teaser is from a great Continue reading Names Get Changed – sometimes for good reason…
Inhabitants of New Hampshire 1776, by Emily S. Wilson, is a list of adult male inhabitants living in New Hampshire in 1776. This records was originally published in Peter Force’s American Archives, in 1848. In response to a Continental Congress Continue reading Inhabitants of New Hampshire 1776
The following snippet is from a short article posted in the October 25, 2012 edition of Coventry Telegraph. Mary Scary, Fran Pire and Frank N Stein are among the peculiar names unearthed by a family history website. Ancestry.co.uk said a Continue reading Scary Names From the Old Records
Andras Koltai of Budapest, Hungary recently developed Famble, an iPhone / iPod / iPad game app that plays with Jewish surnames, It is a classic word search type game, but the words you have to look for are Jewish surnames. Continue reading Famble – a Jewish Surname Game App for the iPhone/iPod/iPad
Check out the infographic below to discover the history and strongholds of 20 of the most popular Irish family names. Click on the image and go to the GoIreland.com website, where the resolution of the image is better.
The following teaser is from an article posted in the July 4, 2012 edition of theeagle.com: FREEPORT, Maine — He’s arguably Maine’s best-known native son, right up there with Civil War general Joshua Chamberlain, poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and horror Continue reading So – What does the L.L. of L. L. Bean Fame Stand For?
You think today’s baby names are funny? And that our ancestors didn’t use “funny” names? Think again! Doing research in Pulaski County, Indiana, and in some Virginia counties, I was browsing through some of those county records when these names Continue reading Salt Lake Christmas Tour………… Week’s Peek
Inhabitants of New Hampshire 1776, by Emily S. Wilson, is a list of adult male inhabitants living in New Hampshire in 1776. This records was originally published in Peter Force’s American Archives, in 1848. In response to a Continental Congress Continue reading Inhabitants of New Hampshire 1776
A friend of a friend here in Spokane told me that her friend owns a shop where they buy old things. Recently she bought a trunk full of all sorts of information on a SCIAMANDA family. A scruffy fellow recently Continue reading ALERT: Sciamanda family information in jeopardy in Spokane WA.
The following excerpt is from a fascinating article by Alison Leigh Cowan, published in the July 22, 2011 edition of the New York Times. “I was in seventh or eighth grade, and we were asked to do a little genealogy,” Continue reading Discover the Van Dusens of New Amsterdam – 1627-2011
You’ll find a map made up of surnames found in the United States at the National Geographic Magazine blog. The size of the printed name is relative to the overall number of persons by that name living in a state. Continue reading Check Out This American Surname Map
The following is another interesting piece written by my good friend, Tom Fiske. I have a new reason to give thanks. Lately I have been researching for a new book I am writing with the help of a retired CIA Continue reading Genealogy the Hard Way
The following teaser is from an interesting article by Michael Hoffman about Japanese names, found in the October 11, 2009 edition of the Japan Times. “How do you do, my name is Saito Ichiro Sama-no-kami Minamoto-no-Ason Tadayoshi.” We can be Continue reading Japanese Names – Cut Down to Business Card Size
The following news release was written by dynastree.com staff. See my comments and direct links to the Foreign language sites at the end of the news release. Hamburg, August 11, 2009 – The family network dynastree.com features maps for showing Continue reading Surname Distribution Maps for the USA, Canada, Spain, France, Germany, Austria & Switzerland on dynastree.com
The U.S. Census Bureau maintains a website where you can check the frequency of your Surname. It’s based on data from the 1990 and 2000 U.S. Censuses, so don’t expect any European data here. In checking the MEITZLER surname, I Continue reading How Common is Your Surname?