American Surnames Genealogy Book

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American Surnames
Elsdon C. Smith
Volume  totaling
370
pages. Book  is in  excellent condition.  Just what you need for genealogy  research. AReview Written on This Book follows.
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 names. In addition, he provides a list of the      2,000 most common surnames in the United States today, ranked in order of      frequency with an estimate of the number of persons bearing each name.
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