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Joanne

Joanne Report 4 Aug 2012 17:43

Thanks very much for the information ;-)

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+++DetEcTive+++ Report 3 Aug 2012 20:23

This one is quite good

http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/Surnames.aspx

It also compares the distribution taken from the 1881 census, and 1998

Porkie_Pie

Porkie_Pie Report 3 Aug 2012 19:51

Google eg, enter, surname smith

in to the search


Roy

Joanne

Joanne Report 3 Aug 2012 19:32

Hi All,

I wondered if anyone could help, as well as searching my family tree I am also interested to find out about the origins of the surnames that I have come across in my tree, can anyone recommend any good sources to do family name searches .

Many thanks