New Dictionary Of American Family Names
Smith Elsdon C
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Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Harper and Row
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 1973
Edition: Reprint
Description: 570 pages. Ex-Library. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. There Is A Short Section At The Beginning About How Names Originated And How They Became Hereditary During The Past Eight Centuries Or So.
Publishers Description: "Since American families come from almost every spot on the globe, American family names are rich in variety ... Usually each derivation may be stated in a few lines, but the whole book occupies over 600 pages. "There are literally thousands and thousands of names given. To many of the main entries are added variant forms. They hail from Asia, Australia, Europe, Latin America, and a few from Africa, though most of the early entrants to the New World from Africa lost their original names and took "American" names"
ISBN: 0060139331
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