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Genealogy Resources

Names

• Bailey, Rosalie Fellows. Dutch Systems in Family Naming, New York-New Jersey. Washington, D.C.: National Genealogical Society, 1965, 1999.
   
• Bonnar, Penny. Unpuzzling the Past Via Naming Patterns. IIGS^™ (International Internal Genealogical Society) Newsletter - May/June 1999.
   
• Colonial Naming Customs. By Myra Vanderpool Gormley. Colonial Homes, February 1996, pg 24.
  
  
• Common Nicknames in English.
  
  
• Cyndi's List - Names.
   
• English/Scots and German Naming Practices.
   
• Family naming traditions
   
• Finding People - The Ultimates
   
• Frequently Occurring First Names and Surnames From the 1990 Census
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• Geogen.  Surname Mapping.
   
• Glossary of Last Name Meanings and Origins
  
  
• Hanks, Patrick, editor. Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 2003.
   
• Jerin, Robert. "What's In a Surname? A Study of Croatian, Bosnian, and Serbian Surnames." NGS NewsMagazine 33, 1 (January/February/March 2007): 24-27.
   
• Kerchner, Charles F. Jr. 18th Century Pennsylvania German Naming Customs
  
  
• Men's Names and Nicknames. Common given names and their typical nicknames.
   
• Moen, Margaret. "How to Use the Norwegian Naming System to Your Advantage." Everton's Genealogical Helper 61, 1 (January/February 2007): 58-62.
   
• Namely Yours  Name meanings.
  
  
• NamesX - Technology for finding name variants.
   
• NameTraq. This web site identifies surnames in the news. It searches more than 1600 news sources and includes more than 25,000 surnames in the United States.
   
• Naming Practices & Patterns for Countries & Cultures. An understanding of naming patterns can be very helpful in tracing ones ancestry, as families in many cultures followed the custom of naming their children in a specific manner. Learn more about common naming practices, for both surnames and given names, in various countries and cultures around the world.
   
• Nicknames and Naming Traditions.
   
• RootsWeb Surname Resources
   
• Rose, Christine. Nicknames Past and Present. 4th edition rev. San Jose, California: CR Publications, 2002.
  
  
• Smith, Elsdon Coles. New Dictionary of American Family Names. New York: Gramercy Publishing Co., 1988, 1973.
   
• Stewart, George R. American Given Names. New York: Oxford University
  Press, 1979.  Provides an interesting historical sketch on the subject.
   
• Surname Navigator - Genealogy International Family Search
   
• Surname Origins & Meanings
   
• Surname Suggestion List. Is intended to assist in searching the web for information on surnames. This free download is a program that suggests alternative spellings of surnames you are researching -- and creates them three lists, Excellent, Close and Long shot. After the lists are built, you can click on a surname in the lists, and then click on the Google Search button. A new window will be opened up and perform a genealogy search on Google for the surname.
   
• U.S. Surname Distribution
  
  
• Urdang, Laurence, editor.  Twentieth Century American Nicknames. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1979.
  
  
• Webster, David W. "Surname Spelling Variations." NGS Magazine 34,4 (October-December 2008): 32-34.
  
  
• Women's Names and Nicknames. Common given names and nicknames for women.