An informative dictionary of the origins, history and etymology of British surnames.

From the author of The Family Tree Detective, this guide provides the amateur genealogist or family historian with the skills to research the distribution and h

Containing entries for more than 45,000 English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Cornish, and immigrant surnames, The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and I

Aiming to avoid technical terminology, Richard McKinley provides an introduction to the history of hereditary surnames in Britain from their first appearance to

Every surname has its own story to tell, and a surname study is a natural complement to family history research. The study of surnames has been revolutionised i