Finding those names

Where to look

The County Records Office is the place where you will find your primary evidence - a myriad of documents which will be useful in your research.

The Records Office Guide will explain what you will find there and how it is may be useful.

• National Research Venues

• County Research Venues

Have some sympathy with the transcribers

Victorian Registrars and the GRO

Clues for finding those elusive names

• Common Forename Abbreviations

• Naming Patterns

• Latin Names and Genealogical Terms

Forenames

• Nicknames and naming traditions

• Traditional Irish Names

• 13th Century Welsh Names

• 16th Century Welsh Names

• The Hidden Message in Your Name

• Sephardic Naming Patterns

• How popular was that name?

Surnames

• Last Name Meanings ~ covers a multitude of nationalities

• The Internet Surname Database

• The Etymology and History of Surnames

• Surname profiler

• Celtic Origins Irish Surnames ~ Anglicesed and Gaelic versions

• Basic info on the structure of Polish names

• Surnames ~ origins and meanings

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