American Surnames Genealogy Book

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American Surnames
Elsdon C. Smith
Volume  totaling
370
pages. Book  is in  excellent condition.  Just what you need for genealogy  research. AReview Written on This Book follows.
Elsdon Smith begins this work with a discussion of the      development of hereditary surnames and then he divides his subject into six      broad categories: Classification of Surnames, Surnames from Father’s Name      (patronymics), Surnames from Occupation or Office, Surnames from Description      or Action (nicknames), Surnames from Places, and Surnames Not Properly      Included Elsewhere.
In these areas he expounds on such subjects as abbreviated      names, surnames derived from animals, changes of names by immigrants, ethnic      names, names indicating nationality, surnames from place names, European      names, Asian names, names of Blacks and Indians, surnames without vowels,      surnames from Christian names, landscape names, Jewish names, surnames from      history, garbled names, comic or odd names, and hyphenated names. The list      is almost endless and Mr. Smith is unstinting in his explanation of the      roots and meaning of these names. In addition, he provides a list of the      2,000 most common surnames in the United States today, ranked in order of      frequency with an estimate of the number of persons bearing each name.
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1891-1892 Anthony Business Directory
Haverhill, Groveland, Bradford, Merrimac, Georgetown
"The Anthony Business Directory Guide and Reference Book of Haverhill, Groveland, Bradford, Merrimac, Georgetown, Mass.," compiled and published by the Anthony Publishing Company in 1890, 5.75" x 8.5" softcover bound in to boards (black cloth on boards with gilt lettering), 120 pages, not illustrated. Includes original card covers. See table of contents below. Very good contents with fair covers: Clean pages, small splash stain on the (original card) cover, text block tight, both hinges cracked on the inside, boards stained and worn as shown. No ownership marks. Not ex-library.
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