Genealogy Chat
Welcome to the Genes Reunited community boards!
- The Genes Reunited community is made up of millions of people with similar interests. Discover your family history and make life long friends along the way.
- You will find a close knit but welcoming group of keen genealogists all prepared to offer advice and help to new members.
- And it's not all serious business. The boards are often a place to relax and be entertained by all kinds of subjects.
- The Genes community will go out of their way to help you, so don’t be shy about asking for help.
Quick Search
Single word search
Icons
- New posts
- No new posts
- Thread closed
- Stickied, new posts
- Stickied, no new posts
surname origin and meaning
| Profile | Posted by | Options | Post Date |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kitty | Report | 2 Dec 2004 18:06 |
|
Does anyone know of a good free site for the origin and meaning of surnames please? |
|||
|
Peter | Report | 2 Dec 2004 18:10 |
|
Googal. Behind the name. They have a site for surnames and fornames |
|||
|
PennyDainty | Report | 2 Dec 2004 18:12 |
|
Hi Selina here are some http://www.infokey.*com/hon/ http://genealogy.about.*com/library/surnames/bl_meaning.htm http://surnames.behindthename.*com/ (remember to remove the *) Christine |
|||
|
Kitty | Report | 2 Dec 2004 18:28 |
|
thanks to you both. Have had a look, not much luck though as name quite unusual. I shall keep going though! |
|||
|
Peter | Report | 2 Dec 2004 18:38 |
|
Selina are you after the meaning of your name or another. I have several other site I can look up for you. |
|||
|
Peter | Report | 2 Dec 2004 19:05 |
|
Hough or Huff - From Huh: meaning heel or ridge projecting from a Hill. If you go to Amazon ( music) and put in "classical" and then your name you will find a list of CDs click on one and you will find the name Stephen Hough |
|||
|
Kitty | Report | 2 Dec 2004 22:52 |
|
Thanks Peter! have emailed you |
|||