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Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 434 Send Message	Zoe	Report	19 Jul 2005 00:39
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 434 Send Message	Can anyone help I am trying to find out where a surname originated from, does anyone know of any website available. Kind regards Zoe
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 1 914 Send Message	Phoenix	Report	19 Jul 2005 00:40
	On the General Topics Board there was a thread about Surname meanings - worth taking a look at? K x
Member Since: October 2004 Posts: 1 914 Send Message	Phoenix	Report	19 Jul 2005 00:44
	Have nudged it up for you. K x
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 434 Send Message	Zoe	Report	19 Jul 2005 00:46
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 434 Send Message	Hi Kaye, Thanks will go there now. x
Member Since: June 2004 Posts: 3 470 Send Message	Phoenix	Report	19 Jul 2005 09:28
Member Since: June 2004 Posts: 3 470 Send Message	Ask if anyone has the Surname Atlas. This shows the distribution of surnames (and Christian names) in 1881. Ancestry has a similar tool, but much more primitive. You can refine searches right down, to pinpoint the Poor Law Unions where there are most references to the surname. Despite the coming of the railways and the pull of the cities, it is still a good guide to the geographical origin of surnames. For meanings, you really need to know what part of the country they come from, as the same word may have different meanings in different areas.