Interesting article in the Telegraph called "How British names conquered the
world," about how surnames have spread from England, or not. Find it at
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/08/31/nsurnames...
If that URL doesn't work for you, perhaps this one will:
http://tinyurl.com/jfacj
For more on surname research, see:
http://genweblog.blogspot.com/2006/03/surnames.html
Enjoy,
Valorie
http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com