You want to be careful on surnames here in the UK (esp) Scotland as in the old days it was
first name and the job he did like William the Blacksmith and so on. When they started to
require surnames most tenant farmers took the last name of the Laird (the farm owner).
I will keep a lookout for the free sites. 1 you will be interest in and is free is the
BMD
www.freebmd.org.uk also
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
Wilbur
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From: Andrea - Genealogy <andrea.genealogy(a)pceaze.com>
To: INRANDOL-L(a)rootsweb.com
Sent: Mon, December 21, 2009 6:36:24 PM
Subject: [INRANDOL] Origin of Surnames in the UK
Interesting article about surnames of the UK area. Hopefully once the
research is done they will share it for free. Andrea
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/so-where-does-your-name-co
me-from-1843088.html
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