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FAQ
What
information do the histories include?
Each
history is approximately 1700 words long. The history begins with the earliest
record of the family name and then follows the family as it branched through
the Old Country and subsequently through the New World. The history lists
the names of the earliest settlers as they migrated to North America, middle
age and modern notables of the family name; variations in spelling, as
well as, the family's most
ancient
Coat of Arms in full color.
I've seen several different
Coat of Arms for my name, which one will I receive from your company?
You will receive the most
ancient Coat of Arms. Over time, as the family name migrated and dispersed,
new Coat of Arms were developed, however, they all stem from the most ancient
Coat
of Arms, the original one.
What are Coat of Arms
and when were they established?
In brief, a Family Coat
of Arms was a symbol or icon designed to represent a particular family
name and its members. Its most common usage was to identify a friend or
foe during battle. Each
artist, in a long line of
artists, may individually depict each "device" on the Arms slightly differently,
but still having to conform to a structured art system for accuracy. A
lion rampant may have a slightly longer or shorter nose for example, but
its placement, stance and color must conform to set rules. Some historians
agree that the earliest Coat of Arms were adopted by the Normans in the
year 1066 AD, while other noted historians argue that some Family Coat
of Arms date back to ancient Roman times.
Can I preview my Family
Name History or Coat of Arms on the website before ordering?
Yes, it is possible to preview
some of the information directly relating to your Family Name History
or Coat of Arms before placing an order on-line. However if your surname
needs to be researched it will not be available for a preview. But
will be added to the database at a later date.
What
is the status of my order?
Your can track the status
of your order here:
Where
do you get your information?
After
twenty five years we have managed to acquire a relatively large collection
of Historical reference materials. We have a partial Bibliography available
on this site which you may view at your leisure.
How
long does it take for delivery?
If
your family surname is already in our database we can produce and delivery
your product in 3-4 weeks. When our research department must search for
the information on surnames that are not in our database please allow 5-6
weeks.
Bibliography
Since
1972 Hall of Names has been compiling our library of surname histories
which we have made available to you. On-going research by qualified historians
means that new resources are added
to our bibliography on a continual basis. Source material used to
research these histories has
been chosen for their reliability and authenticity.
Exaggerated
or fictional information has been excluded from the scrolls and any information
that can be attributed to legend or folklore is clearly stated
as such. In general, events
and people are only cited if supportive evidence is available.
This
bibliography includes frequently used sources and is designed as an
aid to further our customers
personal research. The following resources directly or indirectly influenced
the authors whom have compiled the ever-growing
library of Hall of Names family histories. Sources are listed by
the main nationality for which
they are used, however, many books apply to more
than one area of research.
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ENGLAND,
IRELAND, SCOTLAND, WALES
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A Constitutional
History of Modern England
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Age of
Conquest - Wales
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Agrarian
History of England and Wales
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A Heraldic
Alphabet
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An Ordinary
of Arms - Scotland
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Assize
Rolls
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Bede's
Histories
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Benet's
Readers Encyclopedia
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Book of
Kells
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Book of
Ulster Surnames
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Brights
of Suffolk
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Burke's
Commoners, Landed Gentry, Peerage
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Oxford
Companion to German Literature
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Cabinet
of Irish Literature,1-111
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Catholic
Directory for Scotland
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Calendarium
Inquistionum Post Mortem
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Clans
Septs and Reg.s of the Scottish Highlands
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Court
Records
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Crozier's
General Armoury
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Curia
Regis Roll Census
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Dictionary
of Irish History
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The Domesday
Book
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Elvins
Mottoes Revised
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English
Historical Facts 1603-1688
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Falaise
Roll
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Family
Names of County Cork
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Fox-Davies
various works
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General
Armoury, Burke's
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Genealogical
Gleanings in England 1901
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European
Society 1500 - 1700
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Highland
Clans, Moncreiffe & Hicks
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Highland
Clearances
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History
of Congleton
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History
of England, l-Vll
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History
of Scotland, l-Vlll
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Hundreds
Rolls
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Harleian
Manuscripts
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Inquisito
Favidus
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International
Who's Who
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Ireland
and Her People
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Irish
Families, MacLysaght
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Irish
Pedigrees l-ll
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Kennedy's
Book of Arms
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Key to
Parochial Registers of Scotland
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Knights
of England
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Manorial
Rolls
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More Irish
Families
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National
Biography
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Norton
Encyclopedia of Music
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Oxford
Companion to Sports and Games
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Papworth's
Ordinary of British Armorials
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Pipe Rolls
Y
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Roll of
the Battel Abbey
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Scotch-Irish
l-ll
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Scots
Heraldry, Innes
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Scots
Kith and Kin
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Scottish
Clan and Family Names
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Scottish
Family Histories
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Surname
dictionaries by Bardsley,Reaney,Black, Hanks and Hodges
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Tartans
of the Clans and families of Scotland
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The Anglo-Saxon
Chronicle
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The Celts
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The High
Kings
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The Pictish
Chronicle
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The Surnames
of Ireland, MacLysaght
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The Wace
Poem
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Various
Passenger Lists
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Welsh
Surnames, Morgan
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FRANCE
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Ancien
Regime
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Tables
for the French Colony of Louisiana 1699 - 1732
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Coming
of the French Revolution
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Complement
au Dictionaire Genealogique Tanguay
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Dictionary
of Canadian Biographies
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Dictionnaire
National des Canadiens Francais
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French
Canadians l-ll
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Genealogie
des Familles de Terrebonne
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Genealogies
des Familles de Saint-Simon, 1600-1900
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Huguenot
Ancestry
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La France
Moderne-Grand Dictionnaire Genealogique
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La Noblesse
aux Etats de Bourgogne de 1350 a 1789
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Le Grand
Arrangement des Acadiens au Quebec
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Le livre
d'or du Lyonnais
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Les Noms
de Famille de France, Albert Dauzat
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Les Vieux
Noms de France, Puymege
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Nobiliare
de France
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Nos Origines
en France
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Nouvelle
Biographie General 1850-1860
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Oxford
Companion to French Literature
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Quebec
and its Historians
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Repertoire
des Mariages de L'll D'Orleans, 1500-1900
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Richelieu's
Desmarets and the Century of Louis XIV
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The French
Canadians 1760 - 1967
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Who's
Who in France
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GERMANY
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Abhandlungen
zur Namenforschung, Bahlow
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Bayerisch
Stammenbuch von den alten abgestorbenen Fuerton
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Deutsches
Namenlexikon, Bahlow
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Die lippischen
Familiennamen Familiennamen der Ostschweiz
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Familiennamen
im badischen Oberland
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Familiennamen
in Ostfalen
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Familiennamen
in Tirol
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Fraenkische
Familiennamen
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Grosses
Wappen Bilder Lexikon
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Habsburg
Monarchy
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Kneschke,
Deutsches Adels Lexicon l-lX
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Mecklenburgisches
Namenbuchlein, Bahlow
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Mittelhochdeutshes
Namenbuch nach schlesischen Quellen, Bahlow
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Nebst
Tamellur, Tiroler Familiennamen
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Niederdeutsche
Familiennamen
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Reitstap's
Armorials
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Schwabische
Geschlechtsnamen, Kapff
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Sueddeutsche
Familiennamen
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Wuerttemberg
Emigration Index
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SPAIN/LATIN
AMERICA
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Apuntes
de Nobiliaria y Nociones de Genealogia y Heraldica
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Elenco
de Grandezas
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Encyclopedia
of Latin America
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Nobiliario
Espanol, Atienza
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Oxford
companion to Spanish Literature
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South
America, Central America and the Caribbean
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Who's
Who among Hispanic Americans
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Titulos
Nobiliarios Espanoles
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Regesta
Regum Scottorum
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OTHER
COUNTRIES
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Library
of Congress
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Americans
of Royal Descent
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Ancestral
Roots of 60 Colonists
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Boltons
American Armory
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Canadian
Almanac and Directory
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Carleton
Saga
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Census
Records for the 19th Century
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Colombo's
Canadian Quotations
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Debretts
Texas Peerage
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Dictionary
of Scottish Emigrants to Canada before Confederation
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Families
of the South of Bonne Bay
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Family
Names of the Island of Newfoundland
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Fatal
Shore, Hughes
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Irish
Emigrant Experience in Australia
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Library
of Congress American and English Genealogies
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Loyalists
in Ontario
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Loyal
She Remains
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Old United
Empire Loyalists Lists
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Scottish
Tradition in Canada
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