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| Details: | The Surnames of Wales - Updated & Expanded; by John & Sheila Rowlands; Paperback; 6x9; 344 pp; 2014; ISBN: 9780806319971; Item #: GPC5033 This updated and expanded edition of The Surnames of Wales book provides the reader with detailed insight into the origins and occurrence of common Welsh surnames, together with some consideration of those surnames that are associated with particular locales, thus helping to suggest a likely place of origin within Wales. The opening chapters of the book give a historical overview of Welsh names, dealing, in particular, with the patronymic naming system and the gradual adoption of surnames. The central chapters include a comprehensive survey of Welsh surnames and an all-important glossary of surnames. This is the core of the work, as it provides the origins and history of surnames from the viewpoint of family history, and also shows the distribution and incidence of surnames throughout Wales. The final chapters cover such items as the distribution of surnames derived from the ap prefix, the incidence of surnames derived from Old Testament names, and surname evidence for the presence of people of Welsh origin in populations outside Wales. Nearly forty maps, drawn by the authors, show the incidence and distribution of typical surnames throughout Wales. The updated and expanded edition of The Surnames of Wales contains four new chapters and several updated and expanded chapters, with information deriving from a survey involving more than 270,000 surnames found in parish records throughout Wales. Among the many new features is an exhaustive study of how Welsh patronymics changed to settled surnames, an analysis of surname distribution, an expansion of the all-important glossary of Welsh surnames, and a groundbreaking survey and glossary of Welsh given games, a very important addition to the text because the geographical distribution of given names can provide clues to the origins of early surnames. This edition of The Surnames of Wales is an indispensable reference work for family historians with Welsh ancestry. The following is from the Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Welsh Surnames and Their Origins Chapter 3: Early Surnames Chapter 4: Patronymic Name – a Survey of Transition Chapter 5: A Survey of Surnames Chapter 6: Other Work on Distribution Chapter 7: Glossary of Surnames Chapter 8: A Survey of Given Names Chapter 9: Glossary of Given Names Chapter 10: Further Uses of the Surveys Chapter 11: Migration, Emigration and Place of Origin References and Select Bibliography Appendix A: Parishes by Hundreds within Counties Appendix B: Old Testament, AP and Adjectival Names Appendix C: Local Transition Appendix D: Predicting Origins Subject Index Index of Names A Glossary of Surnames makes up Chapter 7. Following a standard pattern, first, a short historical and linguistic paragraph is found for each name. Any indication of the existence of earlier work on the family is often given, with reference made to the work. A summary of sources is often given. Places where the family name is found, along with percentage of incidence are listed. The following surnames are included with details:
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