Where in the World is your Surname From? Posted 30 January 2018 by Julie GoucherIn recent years, the Guild has worked hard to increase the registration of surnames whose origins begin outside of the British Isles. We are delighted to announce that we now have 100 of these surnames registered. When our list started 5 years ago there were just 28 surnames. These surnames and their country of origin are listed in the Members’ Wiki, but also appear at the end of this post in case you cannot spot them all in the image below. Image made by Wordcloud.com Alviani – Italy Bacharach – Germany Baldacchino – Malta or Italy Balla – Hungary Barralet – France Bazzoni – Italy Bernstein – Germany Bertschinger – Switzerland Beauvais (and Beavois Beaves, Beevis, Bevisas variants of Beavis) – France Bonnette – France Bodnar (with variants Bednarz, Bodnarchuk, Bodnarczuk, Bodnarenko, Bodnaruk) Bouteloup – France Boutilier – France Briese – Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, Brobbel – Netherlands Bullwinkle – Germany Cannarella – Italy Carbaugh – Germany Chapkofski – Lithuania Constantine – from the Cotentin peninsula Cordani – Italy Crosser – German (in the USA, although some there are Scots) Cuono – Italy Danchin – France De Hungerford – France De Mamiel – France De Maillet – France Didymus – Greece (and variants Dedamess, Diddams, Didemus, Didimouse, Didimus) (also some in Germany & USA) Dohoo – France/Germany Dominicus – Netherlands DuBose – France Ducate – Belgium, France Edes – Hungary Engers – Germany/Netherlands/Norway Ferdinando (with variants Ferdinand, Fernandes, Fernandez, Ferdi and Ferdy) – Spain Festa – Italy Fritz – Germany Fron – Poland Glaentzer – Germany Grandi – Italy Hellfritzsch – Germany Hochreiter – Austria/Germany Hosaflook – Netherlands Izod – France Kipp – France (De Kype), the Netherlands (Kip) and Germany (Kipp) Kester/Kuster – Germany Kleinhans – Germany Komonchak – Slovakia? Koonce, Koontz – Germany Laccohee – Wallonia, Belgium Lafranchi – Swiss/Italian Lambert – France & UK Leru/Leroux – France Los – Poland Lupfer – Switzerland Machula – Eastern Europe Macon – France Marafie – Kuwait and the Arabian peninsula Neugarten – Jewish Norstedt – Scandinavia Orlando – Italy Palcic – Slovenia Panchaud – Switzerland Pepler/Peplow – Germany/England Philippides – Greece Pikholz – East Galicia formerly Austria now Western Ukraine Plantinga – Netherlands Pocobello – Italy Probasco/Probatski – Poland Pruyn – Netherlands Ranger – France/Germany/Switzerland (also Britain) Rasco – Dalmatia/Netherlands/Spain Rata/Ratat – France Renger – Netherlands Riemenschneider – Germany Robles – Spain Rocker – Germany Ruby – Eastern Europe Santee – multiple countries in Western Europe/Scandinavia? Seyffert – Germany Simpfendorfer – Germany Snoeren – Netherlands Spathaky (Spathakis) – Greece Speidel – Germany Steiert – Germany Stermenszky (with variants Sterman, Stermenski, Stermensky, Stermenzsky) – Hungary Stymiest – Germany, Netherlands, Scandinavia Tentoni – Italy Utischill – Germany Vandervord – Netherlands Vidaurri – Spain Villot – France Weissleder – Germany Werdesheim – Galicia, Eastern Europe Willing – England, but also Germany and Netherlands Woertman – Germany/Netherlands Zanzig – Germany Zealand – Netherlands Zdziebko – Poland If you are a Guild Member and your study’s surname is missing from this list OR if you would be interested in registering your non-British origin study with the Guild, then please do get in touch.
Publication of One-Name Study of Mammatt, Meymott and Memmott Surnames Posted 19 January 2018 by Julie GoucherA history of the names Mammatt Memmott and Meymot which have one source in the 1200’s and covering everyone who has had the name. Containing 337 pages, with many pictures and a full index of all names covered, both the study names and others. Full of human stories of all descriptions, as well as facts; an interesting look into the lives of those who lived in many different eras in England as well as the USA and Australia. One branch were Morman converts and became pioneers as they headed for Utah, others were entrepreneurs and many worked in the Sheffield cutlery industry. The author says “I am indebted to my cousins who wrote 12 of the 44 chapters and transcribed many wills.” Please connect with the author, June Bird via the Book Facebook Page or via the study profile page if you are interested in obtaining a copy of the book or are researching the surnames.
The Joy of Surnames – Recording Available Posted 17 January 2018 by Tessa Keough Yesterday, Debbie Kennett presented on the Joy of Surnames – the second in our ten-part webinar series on the 7 Pillars approach to a one-name study. This webinar series, hosted by the Guild’s Marketing Action Team, is free and open to the public. If you were unable to attend the webinar “live,” the recording is available here at the Guild Website for all to watch for the next seven days. After that, the Joy of Surnames and all future recordings in this series will go behind the member paywall as a member’s only benefit. Do take the opportunity to learn more about the history and origin of surnames, resources to use with your own surname research, and the a bit about how Debbie uses different tools and resources with her own one-name study by watching the recording of her presentation – just use the link The Joy of Surnames.
2018 Webinar Series – Update Posted 13 January 2018 by Tessa Keough As promised, you can read all about our Webinar Series, check out the schedule and topics, and register for Webinar 2 (The Joy of Surnames) and Webinar 3 (Gathering Data) using this link Guild Webinar Series 2018. Webinar 1 (What We Do) was pre-recorded and is also available for viewing using the link.