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SURNAME WEB SITES |
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BAALHAM |
the
name Baalham centres around the county of Suffolk in England - the site
includes a list of contactable Ballham family researchers - this comprehensive
site has won several awards for sharing genealogical information |
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BACON |
this
site provides an online version of the 400 plus pages book written by Thomas
Baldwin on the descendants of Michael Bacon of Dedham, 1640 |
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BADHAM # |
variants
include Badam, Badams, Badhams, Baddam and Baddams - this site is run by
the Badham One Name Society - the surname is derived from the Welsh
form ab adam and originated in Gwent in the Welsh Marches in the late 13th
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BAGGARLEY # |
this
site includes a comprehensive name index |
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BAGNALL # |
variants
include Bagenals, Bignells, Begnels, Bagnolds, Bagnells and Bignall - this
site links to other Bagnall related resources |
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BAGHURST |
variants
include Baughurst, Boggust, Baghurst, Boghurst, Bauhurst, Baugust, Bagus,
Bagust and Bagurst - this site includes comprehensive information of the
distribution of those bearing the Baghurst surname together with a worldwide
collection of family trees
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BAKER |
this
site focuses on the Baker family from Edgmont in Shropshire who migrated
to Pennsylvania on 1684 |
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BALDRY |
this
site is run by the Baldry Family History Society - the site contains
a series of pages contributed by individual members of the society together
with sections focusing on migration of Baldrys to Australia, Canada and
the United States |
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BAILEY |
variants
include Bayley and Baily |
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BALL |
this
site contains worldwide information of members of the Ball family |
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BANCROFT # |
variants
include Barcroft and Beecroft - this site focuses on Bancroft families originating
from the county of Yorkshire |
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BANDY # |
this
large site, running to over 2,600 regularly updated pages, contains a
wealth of information on the users of the Bandy surname worldwide from
Domesday (1086) onwards - it has genealogies including over 13,000 people
in the USA, Canada, England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand as well
as two books, family photos and the latest y-DNA results from both sides
of the Atlantic |
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BARBER |
this
site focuses on the descendants of Samuel Barber who was born in 1790 in
Hagerstown, Maryland |
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BARDSLEY |
variants
include Barsley and Bardesley - this surname originates from the village
of Bardsley lying between Ashton-under-Lyne and Oldham in the Lancashire,
England |
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BARNES |
this
surname originates in England
meaning "Of the barn (originally 'barley house')" - this site
focuses on the descendants of John Barnes of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
who was born about 1796 |
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BARNEY |
variant
Berney - the Berney/Barney family of Norfolk, England eventually became
one of the wealthiest families in England - the first Barney to arrive in
the new world was Jacob Barney who sailed from England in about 1630 and
became a very prominent member of the Massachusetts Bay Colony at Salem
- the site includes articles on the hero figure Commodore Joshua Barney
of the U.S. Navy |
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BARNFATHER # |
variants
include Bairnsfather and Banfather - this site contains census entries relating
to Barnfathers for both Britain and the United States |
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BARNUM |
variants
include Barnum, Barnam and Barnham - this site includes a genealogical
database of the known Barnum lines of descent in the Americas, beginning
with the immigrant ancestor Thomas Barnum (1625-1695) - it also includes
information about some of his English ancestors |
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BARNWELL |
variant
Barnwall |
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BARTLETT |
this
site includes several Bartlett family trees along with extracts of census,
marriage, land, etc records relating to those bearing the Bartlett surname |
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BARTON |
run
by the Barton Historical Society this site includes a searchable database
containing over 24,000 individuals - uniquely, ancestors whose descendants
have been identified in the Barton DNA Project are noted as belonging
to one of fourteen different Barton clans or lineages (2007) |
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BASFORD # |
variant
Bassford - this site includes several family trees as well as collections
of census and vital records data |
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BASSETT |
this
site focuses on Bassett families in Britain - it includes a searchable database
containing over 2,000 individuals connected with the family - it also includes
a very helpful and fairly unique way of showing recent additions to the
growing site |
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BASSETT |
this
site, run by the Bassett Family Association, focuses on the descendants
of William Bassett who migrated to North America in 1621 |
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BATH |
this
site includes a series of historical articles on the Bath family |
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BAUGHEN # |
variants
include Baughn, Baugham, Bauffin, Baffin, Boffin, DeBaughn and DeBaughan
- this large site contains a wealth of information on those bearing the
Baughen surname and its variants |
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BECKETT |
variant
Becket - this surname is derived from residence at the source of a brook
('beck' being the Anglo-Saxon word for brook) - this site contains several
family trees along with general information about those bearing the Beckett
surname |
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BEGENT |
variants
include Baigent, Bageant, Bagent and Baygent - Begent is not a particularly
common family name - in England it occurs mostly in the south-east counties
- many emigrated and the name is found in Austraila, Canada and the United
States - this site includes census records, several family trees and a collection
of interesting family memoirs |
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BELBIN # |
variants
include Balban, Belben, Belbon, Belgin, Bellbin, Bellbyn and Belvin -
this large site includes several family trees, numerous family photographs,
a comprehensive history of the Belbin surname's origins and a worldwide
distribution map of the family name
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BENBOW |
variants
include Benbow, Bembow, Benbowe, Benbo, Bembo, Bembowe, Bendbowe, Bendbough
and Binbo - the earliest record of a Benbow in England was in London in
1296; his name was Nicholas Benbow, and he was a lawyer - this site focuses
on the descendants of Charles Benbow who migrated to the American colonies
in 1718 |
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BENBROOK # |
variants
include Benbroke, Bembrook, Bembrooke, Banbrook, Banbroke and Bambrook
- this site includes a list of births, marriages and deaths of Benbrooks
in England and Wales between 1837 and 1930 |
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BENDALL |
variants
include Bendal, Bendell, Bendel and Bendle - this site focuses on the descendants
of William Bendall of Gloucestershire (1495-1550) |
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BENDING # |
this
site provides information on the origins of the Bending surname, notes on
notable Bendings, distribution and other statistics together with extensive
family trees |
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BICKERTON |
the
Bickertons originated in Northumberland, England - this site focuses on
the descendants of Alexander Bickerton who migrated to America in 1844 |
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BIDDLECOMBE |
this
site includes notes on the origins of this west country surname along with
Information about the earliest known Biddlecombes - those alive before 1700
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BIRDSONG |
this
site focuses on the descendants of John and Elizabeth Birdsong who migrated
from England to America and are the first known Birdsongs in America |
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BISHOP |
variants
include Bishopp, Bissopp, Byshop, Byshoppe, Biscop and Bisceop - this
site focuses on the descendants of Giles and Ann Bishop of Sutton Valance,
Kent who married circa 1552
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BLACKBURN |
this
site includes the famous Blackburn database containing over 300,000 individuals |
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BLAKELEY # |
variants
include Blackley, Blakely, Bleakley and Blackly - this site is run by the
Blakeley One Name Study Group |
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BLATHERWICK |
this
surname originates in Nottinghamshire, England and even today after over
600 years is still localised - this site includes a list of contactable
Blatherwick researchers along with notes on their areas of interest |
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BLAYLOCK |
variants
include Blalocks, Blaylocks, Blacklock and Blailocks - the family originated
in Cumberland, England - this site focuses on the descendants of Thomas
Blacklock who went to live in Accomac County, Virginia about 1623 |
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BLENCOWE # |
variants
include Blenco, Blencoe, Blencow, Blenko, Blinco, Blincoe, Blincow, Blinchko
and Blinko - the family takes its name from the village of Blencow near
Penrith in Cumbria, England - the site includes online versions of past
newsletters of the Blincowe Families' Associationcontaining a host of interesting
articles related to the Blencowe family |
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BLODGETT |
variants
include Blowgate and Blowgatt - this site focuses on the descendants of
Thomas Blowgate (1490-1560) of Suffolk, England |
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BLOMFIELD |
variants
include Blomefield, Bloomfield and Blumfield - this site focuses on the
descendants of James Blomfield who married Mary Pitts in 1747 in Billingford,
England |
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BODIMEADE # |
variants
include Bodimead, Bodymead and Bodemeaid - the site includes notes on
the main family groups bearing the Bodimeade surname and an online database
of those families, as well as a discussion of the origin of the name |
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BOLSTRIDGE # |
variants
include Bolestridge, Boulstridge, Bouldstridge and Bostridge - this site
includes a database of over over 6,500 individuals with connections to the
Bolstridge family |
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BOONE |
variant
Boon - this site is run by the Boone Society - it includes a series of articles
related to the Boone family |
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BOOTH |
variant
Bouthe - this site contains over 700 individuals in its family database
with the earliest recorded birth being in 1565 |
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BOULDING # |
variants
include Boulden and Bollyng - this site includes the wills of various Bouldings
through the ages |
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BOULTBEE |
this
site contains an online version of the extensive "History of the Boultbee
Family" written by the Rev. Thomas Boultbee in 1889 and subsequently
updated in 1994 |
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BOWEN |
this
site includes surname lists of different branches of the Bowen family -
it also contains notes on the migration of Bowens to North America |
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BOWLBY |
this
site contains an essay on the origins of the Bowlby surname |
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BOWLING # |
variant
Bolling - this site contains a database holding over 2,500 indviduals bearing
the Bowling/Bolling surname |
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BOWMAN |
this
site focuses on the descendants of Robert Bowman (1600-1671), the original
colonist founder of a Virginia line of Bowmans |
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BOWYER |
this
site focuses on the descendants of John Bowyer born around 1805 in Berkshire,
England |
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BRACEY |
variants
include Bracy, Brassey and Bressie - this site contains information about
branches of the Bracey family in England, Australia, New Zealand, Canada
and the United States |
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BRADFORD |
this
site contains the online version of the book "The Bradfords of Charles
City County, Virginia and their Descendants 1653 to 1993" written by
David Thomas Bradford and published in 1994 |
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BRADFORD |
this
site focuses on the life of William Bradford (1590-1657), a Mayflower pilgrim
and governor of Plymouth Colony |
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BRADLEE # |
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Bradley - this site includes a database of over 4,000 individuals connected
to the Bradlee family |
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BRAMBLETT |
variants
include Bramlett, Bramlet, Bramblet, Bramlitt and Bramlette - this site
focuses on the descendents of William Bramblett who migrated to Virginia
sometime around 1700 |
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BRASFIELD |
variants
include Brassfield, Brasfeild and Brazfield - this site includes a database
of over 25,000 individuals in over 9,000 family groups |
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BRATCHER |
variants
include Bracher, Bradsher and Bradshaw - Brathcer is an old English surname
meaning one who lives on or near plowed land |
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BRATTON |
variant
Braytayen - the site contains a family tree containing over 700 individuals |
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BRERETON |
the
Brereton name originates from Brereton in Cheshire, England - this site
contains several family trees |
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BRETTON |
variants
include Bratton, Briton, Britton, Britain, Brittain, Brettoner, Brettain,
Brattaine, Brettan and Breton - this site includes 2 genealogy reports on
the Bretton family tree with 34 generations shown and running to around
70 to 90 pages each |
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BROOMHALL |
variants
include Broomall, Bramall, Brummell, Bromhall, Bromall, Bramhall, Bramell,
Broomwell and Brumall -
this site covers several family lines |
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BULLINGTON |
variants
include Billington and Pollington - this site contains over 1200 individuals
in its family database with the earliest recorded birth being in 1495 |
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BUMPUS |
variants
include Bampass, Bompass, Bompasse, Bomphus, Bomposs, Bompus and Bompuss
(and many others!) - the site includes a list of Bumpus researchers along
with their specific interests |
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BURBURY |
variants
include Burbery and Burberry - this site contains family trees of several
branches of the Burbury family along with informative biographies of various
Burburys |
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BURDICK |
variants
include Burdette, Burditt and Burdett - this site focuses on the descendants
of Robert Burdick who migrated to Rhode Island in 1651 |
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BURGUM # |
variant
Burgham - this large site (containing over 500 pages) is run by the Burgum
Family History Society - it contains several family trees along with a
host of other information relating to the Burgum family - the Society
publishes a quarterly journal with members in the UK, Canada, the USA,
Brazil, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand |
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BUSHROD |
variants
include Bushrot and Bushrode - this site provides links to sites covering
the Bushrod family |
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BUTT |
this
site contains over 3,300 individuals in its family database |
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