SURNAME  LOCATOR

and RESOURCES

Surnames Found In Our Databases

The LINKS below will take you to an updated listing of all surnames as posted

 at our three databases on the Rootsweb WorldConnect Project.

My paternal ancestors:

Bozarth, Peiffer, Quigley, Rhubart and allied families

Our maternal ancestors:

McVicker, Moreland, Pinnell, Scruggs and allied families

My paternal ancestors:

Dellinger, Knecht, Pfeffer, Silar and allied families

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Surname Resources at RootsWeb

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Surname List Finder

Trying to find a surname list? Don't know which of 8,000 possible variant spellings it might be listed under? This tool finds sound-alike matches for a given surname from among RootsWeb's thousands of surname lists. Please give it a try!

RootsWeb Surname List Finder

RootsWeb's Soundex Converter

Use this link to find the soundex code for a surname, plus other surnames/spellings sharing the same soundex code.

Soundex Converter by RootsWeb

Surname Message Boards

The world's largest online genealogy community with over 17 Million posts on more than 161,000 boards.

Message Boards - Surname Search

Surname Mailing Lists

The LINKS below will take you to an updated listing of all surnames having mailing lists at Rootsweb.

Common Surname Variations
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Surname Sites

 and Resources

• ABCgenealogy: Surnames 
• About.com: Genealogy - Glossary of Last Name Meanings & Origins 
  Find meanings, origins, and related genealogy resources for hundreds of surnames from around the world.
• Absolutely Family! - A Guide to Editing and Publishing a Family Newsletter 
  A book by Jeanne Rundquist Nelson.
• Acadian/French-Canadian SURNAME Researchers 
  From the Acadian Genealogy Homepage.
• Acadian Genealogy Homepage - List of Surnames on the Acadian CD 
• Advice from the Experts: Running a Family Association 
• All Irish Clans and Names 
  Find out about Clans dealing with your Irish Surname.
• Alternative Surnames & Surname Variations 
  A table of common surname variations & surname misspellings.
• Surnames beginning A-B 
• Surnames beginning C 
• Surnames beginning D-E 
• Surnames beginning F-G 
• Surnames beginning H-J 
• Surnames beginning K-L 
• Surnames beginning M 
• Surnames beginning N-Q 
• Surnames beginning R-S 
• Surnames beginning T-Z 
• Ancestor Guide: Genealogy and Surname Search 
  Simply browse through the listing of over 47,000 surname categories or find it fast with our surname search engine.
• Ancestor Search Quick Search - Free Genealogy and Free Family Tree Surname Search Engine 
• AncestralFindings.com - Post Your Hard To Find Surnames Here ! 
• Ancestry Connections Surname Registry 
  Surname Registry for submitting and researching surnames.
• Ancestry.com - Message Boards - Surnames 
• British Surname Studies 
• Calabria Surnames 
  Submit or look up your Calabrian surnames.
• Changing Immigrant Names 
  From the U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). Includes a list of reasons for name changes and links to stories about how names were changed.
• Chinese Surnames 
• Common Threads 
  A searchable database with e-mail addresses for submitters
• Council of Scottish Clans and Associations' (COSCA) 
• Creating Your Family Newsletter 
  Barbara Krasner-Khait.
• Family Name 
  Definitions & world-wide naming customs from Wikpedia.
• Family Newsletters List 
  List of genealogy newsletters available for specific surnames.
• Family Newsletter News 
  Perk up your family newsletter by learning from other family newsletter publishers' experiences and ideas. This newsletter, for and about family newsletters (and their publishers) was established to encourage family connections through the family newsletter. It is for genealogists, family historians, and folks who want to keep their families in touch. Includes publishing pointers and highlight actual family newsletters as examples.
• Family Newsletter Registry and Surname Search 
  A searchable database of family newsletters and the surnames associated with them from around the world.
• Family Workings Links by Surname 
• Family History Library Catalog 
  Search this online version of the catalog for the LDS collection in Salt Lake City.
• Surname Search 
• Find Ancestral Photographs And Family History At Dead Fred - Genealogy Photo Archive - Surname Search 
  A searchable database with thousands of identified photos and mystery photos.
• Genealogy.com: Family Associations 101 
• The Genealogy Forum: Surname Center 

• GEDCOM File Library 
• Genealogy Newsletter Editor's Corner 
  A gathering place for editors of genealogy and family history newsletters.
• Genealogy Surnames - Genealogy Search Engine - Add Your Url On Genlink Genealogy Index 
  Genlink is a genealogy search engine, capable of indexing all the surnames on your genealogy surnames page in one go if you are using Ged2www, Gedpage, Ged2HTML, Gedbrowser or Ged4Web.

• GenealogyTODAY.com - Family Album Index - Surname Information 
  Surnames referenced in the databases, transcriptions and articles hosted at Genealogy Today.
• Genealogy > USA > Surname Links 
  Links sorted by alphabetically by surname.
• GeneaNet - Genealogical Database Network 
  A surname database with web site or e-mail references for more than 10 million surnames. French or English versions available.
• GENUKI Surname Lists 
  Lists for each county in the United Kingdom and Ireland
• GENS 
  U.S. surname maps.
• German Names 
  An online article in three parts on German names.
• Global Genealogy - Family Histories & Genealogies 
• Google Web Directory .... Genealogy > Surnames 
• Great Family Newsletters 
  Tutorials and how-to information.
• Guild of One-Name Studies  ~ United Kingdom
• Life Span Genealogy 
  Surname registry & tutorials.
• The most frequent Hungarian surnames 
• National Indexes for One-Name Studies 
• Open Directory - Society: Genealogy: Surnames 
• Origin Search - The Genealogy Search Engine for Family History Research 
  Surname searches from millions of genealogy web sites.
• The Origins of Family Names 
• Quintin Publications | Catalog of Family Genealogies 
  Over 10,000 family genealogies written in Canada and the US over the past 150 years. Available on CD or book.
• The relevance of surnames in genealogy 
  From the Society of Genealogists (UK). Explains the history behind the taking of surnames and the difficulty of reliance on surnames in modern genealogy.