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• A comprehensive guide to American surnames | American Surnames

  A comprehensive guide to the origins, etymologies and distribution of over 150,000 American surnames.

• 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 Genealogy Homepage - List of Surnames on the Acadian CD

• Acadian/French-Canadian SURNAME Researchers

  From the Acadian Genealogy Homepage.

• 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

  [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
  

• Common Threads

  A searchable database with e-mail addresses for submitters

• Council of Scottish Clans and Associations' (COSCA)