Genealogy

i know my mothers maiden name was tait, and last name is martin, and one of my grandmas maiden name was visaw, and im wondering were these are from?

2007-10-11 16:43:42 · 6 answers · asked by nathan 1

Does any one know of a free family history Website that i can actually search

2007-10-11 16:13:48 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

Initially when surnames came into fashion they were not transferable from father to son. Thus, John Smith's son might be William Johnson. William Johnson's son might be called Richard Williams. Or maybe if Richard was a carpenter he's call himself Richard Wright. Richard's son might be called Thomas Reed because he had red hair, but his son might go by Henry thopson. Get it?

Well sometime in the 1100's the upper classes around London and the South began to grant title of their surnames to their sons and daughters. As time went on this practice slowly creeped into the culture in the lower classes and swept northward. By 1400 it was a common practice amongst all the English.

My question is when, precisely, which decade or so, did this practice become the norm amongst the average, common peasant family in middle England?

In other words, how long has the surname of a typical family today been handed down from one generation to the next?

2007-10-11 15:40:54 · 6 answers · asked by Rita K 1

2007-10-11 15:18:28 · 7 answers · asked by Rita K 1

She was born about 1833 in South Carolina (most likely Chester County). Martha Hughes married Thomas Ratteree in about 1850. I'm looking for her father's first name and her mother's maiden name. Her mother, Nancy was born about 1810 in South Carolina. Anyone who has membership to Ancestry.com, please help. Thank you in advance.

I have a copy of the 1860 census:

1860 United States Federal Census (Chester County, SC)
Thos Ratteree 29 (~1831)
Martha Ratteree 27 (~1833)
Jane Ratteree 10
Sarah Ratteree 7 (~1853)
James Ratteree 4
Robert Ratteree 3
Henry Ratteree 3.12
Nancy Hughes 50

2007-10-11 15:11:50 · 1 answers · asked by James 1

Are Italian people considered caucasian? I've always wondered because they're darker than most caucasian people (ie like the British-mainly in London-who are paler skinned and blonde). Please post. Thanks.

2007-10-11 15:08:07 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous

I dont know what this says nex to masie zalzbergs name it says slamf--(it says that next to her given name). What does that mean and can someone tell me who her relative in russia is and what the town is.

Sorry for asking mor than once but no one is giving me answers, please read this

http://content.ancestry.com/Browse/View.aspx?dbid=1075&path=+Unknown.Manifest.1910.10.ALL.129

2007-10-11 13:24:03 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

My last name is Chappell and I don't know anything about it. Never knew my father and now that I'm 29, I'd like to identify with the last name I gave my son. It would be nice to be able to explain the name to him

2007-10-11 10:03:13 · 5 answers · asked by Dchapl78 2

i am trying to find a girl (friend) from the past. i dont know if she is now married or not, buti have tried all the usual tricks and yahoo..etc. any ideas

2007-10-11 05:15:18 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

For example, some people do not know where their family name originated from... What their parents were, etc... Do you?

2007-10-11 01:57:08 · 27 answers · asked by Cyn 2

1) Does she have any direct descendants? If so, who and where are they?
2) Was Renilde Stoppani and Alessandro Montessori really her parents?

2007-10-11 00:54:49 · 4 answers · asked by Kyle J 6

2007-10-10 17:40:53 · 5 answers · asked by blueeyedbitchca 1

2007-10-10 15:31:58 · 8 answers · asked by royce d 1

Got an 1880 census entry that for an illness had the entry "dripcee".

My gut feeling is that it is a misspelling of "dropsy" which is kind of what we call endema these days. Given the very rural nature of the area, I assume this is a home diagnosis vice a diagnosis by a "doctor" so maybe either the census taker just didn't know how to spell it or the family said this was the "disease".

But before I just write this off to misspelling, has anyone actually heard of a medical term used in the late 1800s call DRIPCEE?

2007-10-10 15:14:53 · 6 answers · asked by Mind Bender 5

I want it to contain the letter 'x' any answers?

2007-10-10 15:03:12 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

My original last name was Manues. I have looked on many different sites but they show many different variation. Some are kind of similar but not close to the actual spelling.

2007-10-10 12:25:31 · 2 answers · asked by Autumn S 4

2007-10-10 12:14:22 · 3 answers · asked by anacoskat 1

its lynn

2007-10-10 11:57:34 · 5 answers · asked by amie l 1

2007-10-10 08:14:02 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

everything, please thanks. i'll best answer the person with the most info.

2007-10-10 03:19:22 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

I'd like some fellow genealogists to take a look at the photograph below and tell me what you think:

http://img255.imageshack.us/img255/2039/oldphotown1.jpg

I already know that the studio photographer, Mrs Susan Williams is recorded at this address in 1895, 1899 and the 1901 census, but not in 1905, and obviously the style of the photo dates it to somewhere a couple of years either side of 1900. What is really puzzling me is the woman and the baby. The photo came from my granddads tin, but neither me or my aunt have any clue who she or the baby might be. To my mind, the lady in the photo looks quite old - too old to be the mother, so probably a grandmother.

My gt grandfather married in 1897 in West Gorton, and the only one of his parents to be alive at this point until 1907 was his mother (my 2x gt grandma). Their first child to survive infancy was born in 1901, a girl.

Does anyone have any opinions and ages of either party in the picture. Mum&Child or Grandma&Child?

2007-10-10 02:56:44 · 13 answers · asked by Mental Mickey 6

Thanks!

2007-10-09 16:35:49 · 2 answers · asked by Mick J 1

2007-10-09 15:05:31 · 6 answers · asked by chrisjonesufos39 1

Classification

According to Ethnologist and Linguist, the Navajos are classified scientifically as follows,

Primary Race : Mongoloid (Asian) or
Xanthochroid
(Homo Sapiens Asiaticus)
Secondary Race : American Indian
Ensemble : Na-Dené
Branch : Athabascan-Eyak
Family : Athabascan
Group : Athabascan
Sub-Group : Apachean
Unit : Navajo-Apache
Sub-Unit : Western Apache
Tribe : Navajo (Diné)

what does primary and secondary race mean?

Does this mean that the Navajos are Asian?

2007-10-09 11:21:06 · 3 answers · asked by Mr. G 1

I need my birth certificate and I found a whole bunch of websites that you can supposedly order the certificates through. I am wondering if these sites are legitimate, and if they offer real certified copies of the birth certificate.

If they are legitimate, which sites are the best?

2007-10-09 11:05:55 · 11 answers · asked by joellemoe 4

Classification

According to Ethnologist and Linguist, the Navajos are classified scientifically as follows,

Primary Race : Mongoloid (Asian) or
Xanthochroid
(Homo Sapiens Asiaticus)
Secondary Race : American Indian
Ensemble : Na-Dené
Branch : Athabascan-Eyak
Family : Athabascan
Group : Athabascan
Sub-Group : Apachean
Unit : Navajo-Apache
Sub-Unit : Western Apache
Tribe : Navajo (Diné)

what does primary and secondary race mean?

2007-10-09 10:48:52 · 10 answers · asked by Mr. G 1

I'm part native american and part european, so does that make me part caucasoid and part mongoloid?

2007-10-09 10:42:39 · 5 answers · asked by Richard S 1

my last name is DePuy

2007-10-09 10:04:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-10-09 08:44:33 · 7 answers · asked by c_gromann 1

I've traced a couple of lines back to the mid 1600's and others to late 1700's.

2007-10-09 08:06:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous