Last name question.....?

Question

I want to know where my last name came from. I also want to know the History of it. I need a site that will let me. I tried typing my name in just plan Yahoo and nothing came up.......that I was looking for....can you help?

Answer 1

Try doing this...when you do a search put your last name in quotations...for example...if your last name is MacDonald then type this in Janet "MacDonald" you will find what you are looking for.

Good Luck

Answer 2

Here is a listing of web sites you can use to look up your last name:
http://genealogy.about.com/od/surname_meaning/

Answer 3

http://www.mhcable.com/~bgsigler/index.html here's another
http://yahoogenlist.homestead.com/files/index.htm or
http://www.rootsweb.com/