All i want is a site where i can put in a desired last name and POOOF !!!! Get its origin . All the flippin sites out there and not one I have found is that simple.
2006-07-24 07:08:25 · 6 answers · asked by chevywmn 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Here are some cool sites about last names:
http://www.last-names.net/
http://www.houseofnames.com/?source=gus&st=HonFn21Ln2
2006-07-24 07:18:27 · answer #1 · answered by allenlynn23 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/default.aspx?ln=
will tell you some origins.
However, a lot of people named "Smith" or "Carpenter" or "Miller" in the US descend from Germans named "Schmidt" or "Zimmerman" or "Mueller" who got tired of having to spell it for their neighbors, so they used the English spelling. I had a Huguenot ancestor (Hugeunots are French Protestants) who came to the US named "Souplis". He changed it to "Souplee" so people would pronounce it properly.
So, if your surname comes up English, there is a chance your ancestors were not.
2006-07-24 18:15:19 · answer #2 · answered by Stuart King 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what might be the name you want to know about? it's hard to find any good sites that you don't have to pay for. i've looked a lot for mine and turned out it i found it by accident.
2006-07-24 15:15:37 · answer #3 · answered by Beorn 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ancestry.com
2006-07-24 18:13:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think this site might help:
http://www.last-names.net/
I don't know if it's exactly what you're looking for but this is all i have. =]
2006-07-24 14:15:00 · answer #5 · answered by bbygrl<3 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the lds. org and they give you two weeks and they help alot
2006-07-24 18:58:00 · answer #6 · answered by LENORE P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋