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Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada Genealogy & History More Canadian Resources | More Newfoundland Resources BOOK - Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland by W. Kirwin, E. R. Seary 
Invaluable to the casual researcher of Newfoundland family history. In an extensive introduction E.R.Seary discusses the historic and linquistic origins of Newfoundland surnames and their cultural sources - notably English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, French, Syrian, Lebanese and Micmac. The body of the work is a dictionary of family names, which includes variant spellings and cross-references, countries of origin and meaning. Newfoundland's most common surnames and places named after families are also identified. Originally published in 1977, this edition has been completely reset and incorporates additions and corrections. E.R. Seary (1908 - 1984) was professor and head of the English Department at Memorial University, 1954-1970. William Kerwin is professor emeritus of English, Memorial University. Seary's in-depth study of nearly three thousand family names of Newfoundland, arose from his work on the study of place names of the island. As his study progressed, Seary became fascinated with tracking families as they migrated along the coast or changed their names to avoid detection by Britain and France. His pursuit of the rise of Newfoundland surnames illustrates that relationships, place of origin, occupation, and even nicknames played very important roles. The core of his research comes from the Official List of Electors 1955 chosen because it was the most comprehensive list of names and the communites to which they were linked before the massive resettlement programs of the 1960's. The sources of his information are vast as he quotes from scholarly works from England, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, France and the Channel Islands as well as the many censuses taken in Newfoundland since 1675 in his attempt to get at the origin of the name. Hardcover (October 1998), 8.5 X 11", ISBN: 0773517820.
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