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Sources for Research in English Genealogy :
Names, Personal


1.	Bardsley, Charles Wareing Endell, 1843-1898.  
	A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. 
	Rev. for the Press by his Widow.  London; New York: H. Frowde, 1901.  xvi,
	837, [1] p.
                                                  CS2505.B3 1901 
 	
	Reprinted in Baltimore by Genealogical Pub. Co. in 1967. 



2.	Ewen, C. L'Estrange (Cecil L'Estrange), 1877-  
	A History of Surnames of the British Isles: A Concise Account of Their Origin,
	Evolution, Etymology, and Legal Status.  London, K. Paul, Trench, Trubner,
	ltd., 1931.  xx, 508 p.  
                                                  CS2505.E8 
	
	"A Short Bibliography": p. 429-436.  
 	Reprinted in Detroit by Gale Research Co. and in Baltimore by Genealogical
	Pub. Co. in 1968. 

3.	Lasker, Gabriel Ward.
	Atlas of British Surnames: With 154 Maps of Selected Surnames.  C.G.N.
	Mascie-Taylor.  Detroit: Published for the Guild of One-Name Studies by Wayne
	State University Press, [1990].  x, 86 p.: maps.
                                                  CS2507.L37 1990
	
	Includes bibliographical references (p. 7-8) and index. 

4.	Reaney, Percy H. (Percy Hide), 1880-1968.  
	A Dictionary of British Surnames.  3rd ed. with corrections and additions by
	R. M. Wilson.  London; New York: Routledge, 1991.  lxx, 508 p.  
                                                  CS2505.R39 1991

5.	Reaney, Percy H. (Percy Hide), 1880-1968.  
	The Origin of English Surnames.  New York: Barnes & Noble, [1967].  xix, 415
	p.  
                                                  CS2505.R4
	
	Bibliography: p. xvii-xix.
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