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Sources for Research in Scottish Genealogy:
Names: Personal

Compiled by Judith P. Reid



1.	Black, George Fraser, 1866-
	The surnames of Scotland : their origin, meaning, and history /
	by George F. Black, Ph.D. -- New York : The New York Public
	Library, 1946. -- lxxi, [1], 838 p. : front. (port.).            
							CS2435.B55

	"List of the Principal Works Referred to": p. 835-838.
	"Glossary of Obsolete or Uncommon Scots Words": p. lix-lxxi.
	
	Reprinted from the Bulletin of the New York Public Library.
	-- (Aug. 1943-Sept. 1946).

2.	Dorward, David Philip.
	Scottish surnames / [by] David Dorward ; illustrated by John
	Mackay. -- Edinburgh : Blackwood, 1978. -- ix, 70 p. : ill. --
	(Scottish connection)                                 
							CS2435.D67

3.	Dunkling, Leslie, 1935-
	Scottish Christian names : an A-Z of first names / [by] Leslie
	Alan Dunkling. -- London : Johnston and Bacon, 1978. -- vii, 
	151 p.                                            
							CS2375.S35 D66

	Bibliography: p. [139]-141.

4.	Sims, Clifford Stanley, 1839-1896.
	The origin and signification of Scottish surnames. With a
	vocabulary of Christian names. -- Albany, N.Y. : J. Munsell,
	1862. -- 122 p.                                     
							CS2435.S5 

	Bibliographical references included in "Introduction" (p.
	[3]-7).

	Reprinted in Rutland, Vt. by C.E. Tuttle Co. in 1969.
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