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NAME PROJECT
Assignment
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Click here for research handout
Name Websites:
Research your name (first, middle, and last) using the websites
below. Note that there are no websites listed for middle
names. Middle names are often either first or last names being
used as middle names. Look up your middle name on the first name
and the last name websites until you find it. It is a
good idea to check more than one site, because one source could
have information that another does not have. Once you have checked
a couple sites and have the information you are looking for, get
to work putting your project together. Do not go to any website
other than the ones listed below without permission.
Good luck!
First name websites:
http://genealogy.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.behindthename.com
http://genealogy.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.geocities.com%2FHeartland%2FHills%2F1739%2Fgivennames.html
Last name websites:
I have listed many links, but probably you will only need
to use a couple. Try the first ones first, because the last ones
listed are more specific or not as good.
http://www.last-names.net/
http://genealogy.about.com/library/surnames/bl_meaning.htm
http://www.nameseekers.co.uk/surname.htm
http://surnames.behindthename.com/
http://genealogy.about.com/library/surnames/bl_surnames-a.htm
100 Most Common U.S. Surnames: http://genealogy.about.com/library/weekly/aa_common_surnames.htm
German names (good one): http://german.about.com/library/blsurname01.htm
Link of last names from various nationalities down the left hand
sidebar: http://www.last-names.net/Articles/German-Names.asp
Spanish names: http://genealogy.about.com/cs/surname/a/spanish_names.htm
French names: http://genealogy.about.com/cs/surname/a/french_surnames.htm
Italian names: http://genealogy.about.com/cs/surname/a/italian_surname.htm
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