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• Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - Names

  The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.

  • A Dictionary of Jewish Names and Their History

    A book by Benzion C. Kaganoff.

  • A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Kingdom of Poland

    A book by Alexander Beider.

  • A Dictionary of Jewish Surnames from the Russian Empire

    A book by Alexander Beider.

  • A Dictionary of Surnames

    A book by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges.

  • American Given Names : Their Origin and History in the Context of the English Language

    A book by George Rippey Stewart.

  • American Nicknames: Their Origin and Significance

    A book by George Earlie Shankle.

  • American Surnames

    A book by Eldson C. Smith.

  • Book of Scots-Irish Family Names

    A book by Robert Bell.

  • Dictionary of English Surnames

    A book by R. M. Wilson, Percy H. dict Reaney.

  • Dictionary of First Names

    A book by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges.

  • Family Names and Family History

    A book by David Hey.

  • Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

    A book by Steven D. Levitt. Includes studies of modern naming patterns.

  • Handbook of Pseudonyms and Personal Nicknames; First Supplement

    A book by Harold S. Sharp.

  • History of Christian Names

    A book by Charlotte M. Yonge.

  • Jewish Family Names and Their Origins : An Etymological Dictionary

    A book by Heinrich W. & Eva H. Guggenheimer.

  • Jewish First Names

    A book by David C. Gross.

  • Jewish Surnames in Prague : (15th-18th Centuries)

    A book by Alexander Beider.

  • Nicknames: Past & Present

    A book by Christine Rose CG, CGL, FASG.

  • Nicknames: Past and Present

    A book for sale by Christine Rose.

  • Polish First Names

    A book by Sophie Hodorowicz Knab.

  • Scottish Surnames

    A book by David Dorward.

  • The Book of Irish Names : First, Family and Place Names

    A book by Ida Grehan, Ronan Coghlan and P. W. Joyce.

  • The Surnames of Ireland

    A book by Edward MacLysaght.

  • What's in a Surname?: A Journey from Abercrombie to Zwicker

    A book by David McKie.

• Genealogy books by Carol Baxter

  These “how to” books by genealogist and biographer Carol Baxter have received critical acclaim from the genealogical community. They include topics such as how to trace your family history, how to write a family history or biography, how to publish a family history or "how to" book, how to analyse evidence, and more.

  • Help! Why can't I find my ancestor's surname?

    By Carol Baxter, the History Detective, is a Fellow of the Society of Australian Genealogists and an adjunct lecturer at the University of New England.

• Oxford University Press: Dictionary of American Family Names

  The most extensive compilation of surnames in the US, edited by Patrick Hanks.