What's In a Name? Your Link to the Past By Paul Blake

What's In a Name?

Surnames can reveal much about your family history, but they can also be a minefield of misinformation.

'What is in a name? Very much if the wit of man could find it out.' Whoever penned this well known saying undoubtedly had it right - in England alone there are around 45,000 different surnames - each with a history behind it.