Bibliography of Research Sources

 

Since 1971, our professional research company has been compiling a vast library of surname histories. New sources are continually being added to our library, and the historians continue to develop new histories and update existing ones. The source material used for our histories has been chosen for its reliability and authenticity. Exaggerated or fictional information has been excluded and any information that can be attributed to legend or folklore is clearly stated as such. In general, events and people are only cited if supporting evidence is available.

 

The following bibliography is a sample of some of our frequently used sources. The sources are listed by the main nationality for which they are used; however, many books apply to more than one area of research.

 

 

 

  • England, Ireland, Scotland, & Wales
  • A Constitutional History of Modern England
  • Age of Conquest - Wales
  • Agrarian History of England and Wales
  • A Heraldic Alphabet
  • An Ordinary of Arms - Scotland
  • Assize Rolls
  • Bede's Histories
  • Benets Readers Encyclopedias
  • Book of Kells
  • Book of Ulster Surnames
  • Brights of Suffolk
  • Burkes Commoners, Landed Gentry, Peerage
  • Cabinet of Irish Literature, 1-111
  • Catholic Directory for Scotland
  • Clans Septs and Regs of the Scottish Highlands
  • Court Records
  • Roll of the Battel Abbey
  • Scotch-Irish, 1-11
  • Scots Heraldry, Innes
  • Scots Kith and Kin
  • Scottish Clan and Family Names
  • Scottish Family Histories
  • Surname Dictionaries by Bardsley, Reaney, Black, Hanks and Hodges
  • Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland
  • The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  • The Celts Families of the South of Bonne Bay
  • The High Kings
  • The Pictish Chronicle
  • The Surnames of Ireland, MacLysaght
  • The Wace Poem
  • Various Passenger Lists
  • Welsh Surnames, Morgan
  • Canada
  • Canadian Almanac and Dictionary
  • Canadian Heraldry
  • Carleton Saga
  • Census Records for the 19th Century
  • Colombo's Canadian Quotations
  • Cornwall - From Royal Township to Industrial City
  • Dictionary of Scottish Emigrants to Canada before Confederation, Whyte
  • Families of the South of Bonne Bay
  • Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland
  • Loyalists in Ontario, Reid
  • Old United Empire Loyalist Lists
  • Scottish Tradition in Canada
  • Who's Who in Canada

 
  • Spain/Latin America
  • Apuntes de Nobiliario y Nociones de Genealogia y Heraldica
  • Elenco de Grandezas
  • Encyclopedia of Latin America
  • Nobiliario Espanol, Atienza
  • Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature
  • Oxford Companion to Sports and Games - South America, Central America and the Caribbean
  • Who's Who Among Hispanic Americans
  • Y Titulos Nobiliarios Espanoles
  • France
  • Ancient Regime
  • Census Tables for the French Colony of Louisiana, 1699-1732
  • Coming of the French Revolution
  • Complement au Dictionnaire Genealogique Tanquay
  • Dictionary of Canadian Biographies
  • Dictionnaire National des Canadiens Francais
  • French Canadians, 1-11
  • Genealogies des Families de Terrabonne
  • Genealogies des Families de Saint-Simon, 1600-1900
  • Huguenaut Ancestry
  • Le France Moderne - Grand Dictionnaire Genealogique
  • La Nobelesse aux Etats de Bougogne de 1390 a 1789
  • La Grande Arrangements des Acadians au Quebec
  • Le Livre d'ordu Lyonnais
  • Les Noms de Famille de France, Daizat
  • Les Vieux Noms de France, Puymege
  • Nobilaire de France
  • Nos Origines en France
  • Nouvelle Biographie General 1850-1860
  • Oxford Companion to French Literature
  • Who's Who of Quebec and its Historians
  • Repertoire de Mariages de L'il D'Orleans, 1500-1900
  • Richelieu's Desmarets and the Century of Louis XIV
  • The French Canadians, 1760-1967
  • Who's Who in France
  • Other Nationalities
  • Americans of Royal Descent
  • Ancestral Roots of 60 Colonists
  • Boltons American Armory
  • Debretts Texas Peerage
  • Library of Congress, American and English Genealogies
  • Russian Heraldry and Nobility