The Norman People And Their Existing Descendants In Britain And United States

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The Norman  People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United  States of
America
Volume totaling
500
pages. Book is in excellent condition. Just  what you need for genealogy research.
The first part of this work focuses on the composition and  character of the British people, with special emphasis on the Normans. Dividing  the peoples of England into three ethnic groups--Anglo-Saxon, Dane, and  Norman--the author builds a persuasive case showing that the Normans existed in  greater numbers in England than had heretofore been thought.
The second and by far the most important section of the work  consists of an alphabetical series of existing Norman names and families. It is,  in fact, a directory of Norman names showing origins and derivations. It traces  the corruption of Norman usage, clarifying some of the long-standing  idiosyncracies of English nomenclature. Moreover, the directory cites the first  usage of the name in Normandy and identifies the early bearers of the name in  England, where the name becomes vested in a representative family and is later  claimed by a multitude of bearers. The alphabetical series contains thousands of  entries and is followed by an index of 5,000 Norman surnames found in the work  as a whole.
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