Surname Origins Site

[Bloodshot Scott]

Where does you surname originate from?:

http://www.ancestry.com/facts/ -family-history.ashx

^ Just fill in the above black with your last name, between the back slash and the hyphen and make sure everything is connected.

Mine has three origins: Norwegian, Danish and Swedish. :hatsoff:

 

[Jagger69]

Link doesn't work....at least not for me.

Ahhh....you have to go here, Scott:

http://www.ancestry.com/

I'm German, English and Scotch-Irish.

 

[lechepicha]

Link doesn't work....at least not for me.

same here:crash:

 

[L3ggy]

Remove /facts/

It can't find my surname.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Don't hit the link. I tried when I posted to disable the link so it would make more sense but the system wouldn't let me. you have to put your name from the back slash on the active link and connect it to the hyphen and it will work.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Remove /facts/

It can't find my surname.

I've found this is a problem with quite a few names, but others are quite common in their system.

 

[L3ggy]

My last name isn't common.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

Forget the hyperlink is even there and connect your name in between the back slash and hyphen.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

My last name isn't common.

Try your moms maiden name.



All four of the names I'm from are listed with German and Czech on my other side and more Scandinavian on my dad's mom's surname.

 

[L3ggy]

I don't know her maiden name.

 

[Lungzyn]

English, Scottish and Irish for me

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

English, Scottish and Irish for me

That's one thing about surnames is they can be so misleading nowadays with all the variables like people migrating, and adoption, etc. I still know my lineage to a certain extent and have checked with other people and they said that site is reputable and accurate and it was right with my name.

 

[Baill Inneraora]

Scottish

 

[Philbert]

That is a fascinating link!
I put in my Mom's family name, and sure enough it came back correctly...and I read some threads from others who had the same origin and were looking for long lost relatives.
My Mom's name is not common, and I am probably related to some of those people from that site.
We are, both sides of my family, nearly 100% Russian. One Dutch ancestor which is pretty cool.

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

That is a fascinating link!
I put in my Mom's family name, and sure enough it came back correctly...and I read some threads from others who had the same origin and were looking for long lost relatives.
My Mom's name is not common, and I am probably related to some of those people from that site.
We are, both sides of my family, nearly 100% Russian. One Dutch ancestor which is pretty cool.

I know it's pretty damn cool. My name is so common in America there are tens of thousands. Other's, like my mom's, there are only a few dozen and most are listed in her native state which is correct. Just curious, how do you meet up with others there? What was the link?

edit: Never mind. There are tons of links on there and all kinds of cool stuff. I just never bothered to look around at the site. Honestly I thought it was a "pay for" site.

 

[Mrs Jolly]

Link doesn't work....at least not for me.

Ahhh....you have to go here, Scott:

http://www.ancestry.com/

I'm German, English and Scotch-Irish.

There is a song for you here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_Tf2lQvDz0

 

[Jagger69]

There is a song for you here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_Tf2lQvDz0

OK....so what are you insinuating here?

 

[Bloodshot Scott]

I don't know her maiden name.

Are you an orphin or somethin'?

There is a song for you here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_Tf2lQvDz0

I think you're missing the point of the link. Just because it lists several ethnicities it does not mean that that is what a person with that name is. It just means that people with origins from all those countries can have that surname.

 

[ThatRedWing]

Fathers side is Swiss/German with one English branch. Mother side is all English/Scottish.

 

[darkwarrior3007]

English (Wales and the West Midlands): variant of Hollifield