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From: "Edward Crawford" <>
Subject: Re: "Surnames" - When did this start???
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 08:46:03 -0000
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In England, Scotland and Ireland may be different, as far as I know surnames
started to be used at the beginning of the 1300s. Other countries are
different. In Jamaica for instance many if not most slaves did not have
surnames in the 1820s. (It may be different on other islands.) I understand,
though I have not researched the period, that with emancipation in 1834-38
all ex-slaves took surnames. If you are seeking that link between pre and
post emancipation period, it is often very, very difficult as I was
discussing with Jan Bousse at the PRO yesterday.
Edward Crawford
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Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 12:03 AM
Subject: "Surnames" - When did this start???


> Can anyone tell me when did the practice of using a "surname" became
legal.
> This would clear up some issues for me. And if known, what country
started it
> initially. From some very "iffy" research it looks like it started in the
late
> 1600s.
>
> Thanks
> Ronnie
>
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