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From: "Heather Figueroa" <>
Subject: Re: "Surnames" - When did this start???
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 10:21:29 -0500
References: <20030305190357.09304.00000034@mb-mj.aol.com>


One could call this 'synchronicity'......grin. Chris Dickinson, who is
the Listowner of a Cumberland, England List I belong to, posted one
thing this morning which I will copy over in full........the website is
very interesting and at the bottom left, click on the link to the
"Family Chronicle Surname page" as well.......

Odd how these things happen........

Heather
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Quite a nice little summary of the history of surnames at:

http://www.familychronicle.com/british.htm


Chris

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> 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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