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From: "Nancy & Ted" <>
Subject: re: surname derivation
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 19:58:29 -0500

At that Irish Times link I sent last week, I noticed when I typed in my
surname that some of the alternate spellings were credited to one of the
below -- these are abbreviated on the surname page (near the bottom, after
you have entered your name and clicked), and here is what they stood for.
I'm assuming these are the foremost authorities on Irish and Scottish
surnames. I certainly recognize MacLysaght and Black as being often quoted:

http://scripts.ireland.com/ancestor/surname/abbreviations.htm

Abbreviations
a.. DBS: Reaney, P.H., Dictionary of British Surnames, London, 1976


b.. DOS: Cottle, Basil, Dictionary of Surnames, Penguin, 1967


c.. IF: MacLysaght, Edward, Irish Families, Dublin, 1980


d.. GPN: Ó Corráin, D. & Maguire, F., Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin. 1980,
Athfoilsiú faoi/republished as Irish Names, Dublin. Lilliput, 1990


e.. MIF: MacLysaght, Edward, More Irish Families, Dublin, 1982


f.. SGA: Woulfe, Patrick, Sloinnte Gaedhael is Gall, Dublin, 1923


g.. SGG: Ó Droighneáin, M. & Ó Murchú, M.A., An Sloinnteoir Gaeilge & an
tAinmneoir, Baile Atha Cliath, 1991


h.. SI: MacLysaght, Edward, Surnames of Ireland, Dublin, 1985


i.. SS: Black, George, Surnames of Scotland, New York, 1962
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