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Family names : the origins, meanings, mutations, and history of more than 2,800 American names J.N. Hook
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks SCS CS 2487 .H66 1983
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hook, J. N. (Julius Nicholas), 1913-2005.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Names, Personal--United States.
- Names, Personal.
- Ethnology--United States.
- Ethnology.
- Physical Description:
- 388 pages ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st Collier books edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Collier Books ; London : Collier Macmillan, 1983.
- Summary:
- Explains the origins and meanings of the common surnames of the various ethnic groups that have immigrated to the United States including the English, Africans, Germans, Spanish, Chinese, and Scandinavians.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-365) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0020800002
- 9780020800002
- OCLC:
- 9464663
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