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Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 28 Send Message	Joanne	Report	4 Aug 2012 17:43
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 28 Send Message	Thanks very much for the information ;-)
Member Since: February 2003 Posts: 29,988 Send Message	+++DetEcTive+++	Report	3 Aug 2012 20:23
	This one is quite good http://gbnames.publicprofiler.org/Surnames.aspx It also compares the distribution taken from the 1881 census, and 1998
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Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 9,259 Send Message	Porkie_Pie	Report	3 Aug 2012 19:51
	Google eg, enter, surname smith in to the search Roy
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 28 Send Message	Joanne	Report	3 Aug 2012 19:32
Member Since: April 2003 Posts: 28 Send Message	Hi All, I wondered if anyone could help, as well as searching my family tree I am also interested to find out about the origins of the surnames that I have come across in my tree, can anyone recommend any good sources to do family name searches . Many thanks