Map Gallery....
The following downloadable maps illustrate
some of the options and styles for Surname Origin maps. As
each map is a unique undertaking, the maps represent only a
small selection of the choices you have when you order a
Surname Origins map.
The Hardisty
Surname - A rare surname, Reaney in the Dictionary of
English surnames points to either Hardistys in Nesfield or
Hardisty Hill in Fewston as the place name from which the
suname is likely derived. In 1672 the surname was highly
concentrated in Fewston and Hampsthwaite.
The Kennedy Surname, national
distribution Ireland
- found throughout Ireland but most noteworthy is the heavy
concentration in Tipperary. (click to enlarge)
The Allison surname, South West
Scotland 1851 Census - drawn on a base map
created by J.H.Colton in 1855, the map clearly
demonstrates the impact of rail and road networks on 19th
century surname distributions. (click to enlarge)
The Galtons of Dorset
- The small hamlet of
Galton can be found southeast of Dorchester and appears in
the Doomsday Book. In
1086 the land was held by the Norman
knight Simon De Galton. The hamlet is likely responsible for
the Galton surname and several of it's variants.
(click to enlarge)
The American Daingerfields - this unusual spelling variant can be traced to
Kings Stlanley and Leonard Stanley Gloucestershire in the
late 16th and early 17th century. A William Daingerfield
emigrated to Virginian in the mid 17th century and carried
with him this peculiar surname variant. His
descendents migrated to Georgia, Alabama,
Texas(Daingerfield) and California. (click to enlarge)
The Cruises of County Dublin
- the map demonstrates the use of county level
historic maps as a backdrop for maps based on Griffith's
Valuation. (click to enlarge)
The Gannons of Ireland
- the impact of the landscape on the distribution of
population and surnames can readily be seen on this map of
Ireland's elevation.
(click to enlarge)
The American Culpeppers
- found largely in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and
Louisiana. Many of the early Culpeppers were planters and
their African American slaves carry their surname. Compound
proportional circles are a valuable method of displaying the
spatial association of the two races. (click to enlarge)
The
Cornish Hockings - A national distribution map of the
Hocking surname and variants is notable in that areas of
surname concentration outside of Cornwall share a common
industrial character, the reliance on mining as a way of
life. Tin mining in Cornwall was subject to violent swings
in economic activity, and it would be during these times
that Cornish men would look for employment activity in the
far flung mining districts of Britain. Consequently we find
significant numbers of Hockings and variants in Wales, the
northwest and northeast of England. (click to enlarge)
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