Product Description

This major reference work, first published in 1946, is a fully documented alphabetical listing of over 8,000 Scottish family and personal names and is an invaluable source of information for genealogists, historians and families interested in their Scottish ancestry.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1138871 in Books
• Published on: 1999
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 910 pages

Review
A monumental work giving origin, meaning, and history of Scottish surnames from the earliest times, references to sources--Eugene P. Sheehy -- Guide to Reference Books, 9th ed. (Chicago: American Library Association

Details of the names are drawn from official or other accredited sources, which are duly referred to and catalogued. -- Times Literary Suppliment (London)

About the Author
The late Dr. George Fraser Black, (1866-1948), a noted bibliographer and historical scholar on the staff of The New York Public Library from 1896-1931, spent almost half a century on the research of this volume. Miss Mary Elder Black, who had assisted her father in the preparation of the main text, also supplied the amendments and additions included as an appendix.

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Sample names entries from Surnames of Scotland:

CAMACHA. A tribe descended from the Stewarts of Garth, “are called Camachas or Crookshanks, from a bend or deformity in his leg, by which their ancestor was distinguished from others of his name” (Stewart, I, p. 27).

MACCOMB, Maccombe. From G. Mac Thom, ‘son of Tom’ now often Englished Thom. The b is accretionary. Gilchrist Makcome, a follower of the earl of Cassilis, was respited for murder in 1526 (RSS., I, 3386). Roger M.Com appears in Netherglen, 1679 (Kirkcudbright), and Robert McKome was charged with being a disorderly person in the parish of Carsfern, 1684 (RPC., 3. Ser. Ix, p. 574). In the Parish Lists of Wigtownshire and Minnigaff, 1684, the name also appears as McColm, McComb, McCome, and McKComb.

Customer Reviews

Another Genealogy Gem
George Fraser Black, Ph.D., compiled this listing of Scottish surnames from public and other records of Scotland throughout the centuries. An impressive and detailed bibliography lists his sources. The listing includes all the variations of spelling for each name, the date when it appeared and the location, and some insights or explanation, where appropriate. The 838 page volume includes a Glossary of Obsolete or Uncommon Scots Words. This is an invaluable reference for anyone interested in Scottish genealogy. It can quickly aid the person who is unsure whether his or her ancestry is Irish or Scottish. I highly recommend this book and am proud to have it in my library.

THE book on Scottish surnames
Dr. Black's book is the most complete book on Scottish surnames available today. Yes, there are no doubt some names not to be found in it but they are few and far between! I have worn out two copies of this book and working my way through the third, but I will replace it when necessary at whatever cost.