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Thanks for that link mgtjwl :-)

I looked up husband's surname, and some of his ancestors were listed!

I'll probably spend the next week looking up surnames lol

:-D

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Ooh, is that a bit of clue, Bond?

ahem, 0071/2? i'm not at liberty to say!!!

OK, fluff yer tail up for that. What about your real surname, eh?

Very impressed:

Recorded in the spellings of Scurrel, Scurrell, Squirl, Squirrel, and Squirrell, this is an English surname, but probably of French origins. The early medieval period around the 12th and 13th centuries saw the formation of hereditary surnames, and many of these resulted from what can best be described as nicknames. It is estimated that as much as 20% of all surnames are or were nicknames, and these resulted from supposed characteristics of the nameholder. These were often concerned with the persons occupation, as well as physical attributes or even deformities. In this case the nickname was one given to a careful or thrifty person, one who stored things away for a rainy day, although it may have been, as with Geoffrey le Esquerel, in the charters known as the "Hundred Rolls" of Suffolk, in 1275, a job description for a storekeeper or similar. The derivation is from the Olde French word "esquirel", which does mean "squirrel" and it seems that the word was probably introduced into Britain in the 7th century. Early examples of the surname recording include William Scurell of Norfolk, in the year 1230, and Peter Squirel of Yorkshire, in the Subsidy Rolls of that county in 1301. The first known recording, and one of the earliest of all surname recordings anywhere in the world, is that of Ralph Squrel, in the Assize Rolls of Warwick, in the year 1221.

Read more: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Squirrel#ixzz1mrWgU0J4

Mmmm, thanks, Mgtjwl, could be useful, except my main family name is not on there :-(

going up

Just bookmarking for later.

thought i`d give this one last nudge

Glad to be of some help

Thank you, found a number of my names which was really interesting.




Val.

Thank you
very interesting
Jenxx

thanks margaret will take a look xx

Just found this site
THE INTERNET SURNAME DATABASE

http://www.surnamedb.com/index.aspx

found the meaning of the name Lightowlers as well as names in my family
Margaret