In our family line, we have some unusual surnames, one of which is Osgatharp. In my research I’ve found that the original name was likely Osgathorp/e with the immigrant Richard Osgathorp as our ancestor who fought in the American Revolution. I’ve written about him and this line before. I believe this surname is unique to [...]
Where In The World Is Your Surname?
March 24, 2010 by
I saw this cool new tool over at Family History for Beginners called World Names Profiler, and being the sucker inquisitive person that I am for genealogy research, I gave it a whirl. The concept of the search for your surname is very well written about at Family History for Beginners, so I won’t belabor [...]
