Finding Surnames from Many Resources

Surname Helper is an interesting family history research tool that searches over a dozen resources for a specific surname.

Resources include the following, which can be set to search all of a category of one of these specific categories:

• USGenWeb/WorldGenWeb
• Personal Genealogy Pages
• Surname Pages
• Bible Records
• Biographies
• Birth Records
• Cemetery Records
• Census
• Church Records
• Court Records
• Directories
• Death Records
• Marriage Records
• Land Records
• Maps
• Military Records
• Obituaries
• Newspaper Indexes

The variety of possible resources it can research is amazing. You can even narrow the search by geographic area and use wildcards with the surname to expand the possibilities.

According to notes on the site, the resources searched come from queries and surname registrations posted on various genealogy sites including USGenWeb, WorldGenWeb, amd GenConnect boards. With all the vast resources available, I was able to dig up some interesting information to help with my family research. Why not give it a try. It’s free and covers a lot of territory that you might have overlooked.

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