There's a new meme going around Facebook right now. Genealogists are
listing their mother's maiden name, father's surname, maternal and
paternal grandparents' surnames and a few more generations back.It's a cute idea but I don't think it's wise to be providing such detail, especially your mother's maiden name, as it is often the secret question asked on sites where you require a password to log in.
So I'm revising the meme to suit me and I hope others will follow suit, either here as a comment on Olive Tree Genealogy blog, or on their own blog.
Over the coming weeks I'll be listing my surnames starting with "A" and going through the alphabet until I reach "Z".
I'll preface this with a caveat - most surnames are more common than you might think, so sharing a surname doesn't mean we're related. To be completely useful any surname list should have a geographic location and a time period. But this is just a fun little exercise and if you spot a name of interest, just let me know and we'll compare dates and locations.
P SURNAMES: Packman, Page, Pannell, Panterey, Parker, Parks, Parnell, Pascall, Pawell, Peer, Peerless, Penny, Pett, Philpot, Pierce, Pieters, Post, Potter, Prigg
Join me - maybe we connect! Find previous surnames on Surnames A-Z
HOW does a person actually see the details on a name? Interested in the Pierce name.
ReplyDeleteShirley
ReplyDeleteAs the last paragraph of my blog post says "To be completely useful any surname list should have a geographic location and a time period. But this is just a fun little exercise and if you spot a name of interest, just let me know and we'll compare dates and locations."
That's where the details are - in my genealogy program :-)
Alice Theodosia Lloyd PIERCE was b Dawson Co. Nebraska ca 1891 to Robert and Minna PIERCE. She married into my VOLLICK family. I have no other info on her. But i have a great deal on the VOLLICK name if that's of interest to you.
Lorine
No, I don't recognize the name Vollick. My Pierce line is connected to Davis, Lundy, Tanner and Tillmans main lines.
ReplyDeleteThank you for responding.
Shirley
P Surnames
ReplyDeletePyle
I have Pierces too... but from Pottstown PA. In my search, I have come across alternate spellings of Pierce as Pearce Pearse. Hope that may be helpful to someone.
ReplyDeleteI have lots of P names listed in my blog at http://familyandmemories.blogspot.com/2018/02/surnames-z-p-names.html. One that people may recognize is Planatagenet.
ReplyDeleteLorine - I have a Parker.