Submitted by the Pastfinders of South Lake
What’s In a Name? – Have you ever thought about the origin of your family name? Not like the location or ethnicity, but why does your family have that last name? A family name is sometimes given to a family as a result of your ancestor’s occupation. Surnames were not “invented” until the 15th century and some individuals may have been called by default by their profession. If a family of blacksmiths lived in a town, they could be known as the Smiths family. It’s possible Mr. Fletcher made arrows for hunting. The townspeople may have referred to the carpenter as Sawyer. Please join Pastfinders as they welcome Tom Wilcox to Pastfinders Presents Genealogy Occupations a look into Surnames.
The presentation will be on November 11th at 6 pm on Zoom. The portal will be open at 5:30 pm for announcements. For a Zoom link, please visit https://PastfinderSLC.Org to register. Tom Wilcox recently retired from Lake County Library Systems where he served as a genealogy librarian and taught classes at the Leesburg City Public Library. “LIKE” Pastfinders on Facebook PastfindersOfSL to keep up to date on other events.
Link to Register – https://tinyurl.com/Nov11th530PMOccupationsSurname
