I have always looked for information about my surname and when i saw this
it was a must have, of course i knew it would be just a cookie cutter book with odd bits of information thrown in but with a name as rare as mine it would probably be usefull for me.
The book is quite a good read with bits about the general history of the UK at the time, the facts about the family name are pretty much pulled from Ancestry.co.uk (including the fact that the Wankling family disapear from Nottingham in 1861 due to census transcription errors!) but its good to see my name in print as one of the only Wanklings married between 1986 and 2005. Overall i think if you have a rare name and are just getting in to geneaology or you are looking for a neat gift for someone then looking on amazon for the Name in History series of books is a good idea.
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