Blakeney/Blakney Book Revised & Updated March 2002
I’m the Director of the New England Blakeney Family Tree Project.I’d like to announce that I have revised and updated my book, entitled:
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THE BLAKENEYS: AN ETYMOLOGICAL AND ETHNOLOGICAL STUDY
Unveiling the Mysterious Origins of the Blakeney Family and Name
Includes a Blakeney Family Tree, Maps, Photos, and Documents, and Additional Material on Blakeney Place-names, Blakeney Spelling Variations, and the Surname Blake
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Book description: A comprehensive new examination of the origins of the Blakeney family and name (also includes dozens of similar surnames that are either related to, or have been confused with, Blakeney and Blake over the past 1,000 years).Overturns a number of erroneous “traditions” regarding the emergence and development of the Blakeneys.Contains a 24-generation Blakeney Family Tree, a Blakeney name dictionary (listing all known spelling variations), Blakeney articles, detailed maps, gravestones, Blakeney Coat of Arms, Blakeney Motto, Blakeney organizations, detailed footnotes, exhaustive index, complete bibliography, and more.Most of Dr. Seabrook's material on the Blakeneys is completely new and original, and has never been made available to the public before.Preface by Ray H. Blakeney, former President of The Blakeney/Blakley Family Association in Nova Scotia.
Categories: non-fiction, genealogy, history, etymology, ethnology.
Soft-cover
Spiral bound
Self-published
138 pages
Written not only for Blakeney family members and relations, as well as Blakeney genealogists and researchers, but also for the casual reader and serious scholar.
Many hundreds of copies have been sold worldwide.
From the back cover:
“Thoroughly-researched, well-written, easy to read, and yet extensive in scope (with footnotes that are often as engrossing as the book itself), Dr. Seabrook has combined history with genealogy in a detailed and absorbing narrative of encyclopedic proportions.In a word, ‘The Blakeneys: An Etymological and Ethnological Study,’ is a must-read for anyone who is, knows, or loves a Blakeney!”
(Marie Blakeney, 10th great-granddaughter of Launcelot Blakeney (c. 1555-c. 1595), of Norfolk County, England.)
Cost for one copy within USA, $34.95.This price includes postage and handling (there are no other costs).
Cost for one copy outside USA, $39.95.This price includes postage and handling (there are no other costs).
Types of payment accepted: check or credit card (MasterCard, Visa, Discover, American Express only).
If you have any questions, or if you’d like to place an order, please e-mail me at the address below.
Dr. Seabrook
Director of the New England Blakeney Family Tree Project
E-mail: [email protected]
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