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[Surname] Re: Meaning of my surname

by Andy ;—) (guest)

1/21/2005, 2:44 AM

in reply to a message by Joshua Nance

Check this:

http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?sourcecode=13304&html=b&fn=&ln=Nance&submit.x=0&submit.y=0

http://www.ancestry.com/search/SurnamePage.aspx?ln=Nantz&fn=&sourcecode=13304&html=b

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- Jim Young (guest)

1/22/2005, 6:21 AM

This is from the Cornish NANS, meaning "valley." There are four places in Cornwall named Nance.