THE BLAKENEYS: AN ETYMOLOGICAL, ETHNOLOGICAL, AND GENEALOGICAL STUDY

AMAZON REVIEW, FIVE STARS: “I have been doing family research for some time and this book, The Blakeneys, really answered a lot of questions and helped me put more branches on my tree. I love how the author, Mr. Seabrook, dissects the surname to find the meaning. Very interesting.” - DAWN

ETSY REVIEW, FIVE STARS: "Above excellent quality - thank you for this amazingly detailed book." - DIANNE

DETAILS

AUTHOR: Lochlainn Seabrook
FOREWORD: Ray H. Blakeney (former president of the Blakeney-Blakley Family Association)CONTENT: adult nonfiction
SUBJECTS: Blakeney family history, English history, Norman history, etymology, genealogy, onomastics
ILLUSTRATED: yes (b/w)
SIZE: 5.5” x 8.5”
LENGTH: 402 pages
COVER: paperback/perfect bound/gloss finish; hardcover/case laminate/matte finish
PUBLISHER: Sea Raven Press
ISBN: 978-0-9827700-6-1 (paperback)
ISBN: 978-1-943737-49-9 (hardcover)

DESCRIPTION

Over a decade in the making, The Blakeneys: An Etymological, Ethnological, and Genealogical Study, by award-winning historian Colonel Lochlainn Seabrook, is the most detailed work ever undertaken on the origins and meaning of the Blakeney surname and family; a classic that will fascinate, educate, and enlighten for generations to come.

This international bestselling chronicle includes not only a comprehensive exploration of the family’s beginnings and name, but also a complete Blakeney family tree (beginning with Willihelm de Blakenia, born about 1150), an exhaustive Blakeney Surname Dictionary (that includes all related names), dozens of illustrations, the family crest and motto, articles on Blakeney Point (Norfolk) and Lord William Blakeney (1672-1761), information concerning the Blakeney-Blakley Family Association of Canada and the Castleblakeney Development Committee of Ireland, and an in-depth bibliography and index.

Col. Seabrook’s The Blakeneys is a must-have for every Blakeney family member, relation, friend, and researcher.