380 Powerful Surnames: Tracing Genealogy and Family Heritage through our Shared Past and Values

Names Are a Gift from the Previous Generation.Our parents give us many gifts.Some gifts are genetic.Some gifts are related to teaching, coaching, and valuable life skills, imparted in person.Some gifts are worldly: wealth and property.The first - and primary - gift is of life itself.But the second gift that we all receive is that of our name.Names are powerful.Our names are a gift from our parents, and surnames are a common thread that link us to a long and distinguished past.We should celebrate them, honor them, and try to live up to the tradition that our ancestors were a part of.Have you ever wondered about which the most common surnames are? This book will take you on a journey through some of these powerful surnames, and give you a thorough mental workout while you're on the ride, too After completing the different puzzles in this book (in multiple formats) you will experience the following benefits:1. Deep insight into the biggest (sur)names of all time: What's in a name? A lot This book is primarily a puzzle book, but it can also be viewed as a repository or a database of important surnames over American history, and particularly in the modern age. This is an encyclopedia of important names and surnames, and is an essential part of Americana.2. A thorough mental workout: Coupled with your knowledge of prominent surnames of American families, there is a second key success factor for you to get the most out of this book - being mentally alert and gifted with words and their manipulation. The word puzzles in this book are of many different types and have been sorted into many different levels of difficulty, so you will be able to scale up at your own pace.3. Complete flexibility: This book lets you ease in - there are multiple correct answers, many different categories of questions (so that you can attempt as many or as few as you want, at the pace you want), and a very large pool of questions, so that you can use it to get through a very large number of rainy days, or travel days. Flexibility means that you can customize this book to your own requirements.This is both a reference book and a puzzle book, and you will definitely be able to gain a lot from it, and gain both mentally and spiritually, and grow as a person.Have fun