Surname Distribution Maps: Difference between revisions

''[[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]]&nbsp; [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[United States]]&nbsp; [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[United States Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]&nbsp; [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]&nbsp; [[Surname_Distribution_Maps|Surname Distribution Maps]]'' <br><br>[[Image:{{surnamemap}}]] Sometimes it is possible to guess where an immigrant originated through [[Surname_Distribution_Maps|surname distribution maps]]. These maps graphically display locations where&nbsp;surnames occurred at different periods in time. This strategy provides genealogists with a starting point for research in the birth country, when that information cannot be discovered through sources recorded in the new country of settlement. It works particularly well for less-common surnames and among families that have stayed in the same European locations for centuries.