Surname Definition: See Family Crest below.

Origins: Northumberland, England AND Scotland.

Alternate spellings: LAW, LAWE, LAWS, LAWES, also possibly see LOW, LOWE, and others.

Surnames sharing the Rootsweb Soundex Code: LAHEY, LAHUE, LAU, LAW, LAY, LEA, LEAHEY, LEAHY, LEE, LEU, LEY, LIHOU, LOE, LOEWE, LOW, LOWE, LOY.

Surnames sharing the GenesReunited NameX Code: LAW, LAAW, LAWCE, LAWDE, LAWED, LAWFE, LAWKE, LAWKS, LAWME, LAWNE, LAAUWE.

Other Resources

• Family Crest and Name History
• LAW Family Genealogy Forum
• LOWE Family Genealogy Forum
• LOW Family Genealogy Forum
• Personal websites at Rootsweb LAW
• Over 58,000 records for LAW in family trees at RootsWeb's World Connect Project
• Rootsweb Messageboards LAW - see also LAWALL, LAWARE, LAWAS, LAWCOCK, LAWDAY, LAWDER, LAWDERBRUN, LAWE
• Ancestry.co.uk Global Search Results LAW
• Over 8,300 search results for LAW in the USA Death Records
• Over 1,800 search results for LAW at TribalPages
• Over 5,200 records for LAW at GeneaNet
• Over 14,900 search results for LAW at GenCircles
• Well over 300 search results for LAW at GenesReunited $
• FamilySearch - The largest collection of free family history, family tree and genealogy records in the world
• Answers.com – The world’s greatest encyclodictionalmanacapedia
• Search Wikipedia – the free encyclopaedia
• DeadFred – Genealogy photo archive
• AncientFaces – Family Treasures
• Linkpendium
• Family Tree DNA
• Up to 4,210 records for LAW in the Debt of Honour List - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
• RootsChat – Genealogy, Family History, Local History, Messaging Forum and more
• CertificateSharing – free sharing of Birth, Baptism, Marriage and Death Certificates in English language only
• Access Genealogy’s Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania search engine
• History of Australia by the Eureka Council
• The Ryerson Index to Contemporary Death Notices and Obituaries in Australian Newspapers
• Australian Dictionary of Biography
• National Archives of Australia
• State Records Office, New South Wales, Australia
• Public Record Office, Victoria, Australia
• Archives of New Zealand
• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
• The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand
• Auckland City Libraries – family history resources, New Zealand
• Dictionary of Canadian Biography online
• Search Family Home Pages at FamilyTreeMaker
• Search Encyclopaedia Titanica – Titanic Passenger and Crew Research
• SurnameNavigator.org - Genealogy Search Engine
• CinnamonToastGenealogy
• FamilyHistory.com
• CousinConnect.com
• KindredKonnections.com
• SurnameWeb.org
• Olive Tree Genealogy - Search free genealogy databases for your ancestors
• GenealogyTrails.com - United States of America - Finding ancestors wherever their trails led
• Worldwide Cemetery Records Online - Internment.net

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