Surname Definition: See Family Crest below.

Origins: An ancient Anglo Saxon surname.

Alternate Spellings: LIGHT, LYTE, LITE, and others.

Surnames sharing the Rootsweb Soundex Code: LASSIAT, LAST, LEGATE, LEGGATT, LEGGETT, LEIST, LIGATE, LIGGETT, LIGHT, LIST, LOCHHEAD, LOCKETT, LOCKWOOD, LUCADO, LUCID, LUCKETT, LUST.

Surnames sharing the GenesReunited NameX Code:

Other Resources

• Family Crest and Name History
• LIGHT Family Genealogy Forum
• LICHT Family Genealogy Forum
• RootsWeb's World Connect Project
• Rootsweb Messageboards
• Personal Web Sites at RootsWeb - LIGHT
• Ancestry.co.uk Global Search Results
• USA Death Records
• TribalPages
• GeneaNet
• GenCircles
• 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
• 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
• Australian Obituaries

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