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Surname Definition: See Family Crest below.

Origins: France - old Languedoc name.

Alternate Spellings: BES, BESSE, BESE, BEZ, BEC, BECE, BECCE, BESSES, BESS, BEST, BESTE, BEZE, BAIZ, BAIZE, BAISE, BAISSE, BAISSES, LEBES, LEBESSE, LEBESE, LEBEZ, LEBEC, LEBECE, LEBECCE, LEBESSES, LEBESS, LEBEST, LEBESTE, LEBET, LEBETT, LEBETTE, DEBEZE, DEBAIZ, DEBAIZE, DEBAISE, DEBAISSE, DEBAISSES, DEBES, DEBESSE, DEBESE, DEBEZ, DEBEC, DEBECE, DEBECCE, DEBESSES, DEBESS, DEBEST, DEBESTE, DEBET, DEBETT, DEBUS, and others.

Surnames sharing the Rootsweb Soundex Code: DABBS, DAVES, DAVIES, DAVIS, DEBUSK, DEVOS, DOBBS, DUBOIS, DUBOSE, DUBUC, DUPES, DUPUIS.

Surnames sharing the GenesReunited NameX Code: DEBUS, DEBOO, DEB, DABS, DEBOE, DEBENS, DEBOW, DEBBO, DEBOOGH, DEBUSSEY, DABBES.

Other Resources

• Family Crest
• BEST Family Genealogy Forum
• DEBUS Family Genealogy Forum
• RootsWeb's World Connect Project
• Rootsweb Messageboards DEBUS - See also Debusk / DeBusschere / DeBussey / DeBussy
• 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

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