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Surname Definition: See Family Crest below.

Origins: An Anglo-Saxon surname from Northumberland, England.

Alternate Spellings: SHORTHALLS, SHORTALS, SHORTALL, SHOTTALL, SHOTTALS, SHORTELLS, SHORTELL, SHORTHILL, SHOTTHAUGH, SHOTTER, SHORTER, and others.

Surnames sharing the Rootsweb Soundex Code: SARTOR, SCHRADER, SCHRODER, SCHROEDER, SCHURTER, SHORTER, SHORTRIDGE, SHRADER, SORTORE.

Surnames sharing the GenesReunited NameX Code: SHORTER, CHARTERED, CHARTERIS, CHERTERIS, SHARDER, SHARPTER, SHARTZER, SHERTLER, SHERTZER, SHIRDER, SHIRTSER.

Other Resources

• Family Crest and Name History
• SHORTER Family Genealogy Forum
• SHOTTER Family Genealogy Forum
• RootsWeb's World Connect Project
• Personal Websites at Rootsweb for SHORTER
• Rootsweb Messageboards
• 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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NEW ZEALAND: Stephen HUGHES and Elizabeth CHEESMAN arriv 1874 ex England ... UPDATED
by allycat on 2006-12-30 23:42:08. page views: 1468, comments: 7