Ancestral and related families of the author Ailcy Dora Dean Smith. She was born in 1930 in Cullman County Alabama. The daughter of Adolphus Smith (b. 1911) and Flora Gladys Moon Smith (b. 1913). She married Luther Allen Cress in 1948. Ancestors lived in Alabama, Georgia, Virginia, South Caroline and elsewhere.

The Reid family immigrated from Scotland about 1745 to Botetourt Co., Virginia and about 1787 to South Carolina.

Traces the origins of nearly 3,000 surnames found on the eastern Canadian island, along with sometimes extensive information on etymology, genealogy, and Newfoundland history. Introduces the alphabetical catalogue with a survey of the history and linguistic origins, which include English, Welsh, Irish, Scottish, French, Syrian, Lebanese, and Micmac. Appends lists of names by frequency and frequency by origin, and surnames recorded before 1700. First published in 1977, reprinted four times, and here revised with additions and corrections and reset in a more convenient format. No index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR