Names, names, names! Some references from Missing Links Curious where other people with your surname live in the United States? There is a database on the Web with 50,000 of the most common U.S. surnames at this website: <http://hamrick.com/names/> The top 50 surnames of England and Wales are listed at: <http://www.fairacre.demon.co.uk/England-Surnames/Top50.htm> Check out An Onomastikon (Dictonary of Names) <http://www.fairacre.demon.co.uk/>. This collection of names around the world entertains and educates. Larger libraries usually have several surname dictionaries. Peruse them all. A DICTIONARY OF SURNAMES, by Hanks and Hodges, is helpful, but not all American surnames appear in it. Be sure to check its index where you will find, for example, the surname Eyers referenced to Ayer. Then look up Ayer in the main section for information. For those with suspected German names, consult GERMAN-AMERICAN NAMES, by George F. Jones, and see Elsdon C. Smith's NEW DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN FAMILY NAMES.