From: "Ross F" <rfullerton_101@hotmail.com> Subject: quick question... Date: 14 February 2005 10:11 I live in Shetland Isles which used to belong to Norway but now Scotland and was wondering since my family has lived here for centuries if theres any Norwegians with the surname "FULLERTON" or if its a British name -ton is not a usdual ending in Norway except for peopel of (say) british descent patronymics lasted longer in Norway than Denamrk (Iceland still uses them) see Danish personal names and naming FAQ http://www.rootsweb.com/~dnkcen/FAQ/names.html for the basics norwegian also used farm names to add to the patronymic The references in the text to Diplomatarium Norvegicum (a collection of medieval charters) Oluf Rygh: Norwegian Farm Names http://www.dokpro.uio.no/rygh_ng/rygh_form.html Those Norwegian names, a little history and tips for online researchers on http://www.norwayheritage.com/ships/ http://www.norwayheritage.com/articles/templates/genealogy.asp?articleid=2&zoneid=2 I will start this section with a little background history. The "first name" was from ancient times and up till about 100 years ago the name of the person. You did not have a surname in the way we have nowadays. The old vikings believed that the child would achieve qualities and protection from what they were named after, like animals and weapons. The old norse names originally consisted of two components, a prefix and a suffix. << just work back step by step http://www.ancestry.co.uk/ Search Results: Fullerton in = Subscription Required (Sign Up!) Your search returned 4,477 matches in the databases below. Census Records 2,325 matches | info 1901 England Census 648 1891 England Census 646 1881 England Census 528 1871 England Census 392 snipped see also http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=5538&p=localities.britisles.scotland.shi.general Search Results: 16 matches for "Fullerton" and http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=an&p=surnames.fullerton Search Results: 25 matches for "Scotland" none for Shetland above all Official government source for Scottish genealogy GROS www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk. Welcome to the official government source of genealogical data for Scotland. ... www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk. worth a week in Edinburgh -cheaper on a day ticket Hugh W