HEIMLICH (German) Dweller at the private or secluded home. MEIGGS ? LEVEY (Hebrew, English) Variation of LEVY, LEVEE, descendant of Levi. ---Source: New Dictionary of American Family Names by Elsdon C. Smith. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- MATCHETTA - couldn't find the name as given but did find: \ MATCHETT (N. Irish) Of uncertain origin, possibly a diminutive of "Matthew". The surname "Matches" is found in the Orkney and Shetland islands, and was formerly used as a given name there; it has been supposed to derive from a Scandinavian form of "Matthew". ---Source: A Dictionary of Surnames by Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges. Barbara MiloVomDuchess@aol.com wrote: > Hello, would someone please look up the meanings > and origins of these 4 surnames for me? > 1. Heimlich > 2. Meiggs > 3. Levey > 4. Matchetta > Thank You Very >Much, > Millie > N.J. > > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > >