About the work

A closer look.

Give me one name. I trace it to its real root: the language it came from, what it meant before it was a surname, and the places it moved. You get a written trace with the sources I actually used, and a plain note on where the record runs out. No invented ancestry, no coat of arms, no flattery. If the trail goes cold after two lines, I tell you that instead of filling the gap. Good for a family name nobody ever explained, a name you are choosing, or one you are deciding whether to keep.