[antir-heralds] book reliability check

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James D Sena wrote:
> I was given two books on names, and was wondering about how reliable 
> they are:
> 
> Book of Irish Names - First, Family and Place names - by Ronan Coghlan, 
> Ida Grehan & P.W. Joyce

Pretty bad. I have this and it's nearly useless.
>  
> 
> The Origin and Signification of Scottish Surnames - by Clifford Stanley Sims

I don't have this one, but the Annotated Name Book list says "Very few 
dates and many errors. Not very useful. Not recommended."

The Annotated Name Book List is very handy in general: 
http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/Annotatedname.html

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