J can stand for so many things, and usually in genealogy it stands for large groups of people: Jews, Jesuits, or Jehovah's Witnesses! There are also the Jacobites, who favoured James II as the 'true' King of Scotland - I'm sure you have all at least heard of the Battle of the Boyne and the Battle of Culloden. If you haven't - Google is your friend! (Other search engines are available). There are other groups of people who 'begin' with the letter J: individuals in a Surname Study. There are three J studies in the Surname Society's list:
To contact any of these Surname Studiers, please visit the Surname Study website at https://surname-society.org
© Ros Haywood
School of Surnames
Next week's letter is 'K'. Has anybody got any interesting snippets that marry up K with surname studies? If so, please send them to Ros Haywood at sos [at] surname-society.org
letter J courtesy of openclipart.org