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Display and print maps for any surname or forename.

The British 19th Century Surname Atlas is a fully interactive CD product that allows you to plot floodfill-style distribution maps for all of the surnames and forenames found in the 1881 census of England, Scotland and Wales.

Using the program is simplicity itself: just insert the CD in your drive and wait for it to load. Then enter a surname in the data entry box and hit enter.

A map for that surname appears almost instantly, similar to the example shown here for the surname. These are some of its features:

Plot any of the 400,000+ surnames & variants that appear in the 1881 census. In many cases the maps will indicate the probable geographical origin of a surname.

Similarly plot any of the 160,000+ forenames, and view their popularity through time.

Aggregate data by county or poor law union. Plot data as actual numbers, or a density (per 100,000 of the population).

Include any collection of name variants on each map.

Investigate surname elements using wildcards (e.g. *thorpe)

Show one or four surname maps at any one time.

Zoom and pan the maps to frame exactly the area you want to see.

Configure colours schemes, boundaries & numeric ranges.

Print maps, or export to the Windows clipboard.

System Requirements: PC running Windows 95 or later (including XP), CD drive, 16Mb memory, screen set to 800x600 pixels or greater, and colours set to 256 or more.

Review published in Family Tree magazine September 2003