[ANSTHRLD] Don't use these books

[doug bell]

We are getting more documentation from sources that are
trash so I thought is wise to list them.

For web pages to avoid see the list at:
http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/arval/badpages.shtml

Role playing game and name your baby sites are the
worst offenders.

If you have one of these evil works in your local library
do not read it, document anything with it, or even let
innocent submitters near it.  Many of these are a
waste of a good tree.

Arthur, Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names "[Arthur] is
not a reliable source, being a rather old volume of the `what to name your
baby'and `what does you family name mean' variety." (LoAR 30 Apr 89, p. 2)

Coghlan, Ronan, Irish First Names "Coghlan is extremely untrustworthy and
should not be used." (Talan Gwynek, Millrind, Vol. VIII, Issue 2, p. 3)

Coghlan, Ronan, Ida Grehan and P.W. Joyce, Book of Irish Names "The Book of
Irish Names is an abysmal SCA source, particularly its discussion of first
names, which is a description of modern (20th century) Irish naming
practices." (Ensign [Cateline de la Mor la souriete] LoC, 17 February 1996)

Dellquest, Augustus Wilfrid, These Names of Ours: A Book of Surnames (New
York: Thomas Y. Crowell) "Please add Augustus Wilfrid Dellquest's These
Names of Ours: A Book of Surnames... to the list of books that are not
acceptable as documentation." (LoAR 16 Sep 1995, p. 10)

Dunkling, Leslie and William Gosling, The New American Dictionary of First
Names "The focus of the book is on recent English and American usage, which
reduces its usefulness to us..." (Cover Letter 29 Sep 85, p. 3)

Hanks and Hodges, Dictionary of First Names "Very few of the entries have
dates of any kind. There are many modern forms included in the entries.
There are even, as there are in many general works of this kind, some
errors, sometimes quite glaring." (LoAR Nov 1994, p. 20)

Hanks and Hodges, Dictionary of Surnames "Very few of the entries have dates
of any kind. There are many modern forms included in the entries. There are
even, as there are in many general works of this kind, some errors,
sometimes quite glaring." (LoAR Nov 1994, p. 20)

Kolatch, Alfred J., The Jonathan David Dictionary of First Names "Kolatch,
... is notorious for its lack of interest in drawing distinctions between
traditional
and modern names. (LoAR 25 Jan 87, p. 19). "As has been noted before,
Kolatch is a modern baby-name book, and as a source of information is
completely unreliable." (LoAR 18 May 86, p. 11)

Loughead, Flora Gaines, Dictionary of Given Names "[I]t is worthless for our
purposes." (LoAR 16 Sep 95, p. 8). "[Loughead] is very unreliable." (LoAR 29
Apr 90, p.15)

Partridge, Eric, Name This Child: A Dictionary of Modern British and
American Given or Christian Names "Virtually no dates are given for any
names, which is problematic for our purposes..." (LoAR 31 Mar 90, p.3)

Smith, Elsdon, New Dictionary of American Family Names "Elsdon Smith's New
Dictionary of American Family Names [is] a most untrustworthy source." (LoAR
Aug 92, p. 23)

Wells, Evelyn, A Treasury of Names (also published under the title What to
Name the Baby "Wells ... is not a very good source." (LoAR 26 Mar 89, p. 1)

Yonge, Charlotte, History of Christian Names "Yonge is no longer considered
a trustworthy source. Her main strength is the breadth of languages she
covered; for many of those languages (including French) she has been
superceded by by far more reliable works." (LoAR Sep 92, p. 6)

The New Age Baby Name Book

Theresa Norman, Names through the Ages "The name lists are utterly
unreliable." (Tangwystyl verch Morgant Glasvryn, SCAHRLDS)

Hopefully this will prevent someone's name from getting
returned.

Magnus

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