[Steppes] Fw: name search

[Esther]

Does these help?
   
  http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~rcchurch/selwyn.htm
   
  In summary, it's supposed to be Anglo-Saxon, but the person used as an example in this geneology page, is from the Victorian era.
   
  http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=selwyn
   
  Supposed to be the etymology of the name, don't know the support, but a good place to start by proving / disproving what they say.
   
  http://beckford.c18.net/wbredding1-1.html
   
  An example of Selwyn as a last name in period in England (Richard III / Henry VII). Bodes well for it being used as a first name earlier in period.
   
  http://www.gic.co.uk/ebhistory.htm
   
  Official UK place history, documenting Selwyn as a place name, and its connections to people in period.
   
  Doing a quick search through things SCA, Selwyn (aka Selwin) is used in registered SCA names as a first and a last name. These superficial sources indicate that Selwyn followed a typical pattern of a first name in early period that translated into a frozen patronymic that became a last name. Hopefully, this is enough background to faciliate serious research -- pointers, if you will.
   
  Esther

Chiara Francesca <chiara.francesca at gmail.com> wrote:
  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michelle Dodd" 
To: ; 
Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 11:13 PM
Subject: name search


>I am trying to find information on the name Selwyn for a friend. Please 
>contact me off list if you can suggest where I can look. We are not sure of 
>language, country or time period.
>
> Thanks
> Lady Gabriele
>
> 
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