B9: How can I find out what my family name means?

There are books that you can find in your library or which you can purchase which may have information about what your family name means.

Our Italian Surnames

• Joseph G. Fucilla
• Chandler's Inc
• Evanston, ILL. 1949
• CS 2715.F8
• Reprint/Baltimore: Genalogical Publishing Co. 1987

I Cognome degli Ebrai d'Italia (Names of Jewish Origin)

• Samuele Schaert
• Firenze: Casa Editrice Israel1925

Dizionario dei Cognomi Italiani

• Emidio DeFelice
• Milan: Arnoldo Mondadori, 1978