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Whilst I’m not one to make New Years Resolutions, I do have a few things I plan to identify (within the family tree) in 2008. These include : Focus on 7 generations : I plan to focus my attention on…
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Posted 04 Feb 04 by Scott Andrew Bird. Filed in name origins.
An English place name for the man who lived near the stone cross set up by the roadside or marketplace, from Old Norse 'Kross'. Variations are Cruse, Cruise, Crouch, Crutch, Crutcher, Crossley, Norcross.
Cognitives include De(la)Croix, Croix , (French); Croux , Lacroux, Lacrouts, De(la)croux (Provencal); Croce , DellaCroce, Croci (Italian); Cruz (Spanish); Kreutzer, Kreuziger (German); Vercruysse (Flemish), Krzyzaniak (Polish), and Van der Kruijs (Dutch).
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Welcome to the Family Tree of noted Australian writer and photographer Scott Andrew Bird. Here you'll find a number of fascinating aspects to this ever-growing database, including :
- the tree itself (currently produced using Reunion and The Next Generation)
- Scott Andrew Bird's Ahnentafel (the first 20 generations, anyway)
- links to various genealogy articles by this site's authors
- an index of surnames found in the abovementioned tree, and their origins
- overviews of the key locations lived in by the families in this tree
- overviews of the key occupations held by people in this tree
- photographs of many family members
Additionally, there are a great many certificates, grave photos and other source material which is freely available to other people researching the same family lines. Send me an email or leave a comment on this site.
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