The roots Surname

roots Name Meaning and History

English: patronymic from Root 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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roots Family Facts

Distribution of roots Families in the US in 1920

Number of roots families

11-20

4-10

1-3

Compiled by Ancestry.co.uk from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 36 - Messages: 69

Thread	Author	Replies
Root - Roots Surname PROJECT	Gabora	0
Obituary for John Roots, b. 1811 Halling, Kent, England s/o Thomas Roots & Jane Holland; d. 1895 Nemaha Co. KS	Kim Baker	2
Elmyra Roots/Rook -- Kentucky/Illinois	Karin777	3
ROOTS, Lucy E. (Lowers)	rwelgin1	0
Charles and Amelia Roots, William Roots, William Searls	SBrennan1	0
Edward ROOTS, Kent	cazman61	2
Roots/WaldoMi.	cindyschlarb_1	0
waldo/roots	eglucindaschlarb	0
Richard Roots & Mary Biggs - Kent area	rbroad126	1
Roots from Hadlow / Maidstone, Kent	laj89	0

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