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Over ten years in the making, ""The Blakeneys: An Etymological, Ethnological, and Genealogical Study,"" by award-winning author and historian Lochlainn Seabrook, is the most detailed work ever undertaken on the origins and meaning of the Blakeney surname and family; a classic that will fascinate, educate, and enlighten for generations to come. This international bestselling 400-page chronicle includes not only a comprehensive exploration of the family's beginnings and name, but also a complete Blakeney family tree (beginning with Willihelm de Blakenia, born about 1150), an exhaustive Blakeney Surname Dictionary (that includes all related names), thirty-eight illustrations, the family crest and motto, articles on Blakeney Point (Norfolk) and Lord William Blakeney (1672-1761), information concerning the Blakeney-Blakley Family Association of Canada and the Castleblakeney Development Committee of Ireland, and an in-depth bibliography and index. Foreword is by Ray H. Blakeney, former president of the Blakeney-Blakley Family Association. Lochlainn Seabrook is the winner of the prestigious Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal, awarded by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Known as the ""American Robert Graves"" after his celebrated English cousin, Seabrook is a seventh-generation Kentuckian of Appalachian heritage, the sixth great-grandson of the Earl of Oxford, the twenty-first great-grandson of King Edward I, and the author of over thirty popular books, including: ""Britannia Rules: Goddess-Worship in Ancient Anglo-Celtic Society""; ""The Book of Kelle: An Introduction to Goddess-Worship and the Great Celtic Mother-Goddess Kelle""; ""Abraham Lincoln: The Southern View""; ""The Unquotable Abraham Lincoln""; ""A Rebel Born: A Defense of Nathan Bedford Forrest""; ""The Quotable Jefferson Davis""; ""The Quotable Robert E. Lee""; ""The McGavocks of Carnton Plantation: A Southern History""; ""Nathan Bedford Forrest: Southern Hero, American Patriot""; ""Carnton Plantation Ghost Stories: True Tales of the Unexplained From Tennessee's Most Haunted Civil War House!""; and ""The Caudills: An Etymological, Ethnological, and Genealogical Study.""

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With 'The Blakeneys' Mr. Seabrook, a cousin of the Blakeneys, has done a great service in his excellent research of the Blakeney family name. . . . Mr. Seabrook's book will, I hope, make you feel that a most useful contribution has been made to uncover the mystery of our name. - RAY H. BLAKENEY (former President of the Blakeney-Blakley Family Association, and the author of, 'My Help Comes From Above: Blakeney and Blakey - The History of Chambers Blakely and David Bleakney and Their Neighbours in the 18th Century'). AMAZON REVIEW, FIVE STARS: I have been doing family research for some time and this book really answered a lot of questions and helped me put more branches on my tree. I love how the author, Mr. Seabrook, dissects the surname to find the meaning. Very interesting. - DAWN (Canada). AMAZON REVIEW, FOUR STARS - THE BLAKENEYS : As a Blakeney descendant and amateur genealogist I found it fascinating to learn that we probably originated as Danish Vikings. The etymology is detailed, and can be a stumbling block if the reader is not interested in word origins, but it is important to the understanding of the origins of the Blakeney family. - KAYE T. LEIDY. AMAZON REVIEW, FOUR STARS - A MUST FOR ALL BLAKENEYS : I got this book since my surname is Blakeney. While I have read other things on the origin of the name and knew that the Blakeneys came from Normandy after 1066, it was interesting to find that the name goes back even further and is a true Danish name. - CAPTAIN BILL BLAKENEY. With 'The Blakeneys' Mr. Seabrook, a cousin of the Blakeneys, has done a great service in his excellent research of the Blakeney family name. . . . Mr. Seabrook's book will, I hope, make you feel that a most useful contribution has been made to uncover the mystery of our name. - RAY H. BLAKENEY (former President of the Blakeney-Blakley Family Association, and the author of, 'My Help Comes From Above: Blakeney and Blakey - The History of Chambers Blakely and David Bleakney and Their Neighbours in the 18th Century'). AMAZON REVIEW, FIVE STARS: I have been doing family research for some time and this book really answered a lot of questions and helped me put more branches on my tree. I love how the author, Mr. Seabrook, dissects the surname to find the meaning. Very interesting. - DAWN (Canada). AMAZON REVIEW, FOUR STARS - THE BLAKENEYS : As a Blakeney descendant and amateur genealogist I found it fascinating to learn that we probably originated as Danish Vikings. The etymology is detailed, and can be a stumbling block if the reader is not interested in word origins, but it is important to the understanding of the origins of the Blakeney family. - KAYE T. LEIDY. AMAZON REVIEW, FOUR STARS - A MUST FOR ALL BLAKENEYS : I got this book since my surname is Blakeney. While I have read other things on the origin of the name and knew that the Blakeneys came from Normandy after 1066, it was interesting to find that the name goes back even further and is a true Danish name. - CAPTAIN BILL BLAKENEY.

With 'The Blakeneys' Mr. Seabrook, a cousin of the Blakeneys, has done a great service in his excellent research of the Blakeney family name. . . . Mr. Seabrook's book will, I hope, make you feel that a most useful contribution has been made to uncover the mystery of our name. - RAY H. BLAKENEY (former President of the Blakeney-Blakley Family Association, and the author of, 'My Help Comes From Above: Blakeney and Blakey - The History of Chambers Blakely and David Bleakney and Their Neighbours in the 18th Century'). AMAZON REVIEW, FIVE STARS: I have been doing family research for some time and this book really answered a lot of questions and helped me put more branches on my tree. I love how the author, Mr. Seabrook, dissects the surname to find the meaning. Very interesting. - DAWN (Canada). AMAZON REVIEW, FOUR STARS - THE BLAKENEYS : As a Blakeney descendant and amateur genealogist I found it fascinating to learn that we probably originated as Danish Vikings. The etymology is detailed, and can be a stumbling block if the reader is not interested in word origins, but it is important to the understanding of the origins of the Blakeney family. - KAYE T. LEIDY. AMAZON REVIEW, FOUR STARS - A MUST FOR ALL BLAKENEYS : I got this book since my surname is Blakeney. While I have read other things on the origin of the name and knew that the Blakeneys came from Normandy after 1066, it was interesting to find that the name goes back even further and is a true Danish name. - CAPTAIN BILL BLAKENEY.

With 'The Blakeneys' Mr. Seabrook, a cousin of the Blakeneys, has done a great service in his excellent research of the Blakeney family name. . . . Mr. Seabrook's book will, I hope, make you feel that a most useful contribution has been made to uncover the mystery of our name. - RAY H. BLAKENEY (former President of the Blakeney-Blakley Family Association, and the author of, 'My Help Comes From Above: Blakeney and Blakey - The History of Chambers Blakely and David Bleakney and Their Neighbours in the 18th Century'). AMAZON REVIEW, FIVE STARS: I have been doing family research for some time and this book really answered a lot of questions and helped me put more branches on my tree. I love how the author, Mr. Seabrook, dissects the surname to find the meaning. Very interesting. - DAWN (Canada). AMAZON REVIEW, FOUR STARS - THE BLAKENEYS As a Blakeney descendant and amateur genealogist I found it fascinating to learn that we probably originated as Danish Vikings. The etymology is detailed, and can be a stumbling block if the reader is not interested in word origins, but it is important to the understanding of the origins of the Blakeney family. - KAYE T. LEIDY. AMAZON REVIEW, FOUR STARS - A MUST FOR ALL BLAKENEYS I got this book since my surname is Blakeney. While I have read other things on the origin of the name and knew that the Blakeneys came from Normandy after 1066, it was interesting to find that the name goes back even further and is a true Danish name. - CAPTAIN BILL BLAKENEY.

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Acclaimed neo-Victorian scholar Lochlainn Seabrook, whose literary works range from astronomy to zoology, is one of the most prolific and popular writer-historians in the world today. A descendant of the families of Alexander H. Stephens, John S. Mosby, Edmund W. Rucker, and William Giles Harding, he is known by literary critics as the ""new Shelby Foote"" and the ""American Robert Graves,"" and by his fans as the ""Voice of the Traditional South."" The Sons of Confederate Veterans member is a Kentucky Colonel, a recipient of the prestigious Jefferson Davis Historical Gold Medal, and currently the author and editor of 100 educationally enlightening books for all ages. Described by his readers as ""game changers"" and ""life-altering,"" his voluminous writings have introduced hundreds of thousands to vital facts that have been left out of our mainstream books. A 7th generation Kentuckian of Appalachian heritage and the 6th great-grandson of the Earl of Oxford, Col. Seabrook has a 45-year background in American and Southern history, and is the author of the international blockbuster ""Everything You Were Taught About the Civil War is Wrong, Ask a Southerner!"" For more information or to purchase Colonel Seabrook's books, visit our Webstore: www.SeaRavenPress.com

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