family roots genealogy

 

welsh lady taking tea in the traditional costume of Wales

Family Roots

Axbridge

Bridgend

Inverness

Meseritz

Kolo

Wiveliscombe

Scots piper in kilt

 

Just a few of my family roots.

sheep on the brendon hills Somerset farm worker with shire horse

adolf hitler strasse meseritz

 

Haines Family Roots : Old Picture Postcards from England, Wales, Scotland

Two possible origins for the surname Haines (Haynes) as found in Europe.

Haines (Old English / Germanic) A dweller near the wood, forest, thicket, grove, enclosures.

Haines (Old Nordic) From the word hegn, meaning a forest clearing or hedged enclosure. 

Magnus Haines 2007