Welcome to the HERD Genealogy

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Rightly and Wisely

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Herd Information
Variations include: Herd, Herde, Heard, Hird, Hirde, Hurd, Hurde, Hyrd & Hyrde.
(source: A Dictionary of English & Welsh Surnames, Genealogical Publishing Company, ISBN 0-80-630022-1)

First found in Suffolk where they were seated from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.. Early records of the surname include:

William le Hurde (Somerset, Kirby's Quest - Edward III (1042-1066))

Robert le Hirde (Suffolk, 1273)

Richard le Herde (Cambridge, 1273)

David le Hyrde (Norfolk, 1273)

(source: http://www.heritagestores.com/)
(source: A Dictionary of English & Welsh Surnames, Genealogical Publishing Company, ISBN 0-80-630022-1)

Our oldest known progenitor (ancestor/forefather) on the HERD patriline is William Henry HERD (b. 16/08/1809 at Saint Mary, Newington, Surrey, England). William's father was Charles Richard HERD and his mother was Mary Jane (surname unknown). William was a messenger in Walworth, London, England. He married Martha TALMAGE on 28/06/1830 at Holy Trinity, Newington, Surrey, England.

The English (chiefly southwest) surname is derived from the occupational name for a tender of animals, normally a cowherd or shepherd; from Middle English herde (Old English hi(e)rde).
(source: Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4)


Famous (and infamous) Herds in History
No known nobility or notoriety - but any information will be more than welcome!


Useful Genealogical Links

UK National Archives	http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Ancestry.co.uk	http://www.ancestry.co.uk/
RootWeb.com	http://www.rootsweb.com/
Latter Day Saints	http://www.familysearch.org/
UK & Ireland Genealogy	http://www.genuki.org.uk/
Passenger Lists	http://www.ancestorsonboard.com/
Cyndi's List	http://www.cyndislist.com/

Technical
The Herd Genealogy is maintained on a Brothers Keeper v6.2 btrieve database (http://www.bkwin.net/) by Jenny Osborne (herd.genealogy@gmail.com). This data is exported into the GEDCOM (GEnealogical Data COMmunication) file format (v5.5 standard), which is then converted into HTML (v4.01 standard) using GED-GEN v1.7 (http://www.ged-gen.com/) and uploaded to/published on our homepage, which is hosted on an Apache 2.0 Web Server. This website is optomised for Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5/6.0 and Netscape Navigator 6.0. Individual and Group Images have been re-sized at 75x100 and 400x300 pixels respectively, but you can email a request for the source image files (at higher/full resolution).


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