Contents or Abstract: '; “...Hispanic surnames : Demographics: twentieth-century development of Hispanic surnames ; The history of surnames ; Surnames and heraldry ; One thousand most common surnames ; IGHL's Hispanic surname study -- 1500 surnames: alphabetical listing -- Major research sources for Hispanic research -- Spanish surnames for which there exist histories or historical sketches in the United States and Latin America -- Bibliography of family histories in the United States and Latin America -- Appendix 1 : Spanish personal names -- Appendix 2 : 1980 census list of Spanish surnames -- Appendix 3 : Garcia Carraffa's Enciclopedia heráldica y genealógica -- Appendix 4 : Julio de Atienza's Nobiliario Español: diccionario heráldico de apellidos Españoles y de títulos nobiliarios -- Appendix 5 : Luis Vilar y Pascual's Diccionario histórico, genealógico y heráldico de las familias ilustres de la monarquía Española....”

Contents or Abstract: '; “...The Public Library of Cincinnati (p. 132) ; 7. The Family History Library and its Branch Family History Centers (p. 133) ; 8. ...”