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I am trying to discover the ethnic origin of some people who lived near the division between North and South Carolina in the late 1700s/early 1800s. In the area are families with traditional English names such as William, Elizabeth, and so on, and then there are other families with names like Alafare (f), Reden (m), Shadrack (m), Lot (m), Etheldred (m), Alford (m)
I am guessing that these families came from two different backgrounds and would love to discover what other groups of people used these unusual names.
Can anyone help?