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| Posted by: Macfive 12-Apr-2007, 07:25 PM |
| Background: The famous literary and artistic family of Yeats, which had formerly been in Dublin, settled in County Sligo at the end of the seventeenth century. There are a number of families of Yates and Yeates elsewhere unconnected with them. The name means dweller by the gate. Variations: Yeates, Yeats, Yates. More Info: http://heraldry.celticradio.net/search.php?id=140 Discussion of this family is welcomed. |
| Posted by: 0Ash0Tree0 09-Feb-2008, 06:16 PM |
| Cool. My family are Yates from Cornwall, England. Wonder if there's a connection? |