German American NAMES 2nd Edition by George F. Jones  

"German-American Names is a treasure-trove of information about surnames. More than 200 pages of definitions are here, but much more interesting is the 60 pages of introduction, which will tell you more about surnaming than you've ever found in so short a pace. And tell it with both style and humor....Each paragraph of the book's introduction is numbered. Most of the thousands of definitions contain one or more numbers keyed to those introductory paragraphs that explain the appropriate secrets of German surnaming....For a book that seems to be just a dictionary, German-American Names is a surprise - it is a very readable gem, both informative and fun." - National Genealogical Society Bulletin Board