Where Can I Find My Last Name's Heritage?

Question

My Last Name Is Post

Where could i find it's heritage **for free**

Answer 1

You can begin by looking in a dictionary of American family names.  There you'll probably learn the national origin of the name and its meaning.  After that, you'll probably need to trace your own line to learn about the individual heritage of that name.  

Just don't be conned into buying one of those "family heritage" books!  They make it sound as if the book contains all sorts of information about your family, and it turns out to have a discussion of the origin of last names in general, along with telephone directory listings of people with that name, who may or may not be related.

Answer 2

This information came from www.ancestry.com

Post Name Meaning and History

North German, Danish, and Dutch: topographic name for someone who lived near a post or pole (Middle Low German, Middle Dutch post, from Latin postis), presumably one of some significance, e.g. serving as a landmark or boundary, or a habitational name from any of several places in northern Germany called Post, probably from this word.

North German: occupational name for a mounted messenger or courier Middle Low German post.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name for a mailman, from German Post ‘mail’.

Probably an altered spelling of German Pfost.

Hope this helps.