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- Surnames A-Z - Guild of One-Name Studies
Each of the surnames listed is the subject of a one-name study carried out by a Guild member and links to our full search results for that study If the results include a study profile, the link is shown with a light grey background
- Results - Guild of One-Name Studies
You may find our other Guild websites of interest: Members’ Websites Program Surname Cloud Guild Members’ records on FamilySearch Guild Marriage Locator
- Top 500 names - Guild of One-Name Studies
Top 500 names Surnames 1-500 This list was supplied by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) It is taken from a survey of the National Health Service Central Register This is a database of circa 60 million names of those who were registered with the NHS in 1991, and subsequent registrations
- Guild of One-Name Studies – One-name studies, Genealogy
One-name studies, GenealogyFamily historians generally research their ancestors as far back as possible, collecting names and information on everyone related to them A one-name study is rather different It concentrates on those with a single surname, even if they are not related Researchers often start by following a single line of their own family, but move on to collecting information on
- Surnames
See also the page on Variant and deviant surnames There are eight main types of surname: Locative : derives from the place where someone came from or lived This is the most common type of surname in England Sub-categories of locative are: Topographical : derived from a distinctive geographical feature, e g Green, Hill, Langridge, Townsend
- Surnames (article library) - Guild of One-Name Studies
Below are 5 articles with information on the topic of surnames, including the role of the surname in Y-DNA projects, and determining the population for your surname in England and Wales
- Surnames A-E - Guild of One-Name Studies
The Guppy-Addison list of local English surnames A-E
- Free Booklet on Researching Surnames
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