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Project Fifty One-Name Study Goal: Search the Guild of One-Name Studies to see if a study has been done on one of your surnames. If not, find a surname-relevant site. The has long fascinated me. This organization researches all occurrences of a surname. As the site says, “Some ‘one-namers’ restrict their research geographically, perhaps to one country, but true one-namers collect all occurrences worldwide.” That means if I were to do a Hendrickson one-name study I’d be researching all occurrences of the Hendrickson surname, regardless of pedigree (the lines of descent). Currently there are over 2,500 surname studies with a further 6,000+ name variants. You can freely search the site to see if one of your surnames is a part of a one-name study. If one of your surnames isn’t registered, you can do so by joining the Guild. You can also read this to find out how to search the One-Name Studies using the FamilySearch.org website. You’ll need to join the Guild in order to access the records that members have posted. Here’s a sample of what you might expect to find. This one is for the surname Dashwood. Figure Surname Dashwood, Guild of One-Name Studies I’m also going to suggest checking to track down other people researching your surname; you may not find a one-name study but you’ll probably find another family researcher! Hint: If you don’t find your surname listed on a specific surname site in CyndisList, use the search box at the top right of the page. This will search the entire site rather than simply the Website Name.
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