The one name interests boards are intended for posts about any particular surnames you may be interested in, nation. or world-wide. Please provide as much detail on the surname you are interested in such as areas covered and dates and as many christian names as possible.
If you are only interested in the occurrences of the name in a particular county, please place your topic on the relevant county board.
You may also be interested in registering your search with the
Guild of One Name Studies (GOONS) Information:
When a researcher registers a particular surname with the Guild of One-Name Studies, they agree to:
a) Collect all references to the registered sumame(s) on a world-wide basis.
b) Agree to deal with all reply-paid enquiries and emails pertaining to that registered surname.
But first of all they must collect:a)
All entries from indexes to births, marriages and deaths at either the Family Records Centre, London, New Register House, Edinburgh, the CRO Belfast or ORG Dublin, and/or equivalent record offices elsewhere.
b)
All entries from published will indexes, together with the information given in those wills and letters of administration.
c)
All entries from the International Genealogical index and a substantial body of entries from relevant parish registers
d)
All entries from the appropriate county histories and the publications of the local historical and antiquarian societies and from census indexes
Plus A survey of telephone directories to give a rough idea of present day population distribution.
All the above is a
minimum requirement to join the Guild.
A one-namer collects all occurrences of a surname, as opposed to a particular pedigree (ancestors of one person) or descendancy (descendants of one person or couple).
Before you do all that back breaking research – see if someone has already done it for you by visitingwww.one-name.organd checking their 7000 plus name Index to see if a member has registered the surname you are interested in, and it is the subject of a one name study on a world-wide basis.
“The Information above has been taken from the Guild of One-Name Studies Literature”