Guild of One-Name Studies
One-name studies, Genealogy
Study: Bootes
Variants: Boots
Category: 3 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is well under way on a global basis.
Website: www.bootesgowland.info/tree/bootesgowland
DNA website: www.familytreedna.com/public/Bootes
Contact: Mr Paul Bootes
The name has nothing to do with the astronomical constellation Boötes.
Analysis of Civil Registration of births from 1837 to 2004 shows an average of only 3 BOOTES and 7 BOOTS per year. The censuses show Bootes to be about 3 persons per million, and Boots about 10 persons per million.