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Guild of One-Name Studies

One-name studies, Genealogy

Is your surname here?

    • 2,128 members
    • 2,047 studies
    • 7,274 surnames

Membership benefits

The Guild aims to provide many helpful activities, services and facilities to its members, to enable them to support the Guild’s charitable objectives, as set out in the Constitution:

  • to advance the education of the public in one-name studies, in particular but not exclusively by promoting public understanding of one-name studies, preserving and publishing the data from one-name studies and maximising accessibility of the data to interested members of the public.

Some of these benefits and services are illustrated below, and are described in more detail here.

Guild Journal
Conference
Seminars
The Guild Website
Register of One-Name Studies
Free-phone Helpdesk
Email Forum
Web Forum
Guild Wiki
Newsflash
Free email alias
Members' Study Profiles
Members' Websites
Guild Marriage Indexes
Guild Marriage Challenge
Guild Probate Index
Guild BMD Vault
DNA advice and help
Guild Publications
Regional Representatives worldwide
Representation with related organisations
Webinars
Name lookups
Guild Library
and much more!

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About the Guild

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    • Honorary Appointments
    • Master Craftsmen of the Guild
    • Guild Award of Excellence
    • Subscribers (Organisations)
    • Report to Charity Commission

The Guild Vision

The Guild will strengthen its position as the centre of excellence for surname studies by educating the public and worldwide genealogical community in one-name studies and empowering members to preserve their knowledge and share their expertise.

Other Guild Websites

You may find our other Guild websites of interest:

  • Members’ Websites Program
  • Guild Members’ records on FamilySearch
  • Guild’s “Surname Cloud”
  • Guild Marriage Locator

Contact Us

Email: Guild General Contact
Postal address:
c/o Treasurer,
3 Windsor Gardens,
Herne Bay,
Kent, CT6 8FE. UK.
Call us free on:
UK: 0800 011 2182
US & Canada: 1-800-647-4100
Australia: 1800 305 184

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