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Guild of One-Name Studies

One-name studies, Genealogy

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    • 2,126 members
    • 2,046 studies
    • 7,277 surnames

Journal Volume 16: 2026 –

Vol 16 No 2, Apr – Jun 2026 : Logged in members may view this journal online. Others please refer to sidebar for purchase.

  • Letters to the Editor
  • New Members & New Studies
  • The Carpenter Cousin History & Outreach Programme
  • DNA for your One-Name Study – Part 1
  • Yorkshire’s Watermen
  • Hops, Pubs & People – Seminar, Lichfield – 13 June
  • Last Man Standing
  • Journal ‘Reader’s Choice’ Award
  • The Bailiwick of Ogbourne
  • Waterways to Railways Seminar Report
  • Who was my Grandpa?
  • Working on Britain’s Railways
  • Deaths & Obituaries
  • Navigating the Future – Conference Programme

Vol 16 No 1, Jan – Mar 2026 : Logged in members may view this journal online. Others please refer to sidebar for purchase.

  • DNA Tips by Susan C. Meates MCG
  • The Life and Genealogy of James Charles Bull by Steven Coker
  • The Cinque Ports by Anthony Mingay
  • Navigating the Future – The Guild of One-Names Studies Conference Portsmouth, 24-26 April 2026
  • Thoughts on the Oadby Seminar – From the Seminar Team with anonymous, and named, delegate feedback
  • Harvesting the Hookham’s – Making sense of a small One-Name Study by Diana Palayan
  • Obituaries
  • Master Craftsman of the Guild
  • Frederick Norman Filby – Architect of the One-Name Study Movement by Steven Coker
  • Forthcoming Seminars

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Welcome to the Guild Journal

The Guild publishes the Journal of One-Name Studies quarterly in January, April, July and October. Click below to select journals of interest:

  • Welcome to the Journal
  • Volume 16: 2026-
  • Volume 15: 2024-2025
  • Volume 14: 2021-2023
  • Volume 13: 2018-2020
  • Volume 12: 2015-2017
  • Volume 11: 2012-2014
  • Volume 10: 2009-2011
  • Volume 9: 2006-2008
  • Volume 8: 2003-2005
  • Volume 7: 2000-2002
  • Volumes 0-6: 1980-1999

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  • Guild’s “Surname Cloud”
  • Guild Marriage Locator

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