I started the Brailey one-name study in 1996 and registered the name in 2002. Brailey was my maiden surname. I had always wanted to find out if the story my father had told me when I was a child was true. He had said that his uncle was a crewmember on the Titanic and had drowned when the ship sank. Having discovered the piano player on the Titanic was called Theodore Brailey. I thought my fathers story was correct. Sadly after many hours of research I found I was not related to Theodore, but during my research I had collected a large number of Brailey references and so I decided to register the name with the Guild of One Name Studys.