Hall

Hall One-Name Study

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Study details

Study: Hall

Category: 1 - A study where research using core genealogical datasets and transcriptions is in its early stages.

Guild hosted website: hall.one-name.net

DNA website: www.familytreedna.com/public/hall

Study Associates: John Lisle

Contact: Mr David Hall

About the study

The study into the name HALL is rapidly developing in this age of communications. Research commenced slowly several decades ago in England when many parish records were still held in locked chests inside churches and the 1871 census had not long become available for public viewing.

The task to cover the name HALL worldwide is daunting. Most of the genealogical material collected so far relates to England, centred in Northumberland and Durham and extends into the borders with Scotland. From this region, and other parts of the UK, HALL families have migrated all around the world and in this sence the study is already worldwide.

It is hoped that many other enthusiasts will enjoy helping with this project by sharing information on their HALL families.

Variant names

There is much debate as to which names are variants to HALL. For example HARLE might be a variant name and for which there is a separetly registered one name study. Others such HALE, HAUL, HULL might simply be deviant spellings of HALL. Because of this and due to the size of the project HALL alone, no variant names have been registered at this stage.

Name origin

To be added - suggestions are welcome.

Historical occurrences of the name

Famous names to be added.

Name frequency

Distribution of the name

Data

Ongoing collection of church records, census data, probates, civil registration records etc and many HALL pedigrees.

DNA

There is a HALL dna project at Familytreedna (www.familytreedna.com) which interested Halls and Hall relatives are encouraged to join.

There are also a number of HALL dna web sites being developed by others, with forums.

Links

Here is a link to a list or group interested in Hall families from the English counties of Northumberland and Durham: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Hall_nhbl/ (You may need to cut and paste the link to your browser). This is no longer supported by yahoo, so please contact David Hall for further information on Northumberland and Durham Hall families at hall@one-name.org

Here is a link to a Halls of New England site managed by John Lisle (a Study Associate) with the assistance of Cheryl Hall: http://www.johnlisle.com/newenglandhall/genealogy/index.php This site specialises in Hall families of colonial New England in the United States.

The Clan Hall Society web site can be accessed here: https://www.clanhallsociety.org/

There are also groups on Facebook for Hall Families of New England, USA and Hall Families of the South Atlantic Region, USA which are both very popular.

Contact Details

Mr David Hall

General Search Results

Occurrences of the surname Hall in the Guild Indexes

(Click on the number to view the search results in each index. Indexes marked by * are only accessible by logged in Guild members.)

Global Marriages (public) 9134
Global Marriages (members)* 9419
Inscriptions Index 93
Modern Newspaper Index 143
Probate Index* 807
Datastores (public) 239
Datastores (members)* 67
References to the name Hall in the Guild Journal 100

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