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Guild of One-Name Studies

One-name studies, Genealogy

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New educational web pages

Posted 7 August 2017 by Paul Howes

Just as the Guild has recently placed a good deal of information on DNA studies on the public part of our website, we have today added an additional five pages on the front side to guide people through the thought process of starting a One-Name Study.  The sections are:

  • estimating numbers and overall size
  • thinking about variant spellings
  • where and how to start
  • organising the study
  • selecting software

We hope these pages are useful for anyone contemplating taking on a One-Name Study, whether they are already a Guild member or not.  To see the new pages, click here and then use the links in the left-hand column.

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