Forum: One Name Studies

Hello Brtish-Genealogy mavens. I am interested in ANYTHING that anyone has on the Newburgh family dating around 1500-1650. This period seems to be one of transition as far as I can tell. It appears that for many centuries this family was one of the more powerful in Great Britain. They were...

My primary one name study is ZELLEY with variations in the name such as ZELLY

Hi I am a registered with GOONS, although I have not coughed up the additional £12 to register the LANGHELT study name (yet). I have created a personal website to assist anyone who may be interested in this name. It is a work in progress, and as there seem to be so few people in the UK with...

I have been researching the name PLEVEY / PLEVY for some 15 years and have a data base of over 2,800 names going back to the mid 1500's. I am always looking for more information on this family group so all are welcome to add to it or if you are searching for information on a particular Plevey I...

I am researching this name which was mainly in Devon although there is evidence it was originally from France in the 1540s. Menbers of the family emigrated to Canada, South Africa, NZ, Australia and some areas of the US mainly in the late 1800s and later.

Just a note to let you know that I have just started a One-Name study on the name ATHERTON! This is going to be one monumental task! I have started with the GRO BMD of England & Wales 1837-1911 (I currently only have about 50% of spouse's details though the list is expanding daily!). I may be...

I am doing a one name study of the name JEX registered with ONS society. Any information gratefully received and I am happy to help anyone who needs to trace a JEX. My website currently holds 800 Jexs and I have many hundreds to add yet. Sharon Gray

I have a large collection of Pipes from c 1400 mainly in Suffolk. My data includes descendants of this line, mainly in Suffolk but also in Norfolk, Essex, Cambs, and some other areas of England. Anyone who has a Pipe ancestor in Suffolk will fit in as they are all related, having arisen from one...

This is a 30 year old, world-wide study and includes HAL(L)ICK(E), HOL(L)OCK(E)(S), HOLLEX, HOLLOX and a number of other varients like HO(L)LIOCKE, HOL(L)IOAK(E) which bridge the divide between the HOLLICK and HOLYOAK Clan and it's varients. My 3x Gt Grandfather was married as a HOLYOAK but all...

Following my family back as far as possible. We seem to have been around Radford, Nottingham for the last 9 generation. Last ancestor I found - William Holt who married Mary ? possibly Bostock in 1782. Not sure when he was born or died.

I have a one name study of the name BOYT & all its variants. My study is involved in the DNA BOYT project coordinated from the USA. The project has established a genetic link between the BOYETT & BOYT names in the USA & has also established a genetic link between these families & the one family...

Looking for my fathers line,WARD,possibly all from around Shropshire,Warwickshire and places in Birmingham UK.Last known date is my Grandfather,Frederick Charles b.1884 and his father was William.Thanks to you friendly people out there!|help|

UNDERTAKING A HISTORY OF THE SURNAME HENWOOD HAVE A SUBSTANTIAL DATABASE FOR HAMPHIRE AND SURROUNDS WITH ITEMS BEING ADDED AT ALL TIMES PLEASE NOTE HOWEVER AT PRESENT THIS RESEARCH IS LIMITED TO UK HENWOODS

Hi Tried for about 2 hours this afternoon to get into the above site but home page won't open. The browser either Firefox or OE is taking forever. Anyone else having probs please? I wanted to check if a search was already underway for my interest name.STANFORD. |help|

Hello! I am conducting a worldwide one-name study of the MORBIN surname. The name is registered with the GOONS, so if you have this very rare surname in your tree (18 people on the UK 1881 census...and an additional 4 listed as Norbin!!)...please contatct me through the Goons website! :)

I have been collecting all references to the Ba(t)che(l) surname. It is quite a rare name and mainly concentrated in Kent in the 1600-1800s, (with a branch migrating to London). I have loads of info collected, such census pages and as Pre-1837 Parish register entries, but I'm not sure how best...

Hi everyone. Am doing one-name studies for all my family names:laidlaw, wood,corbishley,longden, steele,furber, claridge,gaskell, vare, rowbotham,hooley,hough, penwright. Would be interested to hear from anyone with these names.|book2|

Officially diagnosed as a KISBY nerd, I am interested in all occurrences of the surname KISBY (and there is sometimes a cross-over with KISBEE, KISBEY, KISBIE, KEISBY etc.). I have a growing database, currently with over 1800 occurrences. If you have access to an internet search engine you will...