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Bookmark or Share- SurnamesThe more unusual your surname, the easier it may be to research. As well as providing a key to other records, the name itself will have a story to tell. See also the page on Variant and deviant surnames. There are eight main types of surname: Locative : derives from the place where someone came from or lived. This is the most common type of ...
- Surnames A-Z - Guild of One-Name StudiesEach of the surnames listed is the subject of a one-name study carried out by a Guild member and links to our full search results for that study. If the results include a study profile, the link is shown with a light grey background.
- Y-DNA: The Role of Surnames - Guild of One-Name StudiesY-DNA: The Role of Surnames By Susan C. Meates The surname is an important component of analyzing Y DNA results, and sets the outer boundary for the time frame of a match. Surnames were adopted in different countries at different times. For a long time, people were just known by their first name.
- Most Surnames come from Somewhere – RecordingYesterday we were treated to a great webinar from Howard Benbrook who gave a knowledgeable and engaging presentation called Most Surnames come from Somewhere. The webinar took a different structure to usual. Howard talked about surnames in our usual webinar format, before providing a synopsis of the software, Surname Atlas.
- McVeigh - Guild of One-Name StudiesThe name is believed to have arisen twice from the Anglicization of two different Irish surnames to the same English form. In the Midlands, the name derives from the Irish Mac Fhíodhbhuidhe (possibly meaning son of the woodman), while in Ulster it is thought to have arisen from Mac an Bheatha (son of life), sometimes also Anglicized to McVeigh.
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