Guild of One-Name Studies (UK)
About:
The world’s leading organisation for one-name studies – research into the genealogy and family history of all persons with the same surname.
Contact Information:
Website: www.one-name.org/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/guildonename
Twitter/X: twitter.com/GuildOneName
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/GuildOneNameStudies
Email: one-name.org/sendemail/?sendto=guild
Mailing Address:
c/o Secretary, 113 Stomp Road, Burnham, Berkshire, SL1 7NN, U.K.
Contact language: English
Type:
Genealogy Society
Purpose:
The objectives of the Guild of One-Name Studies, as laid out in the Constitution, are:
- to advance the education of the public in one-name studies, in particular but not exclusively by promoting public understanding of one-name studies, preserving and publishing the data from one-name studies and maximising accessibility of the data to interested members of the public.
Membership:
The Guild membership year runs from 1st November to the following 31st October. Membership renewals are payable annually on 1st November. The Guild, by its Constitution, accepts only individuals as members (although there is nothing to prevent an individual who is a member of an organisation from joining). However, organisations or institutions may become subscribers to the Guild and receive the Guild’s annual register and four quarterly Journals.
For individuals joining the Guild, there is a sliding scale of prices depending on the month of joining, which offers up to twenty-three months of membership for a single joining fee. Members joining during December and January have the option of choosing either the basic term, up to the next 1st November (ten or eleven months’ membership) or an extended term until 1st November of the following year (22 or 23 months’ membership).
For more info, look at the page on our website:
Membership Benefits
How can the Guild help me?
The objectives of the Guild of One-Name Studies, as laid out in the Constitution, are:
- to advance the education of the public in one-name studies, in particular but not exclusively by promoting public understanding of one-name studies, preserving and publishing the data from one-name studies and maximising accessibility of the data to interested members of the public.
The Guild of One-Name Studies was founded in the United Kingdom. However, as an organisation, it has always been keen to extend its membership worldwide and currently has over 2,600 members in thirty countries around the world. Some of them are very experienced and knowledgeable about family history research and one-name studies; most are extremely enthusiastic and keen to help other people extend their knowledge and further their research. It is therefore very likely that one of our members may be able to help you.
As a family historian:
If you have a surname in your family that is being studied by a Guild member, then s/he may well be able to provide you with valuable information and insights about the name and perhaps your own connection with it. You can find out which surnames are being studied from our online Register, where contact details are listed for over 8,400 surnames and variants being researched by members of the Guild.
As a potential Member of the Guild:
Perhaps no-one is researching the surname you are interested in? Are you passionately interested in that surname? Are you committed enough to consider registering the surname yourself as a Guild registered one-name study? Perhaps you would like to see what is involved in starting a one-name study.
Not that committed at the moment?
The Guild also welcomes applications from the broader family history community, including those undertaking DNA surname projects, family historians researching a family name on a restricted basis, local historians, librarians, archivists, and those from academia, all of whom may benefit from the learning opportunities. In other words, membership is open to anyone with an interest in one-name studies. Undertaking a one-name study is not a pre-requisite for joining, nor a requirement of membership.