#Surnames

@allnamemeaning.bsky.social

4 days ago

What Is The Origin Of Surnames In Europe? - Allnamemeaning.com The tale of surnames in Europe well-knownshows an awful lot approximately its history, culture, and converting societies. Surnames aren't truly phrases

What Is the Origin of Surnames in Europe?Unlike today, early Europeans did now no longer constantly use surnames. #allnamemeaning #names #surnames
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aohsu

@aohsusometimesy.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

You: How are you Dave?
NPR's Dave Mattingly: I'm Dave, Mattingly

#adverbs #surnames #waysofbeing

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

1 month ago

Fabulous Virtual Family History Show – Hosted by East Surrey FHS The Guild of One-Name Studies will be at the virtual stand at this event hosted by East Surrey FHS. If you are curious about One-Name Studies, or surname research, please drop by and see us. FREE to attend, but you do need to register, to do so visit the East Surrey FHS

Fabulous Virtual Family History Show – Hosted by East Surrey FHS #genealogy #familyhistory #surnames #onlineevents #virtualevents

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

1 month ago

Introduction to One-Name Studies Course (901) Remarkably, researching surnames is seen as a very niche topic, despite the vast majority of people having one (FN1). Our individual family histories are littered with surnames. Hopefully all different ones, though if your ancestors like my maternal line, they lived within the same 30 mile radius for 300 years, crossing the borders of Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire. As a consequence I have multiple occurrences of the same surname, nearly all of which do connect, even if a generation back, or individuals to the side of my direct ancestors.

Introduction to One-Name Studies Course (901) # genealogy #familyhistory #Surnames @GuildOneName @pharostutors

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

2 months ago

(Advent 22) – Variants The topic of variants and deviants is addressed in detail during the Introduction to One-Name Studies course. Essentially we have likely all come across variants and deviants to our surnames, even if we have not called them that. Variants For the purposes of my own One-Name Studies I have registered two variants for ORLANDO, these are ORLANDE and ORLANDA. For my BUTCHER study I registered just one, BUTCHERS.

(Advent 22) - Variants
#genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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Christopher-J (aka Eustach the Wanderer)

@chrjcar.bsky.social

2 months ago

Marriage and the Maiden Name - JSTOR Daily While many women trade surnames they had at birth for their husbands’, some hold on tightly to the former, a tradition famously established by Lucy Stone.

One woman’s decision to keep her last name defied centuries of tradition and altered how we perceive identity in marriage. #surnames #maiden-names #LucyStone
daily.jstor.org/marriage-and...

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

2 months ago

(Advent 13) – Migration Migration is the reason that a true one-name study is global. There have been peaks of migration, from the United Kingdom and various countries in Europe over time. The reasons for that migration varies depending on the starting point for the migration. Having made the decision to migrate there are a number of factors to consider, here some are listed from the…

(Advent 13) - Migration
#genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

2 months ago

(Advent 12) – Learning and Reading The way we each learn is different, I prefer to write notes, so for me I am likely to recall something if I wrote it down having read it or heard it. There is a plethora of genealogical and historical learning offerings out there, so much so it is easy to feel overwhelmed by it all. If I am undertaking research, say planning a book, article, course, I tend to make notes as I read.

(Advent 12) - Learning and Reading
#genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors #onlinelearning

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

2 months ago

(Advent 11) – Keeping Track Keeping track of our research, successes, next steps and research ideas is really important. Without it, and I speak for myself here, when I say, if it is not written down then all bets are off if I will remember or not. I maintain a research log. Over the years this has existed in various forms, but all forms record the same information.

(Advent 11) - Keeping Track #genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

3 months ago

(Advent 10) – Journey Family history is akin to going on journey. When we start we do not necessarily know where we are going, we don't know what we might see on the journey, nor the destination. We use our starting point and move forward, doing rough arithmetic to estimate the year of birth for the next generation back. We work through the census hoping that the first names are different and therefore it is easier to establish who is who.

(Advent 10) - Journey
#genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

3 months ago

(Advent 9) – Individualistic I am always amazed at the number of genealogists who are surprised or curious about the concept of One-Name studies. Broadly speaking, we all have a surname. It might be one we were given at birth, one that was "given" to us, through adoption, one that came to us via marriage, or perhaps, if we are being individualistic, and have a surname that is a…

(Advent 9) - Individualistic
#genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

3 months ago

(Advent 8) – Help at Hand The Genealogical community, both on and offline is in the main a friendly one, where sharing knowledge and ideas for research is given freely and frequently. The internet has shrunk the world to the size of a matchbox, with interactions using social media platforms, or online provisions such as those operated by archives, record societies, local history groups and many, many other formats.

(Advent 8) - Help at Hand
#genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

3 months ago

(Advent 7) – Gathering Data Any One-Name and surname research project will involve the collection of material, what I refer to as raw data. Regardless of where your surname originated from or where you reside, to undertake a One-Name Study and register this with the Guild the study should be global and there is no pressure on how soon you go global. So what follows below, in no particular order, are

(Advent 7) - Gathering Data
#genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

3 months ago

(Advent 6) – Family Trees Family Trees, Pedigree, or lineage - are they the same, different or simply different things to different people? A family tree is something that I produce when I am researching. It is a rough drawing of who sits where in the family group, on occasions, the group has overlaps, siblings marry siblings, strengthening the relationship or connection with two families.

(Advent 6) - Family Trees #genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

3 months ago

(Advent 5) – Evidence Regardless of what research you are undertaking, every separate fact contained within a document should be individually recorded into a database, and subsequently, every fact should be supported by evidence. The evidence documented with the citation, which subsequently can be seen/obtained from..... Let me provide an example: Below is an extract from the Practicalities of a One-Name Studies course which I wrote and tutor for Pharos Tutors and Teaching.

(Advent 5) - Evidence
#genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

3 months ago

(Advent 4) – Distribution of Surnames Surname distribution maps add a new and different dimension to a One-Name study. A surname may well have it’s origins in one Country, and a map can provide an interesting insight to how migration can influence the geographic spread of a surname. Going a step further, historical events can influence migration which in turn can be identified using a distribution map.

(Advent 4) - Distribution of Surnames
#genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

3 months ago

(Advent 3) – Choosing a Surname There are always more questions than answers, and always a burning obsession to find out more, even if the odds are against a successful search. Therefore it is no surprise that researchers choose their surnames of interest for a variety of reasons. There are a variety of reasons for researching a surname, here are just a few: Researching as a link to the past …

(Advent 3) - Choosing a Surname
#genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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South African Researcher

@saresearcher.bsky.social

3 months ago

"Windvogel en Cupido: Die herkoms en beteining van Nederlandsklinkende Khoisan-vanne in Suid-Afrika" is about the origins of Dutch-sounding #Khoisan #surnames in South Africa: www.facebook.com/SouthAfrican...

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

3 months ago

(Advent 2) – Back up Data…. On the first of every month I do a series of things, all of which keep me organised and undertaking what I call my office housekeeping. Back-up computer files. Downloads from talks, other genealogists etc, these are moved to my cloud storage, into the appropriate filing system. Photographs and screen captures (mainly book covers) saved in cloud storage. Back-up my genealogical database files.

(Advent 2) Back up of Data.... #genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

3 months ago

(Advent 1) – Aims of a One-Name Study One of the questions that is asked, of students on the Introduction to One-Name Studies course is about Organisation. The way we keep our study may differ from that of our own family history research. As I responded to a question from a student, I simply commented that it was important to look at the aims of your study. What followed, was that my fingers travelled across the keyboard at a fairly rapid rate and before I knew where I was I had written a very lengthy post.

Aims of a One-Name Study
(Advent 1) - Aims of a One-Name Study #genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

3 months ago

Q & A – About Surnames A few weeks ago I received the following Question. Julie, I have been reading your site for quite a while. Would you be able to share some posts about One-Name Studies? Thanks, M I did answer M a few weeks ago and said that I would pull together a few posts. At the end of last week I was in the car, on the way down the M1, which is a long way from my native Surrey.

Q & A - About Surnames #genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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John Newmark

@transylvaniandutch.com

4 months ago

What are some of the craziest, wildest but definitely true stories from across history? Jay Matthews Writer, Unsolicited Non-Advice (2000-present) • Jan 12 When the French occupied the Netherlands in 1811, they took an official census and asked for last names, which weren't common for the Dutch to have. So, they made up some goofy last names, thinking this would be a temporary measure. It wasn't. Some of these names are quite common today: Niemand (nobody) Zondervan (not from anywhere) Van der Hoek (from around the corner) Zonderkop (headless) Dodeman (dead man) de Graf (the grave) Gekkehuis (looney bin) Donderwinkel (thunder store)

I have not confirmed all of the surnames. Or the origin.

#Genealogy #Netherlands #Surnames

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🗽⚖️ Þe Wyrst Gēnēre 💔 The USA creates sick cowardly monsters

@patcat13.bsky.social

4 months ago

#Greek #names #Greece #surnames

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Thomas Kampen

@ziyoudaxue.bsky.social

4 months ago

Forscherteam aus Mainz legt Datenbank mit Nachnamen an 85.000 Namen haben die Namenforscher der Akademie für Wissenschaften und Literatur für ihr Online-Wörterbuch schon untersucht. Jeder kann da seinen Nachnamen nachgucken.

#Surnames #Database
Forscherteam aus Mainz legt Datenbank mit #Nachnamen an
www.swr.de/swraktuell/r...

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News X

@news-x.bsky.social

5 months ago

😔 This shows the pressure women still face. 10/ News like the 🇿🇦 ruling is comforting. Change happens through individual acts of defiance. 💪 It’s a slow process, but important. #WomensRights #Equality #Marriage #Surnames

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Whereareyousimon

@whereareyousimon.bsky.social

6 months ago

A news headline about two women who are rowing across the Pacific - their surnames are Rowe and Payne.

Appropriate surnames for the challenge!

#Pacific #Rowing #surnames

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Valorie

@valorie.bsky.social

6 months ago

Photo: Fishermen in a Rowboat Throwing the Net free image by fabianoshow; courtesy of pexels.com

Casting Your Net skcgs.blogspot.com/2025/08/casting-your-net.html
#TreeBuilding #Immigrants #DNAmatches #DataAnalysis #FloatingTree #Surnames #Obituaries #GenealogicalProofStandard #FANclub

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Julia Wilkinson.

@juliawilkinson.bsky.social

6 months ago

I can't currently #sue / make #official #copyright claims etc against #jayne & #eileen as i don't #know them - I don't know their #surnames - so how can I find their #accounts?
#photography #visualart #artist #contemporaryart #art #contemporaryartist #Julia #juliawilkinson
#fraud Fraud by others.

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West Middlesex Family History Society

@westmiddlesexfh.bsky.social

7 months ago

Hot news! The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland is now available on Kindle for nothing! That’s right- £0.00! If you love your #familyhistory and want to save wear and tear on your bookshelves, go for it!
#surnames
#genealogy
#britishhistory

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Statbel, the Belgian statistical office

@statbel-en.bsky.social

8 months ago

👫 The #surnames Peeters, Janssens and Maes remain the most common in Belgium and Flanders.

In Wallonia, the names Dubois, Lambert and Martin are more common. In Brussels, the names Diallo, Bah and Barry are the most common. #population

👉 statbel.fgov.be/en/themes/po...

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