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German Names

An online article in three parts on German names.

Global Genealogy - Family Histories & Genealogies

Google Web Directory .... Genealogy > Surnames

Great Family Newsletters

Tutorials and how-to information.

Guild of One-Name Studies

Located in London, England, U.K. The world's leading organisation for one-name studies. A one-name study is a project researching facts about a surname and all the people who have held it, as opposed to a particular pedigree (the ancestors of one person) or descendancy (the descendants of one person or couple).

How to Start, Run or Improve A Family Association

Tips and instructions on how to start and run a successful family organization--newsletters, reunions, officers, research, building a website--it will all be discussed here.

Life Span Genealogy

Surname registry & tutorials.

National Indexes for One-Name Studies

Onlinenames.net.au

A searchable database compiled from public submissions of surnames from Australia, Canada, England, France, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, South Africa, United States of America, Wales, and Zimbabwe.

Open Directory - Society: Genealogy: Surnames

Origin Search - The Genealogy Search Engine for Family History Research

Surname searches from millions of genealogy web sites.

Quintin Publications | Catalog of Family Genealogies

Over 10,000 family genealogies written in Canada and the US over the past 150 years. Available on CD or book.

RootsWeb Surname List -- Interactive Search

An easily searchable database maintained by volunteer Karen Isaacson. The RSL contains more than 750,000 surnames, submitted by nearly 75,000 genealogists.

RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists

Select Surname Website

Website covers 120 surnames of English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish origin. Each website page gives a history and genealogy of the surname.

Stamboom Gids » Familienamen

Directory of Dutch genealogy sites by surname.

Stone Soup for Genealogists (Publishing a One-family Periodical)

Surname Database Cross-Index

FEEFHS Cross Index of 27 Surname databases.

Surname Directory | Index of Independent Surname Websites

Index of independent surname websites & other surname resources. Surname origins, meanings & history around the world.

Surname Helper Search for a Surname