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Date: Monday, February 20, 2012 - 7:15 pm
Duration: 2 Hours 30 Minutes
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 What’s in a Name? Researching Surnames Looking for an unusual name? Reached a brick wall? Did you think to examine the details of all the other people bearing the same name? If you did, you may well have begun a ‘one-name study’.
In this talk, Howard introduces the concept and structure of English surnames, and how they are often remarkably localised. He will also describe the characteristics of a one-name study, how it is similar, but different, to other genealogy research and what motivates people to begin such an apparently challenging task. It will also touch briefly on the activities of the Guild of One-Name Studies, and how the Guild supports those people who want to pursue this ascinating subject. Howard Benbrook is a prominent member of the Guild of One-Name Studies and has served on its Committee. He retired in 2003 after a long career in the computer industry as a technical trainer and training manager.
For many years the Guild’s Bookstall Manager, small crowds would gather around Howard’s stall as he demonstrated software such as Surname Atlas to hundreds of interested genealogists at family history fairs.
Howard has been researching his family’s history for more that fifteen years and, as his father’s ancestors were all cockneys, he has taken a special interest in London subjects. Intrigued by his uncommon surname, he’s made a particular study of its origins and this led to his membership of the Guild.
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