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Other ways of contacting people researching surnames you may be interested in include:
DNA
Article on DNA testing for Genealogy: www.genuki.org.uk/big/bigmisc/DNA.html
In the UK, DNA tests are offered by Oxford Ancestors, a company whose services are built on
the research work of Bryan Sykes and his team at Oxford. Contact:
Oxford Ancestors Ltd, Oxford BioBusiness Centre, Littlemore Park, Oxford OX4 4SS
E-mail: enquiries@oxfordancestors.com
Website: www.oxfordancestors.com
Other companies offering DNA tests include:
Family Tree DNA: www.familytreedna.com
DNA Security Inc: www.ezdna.com Tel: 0845 130 2700
Research into the Y chromosome is also being carried out by Mark Jobling at the University of
Leicester Department of Genetics. His article on surnames and genetics is available for download
from the website:
www.le.ac.uk/genetics/maj4/maj4.html
The 1881 census on CD-Rom
This may be available at record offices and family history centres, or the set can be purchased from:
LDS Church Distribution Centre, 399 Garretts Green Lane, Birmingham B33 0UH
Tel: 08700 10 20 51. Fax: 08700 10 20 52
Surname maps
Kevin Schürer's maps of surname distributions are available from the History Data Service.
For details and charges, contact:
E-mail: mapping@essex.ac.uk
Website: hds.essex.ac.uk
Archives, organisations and websites
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS)
The LDS (the Mormons) have family history centres all over the country which can give help and
advice with research. Documents and databases that can be consulted include the International
Genealogical Index (IGI) which has millions of entries - those from Britain are mainly from parish
and nonconformist registers. Lists of centres are on both of the following websites.
LDS FamilySearch (includes the IGI, searchable online): www.familysearch.org
LDS in the UK (unofficial site): www.lds.org.uk/genealogy/
Family History Online
Website: www.familyrecords.gov.uk
A portal site that aims to give easy access to information and links to the main UK family history
websites.
Family Records Centre
1 Myddelton Street, London EC1R 1UW
Tel: 020 8392 5300. Fax: 020 8392 5307. Textphone: 020 8392 5308
E-mail: enquiry@pro.gov.uk
Website: www.pro.gov.uk
Part of the Public Record Office. Its records include indexes of births, marriages and deaths in
England and Wales since 1837, and censuses 1841-1891.
Federation of Family History Societies
PO Box 2425, Coventry CV5 6YX
E-mail: info@ffhs.org.uk
Website: www.ffhs.org.uk
For details of family history societies around the UK, publications, and leaflets on getting
started in family history. Has an online bookshop.
General Register Office for Scotland
New Register House, 3 West Register Street, Edinburgh EH1 3YT
Tel: 0131 334 0380
Website: www.gro-scotland.gov.uk
Its records include indexes of Scottish births, marriages and deaths, and census returns.
Indexes are accessible online on a pay-per-view basis at Scots Origins: www.origins.net/GRO/
General Register Office (Northern Ireland)
Oxford House, 49-55 Chichester Street, Belfast BT1 4HL
Tel: 028 9025 2021
Website: www.groni.gov.uk
For registers of births and deaths from 1864 and marriages from 1845.
GENUKI (UK and Ireland Genealogy)
Website: www.genuki.org.uk
Has a mass of information about getting started in genealogy and about record sources, plus links
to organisations and societies and lists of surnames being researched.
Guild of One-Name Studies
Box G, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7BA
E-mail: guild@one-name.org
Website: www.one-name.org
Contact the Guild for details of one-name study projects, or see their Register online. The Guild
publishes a quarterly Journal, free to members or on sale at the Society of Genealogists and Public
Record Office bookshops; for back numbers, see the Publications page on the Guild's website.
Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies
79-82 Northgate, Canterbury, Kent CT1 1BA
Tel: 01227 768664. Fax: 01227 765617
E-mail: ihgs@ihgs.ac.uk
Website: www.ihgs.ac.uk
An independent charitable trust which runs courses and offers qualifications in genealogy; one of
its main projects is research into genetically inherited diseases.
National Archives of Scotland
General Register House, 2 Princes Street, Edinburgh EH1 3YY
Tel: 0131 535 1334. Fax: 0131 535 1328
E-mail: enquiries@nas.gov.uk
Website: www.nas.gov.uk
National Genealogical Society
4527 17th Street North, Arlington, Virginia, 22207-2399, USA
Website: www.ngsgenealogy.org
Public Record Office
Kew, Surrey TW9 4DU
Tel: 020 8392 5200. Fax: 020 8878 8905
E-mail: enquiry@pro.gov.uk
Website: www.pro.gov.uk
The national archives of England and Wales. Catalogue (over 8 million document references) and
much other information available online.
Scottish Association of Family History Societies
Hon. Secretary: Alan J.L. MacLeod, 51/3 Mortonhall Road, Edinburgh EH9 2HN
Website: www.safhs.org.uk
For details of family history societies in Scotland.
Society of Genealogists
14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7BA
Tel: 020 7251 8799. Fax: 020 7250 1800
Website: www.sog.org.uk
Has a large library for research plus a bookshop (also mail order and online), and organises
major family history fairs annually.
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