WikiTree is a free, worldwide genealogy website built around the idea of creating one shared family tree. Rather than each researcher maintaining a completely separate tree, members can contribute information, sources, photographs and family knowledge to a common tree. This collaborative approach can be particularly valuable when researching a surname that appears in many branches […]

Join in our Panel Discussion on Saturday 18th July at 4pm UK time as we explore the UK's three official journals of record offer an entirely different dimension of discovery. To book free tickets for all our upcoming events, follow The Surname Society on Eventbrite. Every family historian is familiar with the census and parish […]

Join our webinar this Saturday, 16th May at 16:00 UK time. http://bit.ly/3D1sF17 This month we will be hearing from Simon Davies, founder of online archiving and community provider, WeAre.xyz.  WeAre.xyz is a space designed to with genealogists in mind, offering an interactive platform for building a living family archive—a place to store, organize, and share […]

My grandfather’s funeral was lead by the Reverend Thomas Bentley Stewart Thomson 1889 – 1973, Chaplain to her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second My grandfather 2nd Lt. Robert Douglas Robin (R D Robin), Highland Light Infantry, first met the Reverend Thomas (Tom) Bentley Stewart Thomson in the trenches during the First World War when he […]

Names are like little parcels of history—wrapped up in language, tied with ribbons of tradition, and sometimes sprinkled with seasonal magic. And when it comes to surnames, a few carry Christmas in their very DNA. Let’s take a wander through some of the most festive family names. We’ve all heard of Father Christmas, but in […]