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Family Names of the United Kingdom
Funds to conduct a massive study of UK surnames, using all old sources of information along with new ones that have not yet been used, was awarded in the fall of 2009.
This study will produce a large online database of surname histories. When it is up and running you can be sure we will include its conclusions on our surname(s), along with a link to the database, here.
"The project will emphasize FNs as linguistic and historical entities but systematically take account of the work done outside academia by genealogists and family historians, in particular by the Guild of One-Name Studies." [Family Names of the United Kingdom]
For more information, see “UWE launches largest ever study of UK family names”
We have been given funding by the Wellcome Trust to collect blood samples from 3,500 people from rural populations throughout the British Isles. These will be used to look at the patterns of differences in people’s genetic make up around the UK. The project will have two purposes, the first to help medical research, and the second to shed light on ancient migrations within the British Isles.
We aim to reappraise key questions and evidence concerning the Roots of the British, focusing especially on the methodological interfaces between academic disciplines.