Devon Surname Interests

About These Pages

These pages are for researchers who have websites containing information on Devon families and also for those doing One-Name Studies (even if they don't have a website).

If you would like your website or One-Name Study surname interests added to this section, then please contact me.

Places to Leave your Surname Interests

Unfortunately, it is beyond the realms of Devon Gen Web to be able to keep a complete listing of everyone's Devon surname interests.  However, there are already a number of places around the internet where researchers can add their surname interests to online databases or upload their family tree.

Surname Interests Databases

Leaving your surname interests around the internet is a great way to find others who are researching the same surnames.  The following websites are places where you can do this.

• Online English Names Directory - This site holds surname directories for the United Kingdom and also directories for Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the USA too.  You can use the drop-down menu under LISTS in the navigation menu to select your country of interest.  This website also includes passenger lists for migrants to Australia and New Zealand.
• RootsWeb Surname List
• UK Genealogy Interests Directory - This is a Family History site which allows people to contact other people who are researching the same surnames in the UK or Ireland.
• UK Surnames

If you are interested in the distribution of surnames in Britain the following may be usefull.

• National Trust Names - Provided by The National Trust, this website shows the distribution of surnames in Britain that has been collected by the University College, London from both modern and historical records.

One-Name Studies

If you are interested in conducting a one-name study of a particular surname, the Guild of One-Name Studies or GOONS will be of interest.  This is a UK-based organisation where members can register their interest in a surname for a yearly subscription and allows others to contact them.

Online Family Trees

There are also some places on the internet where you can upload your family trees, again very useful in helping researchers find others researching the same surnames and/or families.

• GenCircles - You can upload your family tree for free.
• Genes Reunited - You can upload your family trees and search the indexes for free, but to contact others researching the same name requires a yearly subscription.
• Lost Cousins - This website enables you to add your ancestors from the British 1881, Canadian 1881 or US 1880 census and finds matches with others if they have entered the same data.
• Rootsweb World Connect Project

In all places where you may upload family trees or share information with others, please remember to Respect others PRIVACY... whether they are your own direct family or those that may have been shared with you.  Some online family trees will automatically set living people to private... while others such as Genes Reunited will simply add the names of living people, unless you change the tree settings.  So PLEASE BE CAREFUL otherwise you may land up upsetting people!

Copyright & Genealogy Etiquette

While names, dates and places are not classified as copyright due to them being in the public domain.  A family history report that has written content, would be classified as copyright to the author... although the names, dates and places that it contains would still be public domain.

You may also find it useful to read some of the articles at Cyndi's List on Etiquette and Ethics in genealogical research.