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Contents

Main Articles

• Armorial book-plates - a little known source for one-name studies: Andrew G Peake describes the beauty of book-plates, their biographical value and the British Library's Franks Collection
• How patents of inventions at British Library can help one-namers: Stephen van Dulken on another interesting and unusual source for one-name studies
• How the 1901 online census project went sadly wrong: Dominic Johnson, Guild representative on the Census Advisory Panel, gives a behind-the-scenes account of the build-up to the debacle
• How big will your one-name study be? Alan Bardsley with a nifty table to work out the likely size of an ONS

Guild Reports - News - Events

• Why Guild Committee must call a special meeting on categorisation: Roger Lovegrove, former Chairman, gives a personal view on the issue
• Colchester Seminar report - another highly successful event on the theme of "Publishing for One-Namers"

Regulars

• Chairman's Notes
• Registrar's Notes
• Just my opinion... A personal view of a genealogical topic
• Treasurer's Notes
• Librarian's Notes
• Reviews: Our roundup of interesting new genealogical publications looks at the Blencowe Families book
• Letters: Your views on issues in the one-name world
• It's a Funny Old Genealogical World: A celebration of the comic and curious