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Contents

Main Articles

• Cover Story - Pinpointing the origin of your surname with the Median Area Theory, John Titterton
• Resources for one-name studies in the archives of York Minster, Louise Hampson
• Ancestors reunited - 10 numbers that can trace your family tree, Chris Gray
• Slaves in the family and the problem of tracing ancestral lines, Malcolm Boyes
• New BVRI CDs have 13 million records, Richard Eastman

Guild Reports - News - Events

• Civil registration will be the theme for the Guild's 2003 Conference - join us in Liverpool next April
• Guild web award update
• Jeanne Bunting becomes a Fellow of the SoG
• Guild logo and crest available for download
• Family reunion reports: Tittertons gather in ancestral home of 600 years ago; Braund Society wins lottery grant

Regulars

• Chairman's Notes - Howard Benbrook
• Just My Opinion ... a personal view of a genealogical topic
• Treasurer's Notes - Sandra Turner
• Reviews: Our roundup of interesting new genealogical publications
• Letters: Your views on issues in the one-name world
• It's A Funny Old Genealogical World: A celebration of the comic and curious