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Contents

Main Articles

• Cover Story - Transferring the family files from paper and computer onto CD-ROM
  MICHAEL DUMMER relates how his family history went through several stages of gestation before ending up on CD
• How our Web-on-a-Disk beats "raid and run" on a society's website
  JOHN BLANCHARD on how the Blanc/shard Society shares data with members
• What about the Joneses? Some ideas for tackling widely spread surnames
  JOHN COLLOFF presents some thoughts on undertaking a one-name study on "frequently occurring" names
• Carbis - a Cornish surname from the Lebanon?
  JOHN CARBIS waxes whimsical and speculative on his name's origins
• Genealogical Miscellany
  - some jottings from members' research notebooks

Guild Reports - News - Events

• A Christmas present for the one-namer who has everything? Howard Benbrook introduces our voucher scheme for the 1901 census
• Obituaries - sad loss of two prominent Guild members, George Lashbrook and Douglas Lobb
• Publishing theme for Essex Seminar
• Manthorpe and Blencowe family reunions
• Bunting Society Annual Gathering notice

Regulars

• Chairman's Notes
• Registrar's Notes
• Just my opinion... A personal view of a genealogical topic
• Librarian's Notes
• Treasurer's Notes
• Reviews: Our roundup of interesting new genealogical publications presents a 4-page special on Family Archives CD-ROMs
• Letters: Your views on issues in the one-name world
• It's a Funny Old Genealogical World: A celebration of the comic and curious