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Contents

Main Articles

• Cover Story - Four-page preview of the National Burial Index: John Hanson gives an overview of the NBI and asks whether it's good value for one-name researchers
• Overwhelming Whitehouses force my sad decision to de-register: Keith Percy on the problems of getting to grips with a very frequent surname
• How many genealogists can boast two Registrars among their ancestors? Harvey Horton Kernick finds early Registrars in his family tree
• Genealogical Miscellany - Update on what's happening in the family history world
• 1851 census index of Yorkshire
• Scottish news

Guild Reports - News - Events

• Advantages of being a GOON has the e-mail electrons humming: Howard Benbrook reports on a lively debate on the Guild Forum
• To change or not to change? That is the categories question: Geoff Riggs sums up the categorisation issue after the vote
• Guild Award for One-Name publications
• Website Award announcement
• Yorkshire Seminar a huge success
• Essex Seminar preview

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 presents more 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