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Contents

Main Articles

• DNA Testing comes of age - COVER STORY
  CHRIS POMERY, a Guild pioneer of family history by genetic testing, reviews some of his early predictions
• Do many of us really have rare surnames? - COVER STORY
  DONALD HATCH suggests that the number of very rare surnames is fewer than we imagine
• WebWatch - is Genes Reunited just for beginners or one-namers, too? COVER STORY
  A look at the well-known website by KEN TOLL

Guild Reports - News - Events

• Grey Owl, Jacobite Glass, slave records and settlement certificates in Unusual Studies Seminar at Swindon
• Seminars update
• Book early for 2005 Guild Conference and AGM at Wyboston Lakes
• Notice of Guild election
• Guild One-Name Publications Awards
• Civil registation review is all off, at least for the time being

Regulars

• Chairman's Notes - KEN TOLL
• Just My Opinion - ROY STOCKDILL
• A View from the Bookstall - HOWARD BENBROOK
• Registrar's Notes - ROGER GOACHER
• Letters - your views on issues in the one-name world