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Contents

Main Articles

• Why should unusual forenames be associated with a high mortality rate in infancy? - COVER STORY. DAVID MELLOR finds a strange phenomenon in his Heppenstall One-Name Study
• Some tips on establishing a DNA project for your one-name study - COVER STORY. Final part of SUSAN MEATES' special series on DNA Projects
• Webwatch on Curious Fox, a curious website but an under-used resource - COVER STORY. KEN TOLL looks at a lesser known website but one for useful contacts
• Centre page spread of pictures from the Guild's 27th Annual Conference
• Conference report on a successful weekend in Staffordshire - COVER STORY. All the news from the Conference and AGM by STEVEN WHITAKER

Guild Reports - News - Events

• Next issue of the Journal - special announcement
• Methodist archives, cotton industry and migrant workers at Manchester Seminar
• New FONS online surname indexes
• Some comments from the Treasurer
• Seminars update
• How many requests for a Marriage Challenge?
• New developments in Guild Libraries
• Proposal for a Guild Probate Index
• Winners of the Guild Awards for Websites, Profiles and One-Name Publications

Regulars

• From the Chairman's keyboard - PETER WALKER
• A View from the Bookstall - HOWARD BENBROOK
• Registrar's Notes - ROGER GOACHER
• The Last Word - ROY STOCKDILL
• Complete list of Regional Representatives