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# indicates that the surname is registered with the Guild of One-Name Studies
   
  ABBOT # Abbot/Abbott families who contributed to the history of southern Africa with a short history of each foundling father and spouse.
     
  ABNEY variants include Abney, Abner, Albini, Aubigney, Aubigné, d'Abney, d'Albini, d'Aubigney,d'Aubigné, de Saint-Sauveur
     
  ACKLEY this site focuses on the descendants of Nicholas Ackley who was born in England around 1635 and subsequently migrated to Connecticut - this site also contains information on 100 other Ackley families not connected to Nicholas Ackley
     
  ACKROYD English topographical name common in West Yorkshire - variants Acroyd, Ak(e)royd, Aykroyd, Akred, Ecroyd
     
  ACUFF-ECOFF variants include Ascough, Acough, Ecoff and Eckoff
     
  ADAMSON ADAMSON name goes back over 700 years to Northern England and Scotland
     
  ADKINS this site focuses on the descendants of James Adkins of Chesterfield County, Virginia
     
  AINSLEY #   this site focuses on the Ainsleys of Bilsdale who farmed in Yorkshire, England in the late nineteenth century - it also contains a list of contactable Ainsley family researchers
     
  AKEHURST # The English name Akehurst and its variants Ackhurst, Akherst, Ackhirst and Akhirst is of toponymic origin
     
  ALABASTER #  variants include Alblaster - this site is run by the Family History Society of the Alabaster Family which was formed in 1993 of more than a hundred of the descendants of Thomas Alabaster (c1522-1592) - there are eight major branches of the Alabaster family and so far all have been represented at the reunions held every three years - the site contains comprehensive family tree information
     
  ALDRICH this site is run by the National Aldrich Family Association - it focuses on descendants of George Aldrich. who was born in Derbyshire, England and migrated to Massachusetts in 1631
     
  ALEFOUNDER #

this surname appears to have originated in Suffolk or Essex, England - the site contains a wealth of information on the Alefounder surname, of which there are currently only a hundred or so users throughout the world

     
  ALLEY this site focuses on the descendants of William Alley who was Bishop of Exeter between 1560 and 1570
     
  ALLYN this site focuses on the descendants of the two brothers Thomas and Matthew Allyn who migrated to Massachusetts from England in 1637
     
  ALSTON variant Allston - this site contains a database with over 7,000 individuals connected to the Alston family
     
  ALTHAM # this site contains 30 Altham family trees (in PDF format) - it also contains some interesting 'facts and figures' about those bearing the Altham surname (the average life expectancy of an Altham is currently 78.2 years!)
     
  ALTON variants include Allton, Aulton, Altom, Alltom, Aultom, Altum and Alten - this site is run by the Alton-Allton-Aulton Association
     
  ALWOOD variants include Allwood and Alward - many in the US and Canada are descended from the William Allwood who came to America from England sometime around 1770 - five generations of William's family are available on this site and lookups are available from a database of over 3700 descendants
     
  AMASON variants include Amerson, Ameson, Amison, Amoson, Amasson, Amesson, Amisson, and Amosson
     
  AMSDEN #  variants include Amesden, Amesdon, Amsdon and Amston - this site contains an outline history of the Amsden family
     
  ANDERTON this site includes a list of contactable Anderson family researchers
     
  ANSLEY # variants include Annesley, Ainsley, Ainslie, Aynsley, Anslee, Angley, Angsley, Anglesey, Anesly, Anesley, Antley, Ensley and Endsley - the surname originated in the village Annesley about 10 miles north-west of the city of Nottingham in England - this site contains information on the seven distinct Ansley families in the USA and Canada
     
  APPERLEY # variants include Apley, Appaly, Appelee, Applee, Appley, Apply, Aperley, Aperly, Appleley, Apperla, Apperle, Apperleghe, Apperleigh, Appurlee, Appurley and Apurley - this comprehensive site includes extensive information on UK births of Apperleys (and variants) dating back to the early 1200s
     
  APPLEBY #

this world-wide site is run by the Appleby Research Organisation and includes all the varied forms of spelling of Appleby

     
  ARGALL # this site contains information on those, worldwide, who bear the Cornish surname Argall, most of whom are proved to be related to each other
     
  ARNSBY this site contains several Arnsby family trees
     
  ASBURY the earliest Asburys emigrated from England to the American Colonies in the early to mid 1660's
     
  ATKINSON this site includes a list of over 600 Atkinson births, marriages and deaths in the Yorkshire Dales parishes of Hubberholme, Kettlewell, Arncliffe, Conistone, Kirkby Malham and Horton from the mid 1500's to the early 1800's
     
  ATTWOOD #

this site includes a series of helpful search facilities related to the Attwood surname

     
  AUSTIN #   this site is run by the Austin Families Genealogical Society - this very active society has hosted annual conventions in England as well as the United States - the site includes a list of contactable Austin family researchers highlighting their areas of interest
     
  AUSTIN #  this site focuses on the descendants of John Austin (circa 1720) of Hampshire
     
  AUTREY variants include Autrey, Autery, Aughtry, Awtry, Outry, Auttry, Auteray, Autre, Aughtery and Awtery - this site includes a helpful online forum for those researching the Autrey family lines
     
  AXTELL variants include Axtel and Axtelle - almost all Axtells in America have common ancestors in Thomas (christened 1619) and Mary Axtell of Sudbury, Massachusetts
   
   
   
 
   
 
This page last updated: 11 July 2008