For those not following the Guild on Google+, you may have missed this interesting posting on relating surnames to social standing over the centuries. The intro says: "If your surname reveals that you descended from the 'in' crowd in the England of 1066-the Norman Conquerors-then even now you are more likely than the average Brit to be upper class." The article is titled, "How England's 1% remained the same since 1066 " and can be found at: http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/26/englands-1-remained-since-1066/ My interest is the many ways to look at surname studies. There are members within the Guild who are skilled at analysing a one-name as a study, and this article illustrates one more surprising revelation. Jim Benedict Guild Representative for Western Canada Guild of One-Name Studies: Guild member #4794 Calgary, Alberta www.BenedictGenerations.com ========================================================