Came across this on the soc.culture.scottish news group it provides maps and statistics of the distribution of surnames across Britain. There are messages, on the site, that it is receiving heavy traffic. If the page doesn't load I find just going back and clicking again (sometimes several times) will eventually get it to load. http://www.spatial-literacy.org/uclnames/Surnames.aspx Note: the site provides maps based on modern electorical districts for the census of 1881 and the electorial rolls of 1998 also the number of persons with said name for those years and what the frequency is per the total population. It won't help a lot in DNA studies but can be used to supplement those with an idea of how numerous and widespread a particular name is. Because the maps are based on electorical districts, some of which (Highland and Islands) are quite large while some are quite small (London area), they must be interpreted with care. David Rorer

Thank you David: Those maps are an exceptional resource for genealogical and DNA studies and should be considered by more people. Thanks again. William Curry ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Rorer" <drorer@fuse.net> To: <SCOT-DNA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 2:38 PM Subject: [SCOT-DNA] Distribution of surnames across Britain > > Came across this on the soc.culture.scottish news group it provides maps > and > statistics of the distribution of surnames across Britain. There are > messages, > on the site, that it is receiving heavy traffic. If the page doesn't load > I find > just going back and clicking again (sometimes several times) will > eventually get > it to load. > http://www.spatial-literacy.org/uclnames/Surnames.aspx > > Note: the site provides maps based on modern electorical districts for the > census of 1881 and the electorial rolls of 1998 also the number of persons > with > said name for those years and what the frequency is per the total > population. > > It won't help a lot in DNA studies but can be used to supplement those > with an > idea of how numerous and widespread a particular name is. > > Because the maps are based on electorical districts, some of which > (Highland and > Islands) are quite large while some are quite small (London area), they > must be > interpreted with care. > > David Rorer > > > > ==== SCOT-DNA Mailing List ==== > Need to contact the list admin? > Send your email to Scot-DNA-admin@rootsweb.com > Want to post? > Send your email to Scot-DNA-L@rootsweb.com > Need to unsubscribe for vacation or? > Send your unsubscription request to Scot-DNA-L-request@rootsweb.com > Scot-DNA list is a flame free zone. > Want to join the Project? Visit: > http://www.ftdna.com/surname_det.asp?group=Scottish-Clans&projecttype=G > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >