About Surnames

Surnames entered by you in your member profile are uploaded periodically to the main Surnames page.  Changes to the surnames entered in your profile will not be immediately reflected on the Surnames page.

Surnames  is a CAGG-NI service intended to help members connect with other internet users who are researching persons with the same surname.  The Surnames  page is not behind the member firewall, it is available to the general public.

Surnames can be entered during the membership application process, or anytime, by editing your member profile after logging into your account.

Security Alert! 

The email address you enter for the Surname page will be publicly accessible.  While CAGG-NI takes reasonable precautions to prevent your email addresses from being harvested from the Surnames page, we cannot guarantee your email address will not be collected by undesirables.  For this reason, we recommend you enter a secondary email address in the "Email for Surnames" field on your member profile.

Details for Entering Surnames into your Profile

To keep the Surnames page looking consistent and functioning properly, please observe these rules when entering Surname information into your profile.  Any field may be left blank.

Surname

If your Surname has multiple spellings, and you wish to enter the variations, enter them all in one Surname field, separating them with comma space, like this: 

Bray, Bre, Brais

Location

Enter USA for the United States of America.  For US states, use the two-letter abbreviation.  Here are some examples of well-formatted Locations: 

Schaumburg, Cook, IL, USA

Paris, Hauts-de-Seine, Ile-de-France, France  

Date Ranges

Enter in one of the following formats.  Insert spaces as shown.

1850 – 1880

1860’s

Before 1790

After 1810

About 1925