Campbell Name Study

Profile managers: Nanette Rohrbaugh [send private message] and One Name Studies WikiTree [send private message]

Campbell One Name Study

Resources

• [https://www.wikitree.com/genealogy/Campbell (Campbell's on Wikitree)
• [https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/tag/Campbell (G2G Feed, tagged Campbell)
• [https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special%3AAdoptions&cln=&order=&s=Campbell (Campbells w/o a profile manager, please adopt!)
• [https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Category:Unsourced_Profiles&from=Campbell (Unsourced Campbell profiles)
• [https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Special%3AUnconnected&mId=10209961&order=dateup&viewAll=1&privacy=0&orphans=0&s=Campbell (unconnected Campbell's)

See also: Clan Campbell

Scope

The Campbell Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Campbell name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join the study to help make it a valuable reference point for other genealogists who are researching or have an interest in the Campbell name.

As a One Name Study, this project is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Individual studies can be used to branch out the research into specific methods and areas of interest, such as geographically (England Campbell's), by time period (18th Century Campbell's), or by topic (Campbell DNA, Campbell Occupations, Campbell Statistics). These studies may also include a number of family branches which have no immediate link with each other. Some researchers may even be motivated to go beyond the profile identification and research stage to compile fully sourced, single-family histories of some of the families they discover through this name study project.

Also see the related surnames and surname variants.

How to Join

To join the Campbell Name Study, first start out by browsing our current research pages to see if there is a specific study ongoing that fits your interests. If so, feel free to add your name to the Membership list below, post an introduction comment on the specific team page, and then dive right in!

If a research page does not yet exist for your particular area of interest, please contact the Name Study Coordinator: Nanette (Campbell) Rohrbaugh for assistance.

... ... ... is a member of the Campbell Name Study Project.

Once you are ready to go, you can also show your project affiliation with the ONS Member Sticker:

If the profile is a part of the Campbell Name Study, use the sticker:

Members

• Nanette (Campbell) Rohrbaugh
• Dianne (Van Wyck) Semmens
• Vicki (Campbell) Barge
• Donald Campbell

Related Surnames and Surname Variants

Derivations

1. Caimbeul
2. Camble
3. Camel
4. Campbell
5. Campble
6. Gamble
7. Kimball
8. Kumble
9. MacCampbell
10. McCampbell
11. Miscampbell

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Meaning of Surname 'Campbell'

Campbell is primarily a Scottish surname of Gaelic origins. In Scotland, the name itself derives from two Scottish Gaelic words. "Cam" and "Béal" meaning "Crooked mouth" or "wry-mouthed", originally a nickname which over time became used as a surname.google

Campbell DNA

Since DNA can be traced along a patrilineal (father to father to father) line it can be interesting for someone studying the genealogy of a surname, theoretically at least. The Y chromosome conveniently follows our Western Europe convention on last names.

External Campbell DNA Projects

Although there are now many companies offering DNA testing for genealogical purposes, Family Tree DNA is the largest. They have groups organized around surnames including this one:

• Campbell DNA Project

Wikitree Campbell DNA Takers

The following link shows the Wikitree Campbell Profiles that have DNA associated with them:

• Search for Campbell DNA Test Takers
• Campbell Y-DNA Test Takers

Campbell DNA Group Project on WikiTree

As an extension of the Campbell DNA Project at Family Tree DNA we have created the Campbell DNA Group Project on WikiTree. Please consider joining us and you can find more information at the link below.

• Campbell DNA Group Project on WikiTree

Campbell Demographics

Early Campbell's by Location

Underlined names in table are linked to WikiTree profile for the individual.

Numbered list with more information for entries in the table above.

Campbell's on WikiTree

Here is the complete Index.

When you add yourself or a Campbell relative to WikiTree your addition(s) will automatically be included on the index the following day.

Instructions for working on this Project

Here are two help pages to help you get started... How to use Wikitree and Adding to WikiTree. Help menus are located at the top right of every page.

First

Add your family, parents, grandparents on back until you come to a point where you connect with your most distant Ancestor.

Second

Open the Campbell Name Study Project page and

Add early Campbell's

Add early Campbell's to the appropriate section - Ireland, Scotland, Ontario, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, etc. (add new sections as needed) - this would be generally from Documented Campbell's to 1850 (1865 if you spot someone interesting). You will need to do this in edit mode and follow along with what has already been started with Virginia. WikiMark-Up has a bit of a learning curve, so following the existing work will hopefully help. If you don't feel comfortable adding early Dunnahoos into the table format, add their information in the lists below the tables and we (those who are comfortable working in the tables) will work to add them to the sortable table.

Search WikiTree

Search WikiTree to see if any of the Campbell's listed in the tables already have a profile and move the source information to the existing profile then add the WikiTree link to the name in the table. WikiMark-up for an internal link is:

[[Gaulden-7|Mags Gaulden]] which would give my name in a like this in the table: Mags Gaulden - My WikiTreeID is Gaulden-7.

This is example from the Dunnahoo Name Study: James Dunnahoo, the first entry for Virginia, from the table in edit mode so you can see what it looks like:

|-<br> |'''James'''|| '''Dunnahoo''' || || || '''1776''' || '''[[Dunnahoo-10|James Dunnahoo]]''

So you see that James Dunnahoo's WikiTree ID is used just like mine in the example above.

Add profiles to the Tree

Any profiles that don't match any other profile existing WikiTree profile need to have profile reated for them. If they have a link in the table they already have a profile. Once added, their WikiTreeID needs to be added to this page - or to the table and any source information or notes from this page moved to the profile.

Third

Write - If you feel more comfortable researching and/or writing information, something like an overview of Dunnahoo's in Virginia, please feel free to work in that area. Again, follow the work I have already done as far as any Wiki formatting.

AND fourth ask questions!

Sources

1. ↑ The Campbell DNA Project, Surnames[1]

• Category:Clan Campbell
• Wikipedia:Clan Campbell
• Wikipedia:Campbell (surname)
• Clan Campbell Society North America