Worcester Name Study

Profile managers: Jamie Nelson [send private message] and One Name Studies WikiTree [send private message]

This is a One Name Study to collect together in one place everything about one surname and the variants of that name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join our study to help make it a valuable reference point for people studying lines that cross or intersect. Please contact the project leader, add categories to your profiles, add your questions to the bulletin board, add details of your name research, etc.

Members

Add your name here and what you are working on if you would like to join.

• Jamie Nelson - Working on my own Worcester ancestors and reducing the Worcester database errors.
• Marye McLaud -

Template

This profile is part of the Worcester Name Study.

Paste this above the biography for each Worcester:

{{One Name Study|name=Worcester|category=Worcester_Name_Study}}

Helpful Wikitree Links

• Worcestor Name Study Category - Lists all people and pages related to the name study.
• Worcester surname list - A list of all the Worcesters on Wikitree.
• Unconnected Worcesters - These Worcesters are not connected to the main tree.
• Worcester Errors - Problems with Worcester profiles.

Suggested Tasks

• Enter your Worcester ancestors.
• Upload photos of your Worcester ancestors.
• Fix errors on Worcester profiles.
• Connect all Worcesters to the main tree.
• Find and enter notable Worcesters.
• Make sure all Worcesters are sourced.
• Choose a Worcester already in the tree and enter all of their Worcester descendants.
• Add the template to people with the Worcester surname.
• Choose a location and enter all Worcesters that live there.
• If you are a male Worcester and have had your Y-DNA tested, enter your test information on Wikitree.
• If you are descended from a Worcester and have had your Autosomal DNA done, upload your data to Gedmatch and enter your test information on Wikitree so we can confirm relationships with triangulation.

Resources

• The descendants of Rev. William Worcester with a brief notice of the Connecticut Wooster family
• Genealogy of the Woosters in America, descended from Edward Wooster of Connecticut; also an appendix containing a sketch relating to the author, and a memoir of Rev. Hezekia Calvin Wooster, and public letters of General David Wooster
• A Worcester/Wooster family of England and colonial Connecticut : including the Avery, Bishop, Carpenter, Cogswell, Comstock, Crane, Elderkin, Fobes, Gale, Grinnell, Hibbard, Howard, Jenney, Judson, Kibler, Morgan, Palmer, Perrin, Phillips, Pickett, Prentice, Rainsford, Raiza, Raymond, Singer, Wheaton, Wadell, Wood, Worcester/Wooster,and Wright families
• The Worcester family in America