Farman Name Study
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Surnames/tags: FARMAN FEARMAN FURMAN
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About the Project
The Farman Name Study is a very new Project: its objectives and parameters may well change as the Project develops, depending upon the interests of collaborators. Your patience is appreciated whilst the basic framework is being created!
The project will serve as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Farman name and its variants. The hope is that other researchers will join the study to help make it a valuable reference point for other genealogists who are researching or have an interest in the Farman name.
The Farman name occurs primarily within two very different populations. In the case of Farmans of European origin, the name probably derives from Old Norse and spread beyond Scandinavia courtesy of Viking and/or Norman invasion; nowadays, the name occurs most commonly in eastern parts of the British Isles, and in East Anglia in particular. It is on this group that the Project will focus initially.
The Farman name, either as a family (last) name or as a given (first) name, is found much more frequently in South Asia, especially Islamic South Asia, and in Pakistan in particular; in this group, the name is thought to derive from Arabic or Old Persian. It seems unlikely, therefore, that the two groups share any common root.
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 Farmans), by time period (18th Century Farmans), or by topic (Farman DNA, Farman Occupations, Farman 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.
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How to Join
To join the Farman 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: David Farman for assistance.
Once you are ready to go, you can also show your project affiliation with the ONS Member Sticker:
Research Pages
Amongst Farmans of European origin, the largest clusters nowadays are to be found in the contiguous English counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, where place names clearly of old Norse derivation abound; indeed, many members of this group of Farman families will find that their DNA includes a significant proportion of Scandinavian genes. Other, smaller clusters exist elsewhere on the east coast of England and in north-east Scotland, especially around ports with a history of offshore fishing. One of the first objectives of the Project is to search for links between these clusters.
Here are some of the current research pages included in the study. I'll be working on them, and could use your help!
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