Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE GUILD ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN ONE-NAME STUDIES, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROMOTING PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF ONE-NAME STUDIES, PRESERVING AND PUBLISHING THE DATA FROM ONE-NAME STUDIES AND MAXIMISING ACCESSIBILITY OF THE DATA TO INTERESTED MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.
SUCH OBJECTS SHALL BE APPLICABLE WORLDWIDE. ‘ONE-NAME STUDIES’ MEANS RESEARCH INTO THE GENEALOGY AND FAMILY HISTORY OF ALL PERSONS WITH THE SAME SURNAME AND ITS VARIANTS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS A ‘SURNAME STUDY’.
