GANS Membership Surname Interest Database
Simple Search: Searches can only match surnames exactly; no wildcards or substrings; case insensitive.
Enter one surname at a time (one word only!). Examples: thomas, o'brien, mcpherson, van tassel.
Advanced Search: Searches use either the usual wildcard operator, '*' (with some restrictions),
or a limited set of Regular Expression (regex) matching operators. All searches are case insensitive.
Enter one surname at a time.
Examples for the Advanced Search Options:
Wildcard: m*cdon, mos*er, fra*c*, van*tassel*, m*cne*l*
Regex: ma?cdon.*, mosh?er, van ?tassell?, mcd.+
Last major update of surnames database: 1 March 2011
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