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About the Project
The Clark Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Clark 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 Clark 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 Clarks), by time period (18th Century Clarks), or by topic (Clark DNA, Clark Occupations, Clark 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 Clark 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: Christine Clark for assistance.
Once you are ready to go, you can also show your project affiliation with the ONS Member Sticker:
Research Pages
Here are some of the current research pages included in the study. I'll be working on them, and could use your help. Add a link to your research page:
Membership
- Allison Mackler
- Robert Clark
- Marilyn Kenyon My 5th great-grand father is John Clarke who served in the American Revolution. He was born in Richmond, Rhode Island and died in Amsterdam, New York.,
- Gwynn (Malcolm) Socolich working on Clarks of Ohio Freespace page will post to research pages when completed, I dont have Clarks listed on my tree yet, I will work on this too (my father's side) and on my mothers side is Lovina Riddle (1802-1859) who married Lemuel Clark (Colrain, Franklin, MA).
Related Surnames and Surname Variants
Links
How To Categorize Profiles
How to Categorize A Profile
The Clark One Name Study uses categories to group profiles together. This can be done via the standard use of categories or using the project sticker. See Help:Categorization for more information on categorization in general.
The Clark One Name Study categories should only be added to a profile for an individual whose surname was Clark at birth. Individuals whose names changed to Clark, due to marriage should not be added to the Clark Name Study.
Please feel free to contact members of the Clark One Name Study for help with categorizing.
Using the Sticker
When adding the Clark Name Study sticker to profile, be sure it is added below the Biography section. See Help:Stickers for more information on stickers including detailed examples and guidelines.
Please add the Clark Name Study sticker using a category when you first add the sticker. Defining the category name within in the sticker definition will add the category to the profile as well as display the sticker.
In this example, the profile will be grouped with other profiles where the individuals were born in the United States, but no other information about their birth location is known:
- == Biography ==
{{One Name Study|name=Clark|category=United States, Clark Name Study}}
In this example, the profile will be grouped with other profiles where the individuals were born in Fairfax County, Virginia:
- == Biography ==
{{One Name Study|name=Clark|category=Fairfax County, Virginia, Clark Name Study}}
Using the Category
If you prefer not to use the Clark Name Study sticker, then you can add the appropriate category to the profile, as you would with any other category. Categories are always placed above the Biography section.
In this example, the profile will still be grouped with other profiles where the individuals were born in the United States, but no sticker will display on the profile:
- Example: [[Category:United States, Clark Name Study]]
== Biography ==}
In this example, the profile will be grouped with other profiles where the individuals were born in the county of Argyll in Scotland.
- [[Category:Argyll, Clark Name Study]]
== Biography ==
Additional Categories
If you would like to add additional Clark categories to a profile based on other life events besides the individuals birth location, you can do so by adding the categories in the same way as you would any category. The categories would be placed above the Biography section.
In this example, the profile is grouped by the location they were born as defined in the sticker, but another category is added since they died in a different location:
- [[Category:Greene County, Indiana, Clark Name Study]]
== Biography ==
{{One Name Study|name=Clark|category=Fairfax County, Virginia, Clark Name Study}}
