It also guarantees it will not release email addresses of contributors to other commercial organisations, nor misuse them itself. These pledges make a welcome contrast with some of its competitors. The Guild of One-Name Studies web site includes a list of surnames which are the subject of such studies. There is a separate page for each letter of the alphabet, each holding more than a dozen surnames per line, which gives you some idea of the number of names in the list. It could save you a lot of time duplicating research others have already done.
Many kind folk offer a free lookup service in resources they happen to have available.
Many of these services are organised into a series of lookup exchanges. There is a web site giving the details of what is on offer for each area. A list of these sites is given in the main lookup exchange index , together with details of how the system works. New volunteers are always welcome. Rootsweb The Rootsweb site offers a huge range of data and facilities for the genealogist.