Nisbet Name Study

Surnames/tags: Nisbet_Nisbett_Nesbit_Nesbitt Nesbitt Nesbit

About the Project

The Nisbet Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Nisbet 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 Nisbet name.

As a One Name Study, this project is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Individual team studies can be used to branch out the research into specific methods and areas of interest, such as geographically (England Nisbets), by time period (18th Century Nisbets), or by topic (NisbetDNA, Nisbet Occupations, Nisbet 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.

The mission of the Nisbet Name Project is to become a knowledge hub for NN=(Nesbit(t)/Nisbet(t)) research. We can achieve this by working on profiles of all NNS, to increase the number of NN profiles on WikiTree, and ensure they meet the highest standards possible.

I have done my best to compromise -It can be a problem between what you can teach the mainstream - what they understand and what the project trails want. Trying to find a happy middle that is acceptable to both and can be justified is not easy. (Jean Skar)

We aim to provide the most complete, well documented, best sourced, accurate genealogy in a one-large-tree format, with well written Biographies.

• promoting the entries of those bearing the name Nisbet(t)/Nesbit(t) on Wikitree.
• ensuring entries appearing on Wikitree are as accurate as possible, correcting mistakes once spotted.
• encouraging interest in and study of Family Nisbet/Nesbitt.
• Project Preference for sourcing - As you become more experienced and start to collaborate with other WikiTreers you will need to learn how to create references, i.e. footnotes, endnotes, or citations. After stating a fact for which you have a source, surround the reference with these tags: < ref > ... < /ref > The C button on the edit toolbar will automatically create them. Sourcer is a great alternative to add and format sources.

Name & Variations

Naibett, Naisbet, Naisbett, Naisbit, Naisbitt, Naiset, Nechisbet, Neebith, Neisbayt, Neisbit, Neisbitt, Nesbeit, Nesbert, Nesbet, Nesbeth, Nesbett, Nesbit, Nesbite, Nesbith, Nesbitishill, Nesbitt, Nesbut, Nesbuth, Nesbutt, Nesbyt, Nesbyte, Nesbyth, Nesbythe, Nes-Dret, Nesebeht, Nesebite, Nesebith, Nesebyte, Nessbitt, Nesyt, Nezebet, Nezebeth, Nezebuth, Nisbert, Nisbet, Nisbett, Nisbit, Nisbite, Nisbitt, Nisbythe, Nispitt, Nizbet, Nysbet, Nysbett, Nysbit, Nysit, Nyspet, Nyzbet

ORIGIN Description: ‘A headland’. Or ‘the nose’, Nisbet - Lands and name The assumption is that this is an Old English coining as (nesu + bite Interesting Nes and Bit in Norwegian would have a very similar meaning

Supposedly from the Northern Middle English "nese", nose plus either the Old English pre 7th Century word "bita" meaning mouthful, or piece of ground, or "byht", a bend (in a river). The place names could therefore mean either a piece of raised land shaped like a nose, or a bend in a river shaped like a nose.

The surname probably also arose independently from numerous Scottish and Northern English locations named Nesbit(t)/Nisbet(t) some were:

• Nisbet in Berwickshire 1139
• Township of Nesbit place name dates back to 1250 in County Durham.
• Hamlets East and West Nisbet Berwickshire
• Nisbet Lanarkshire mentioned as early as 1367
• West Nisbet in the barony of Pencaitland, Haddingtonshire 1474&77
• Village of Nisbet Roxburghshire
• Nesbit, a township in the parish of Stamfordham, county Northumberland

How to Join

To join the Nisbet Name Study, first start out by browsing our current teams (NONE so far) 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 team (NONE so far) does not yet exist for your particular area of interest, please contact the Name Study Coordinator: Jean Skar for assistance.

Please :-

• Contact the project leader Jean Skar,
• Add your name and research interests to the list below.
• Add our Member sticker to YOUR own NN profiles only your own !!

To show General Project Affiliation that you are a member of the Nisbet Name Study, use this on your own profile:

• Add our categories to your profiles, See https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Nisbet_Name_Study for those we have so far !! Not everyone likes Stickers, so as an alternative you can just add the category, making everyone happy. Another alternative add the image not the sticker to any of the NN profiles you manage. You are welcome to use the sticker when you know how they work!
• Any questions ? Ask in the comments box below

The project warmly welcomes new members as the number of NN researchers on WikiTree is steadily growing. Good luck with your research - add your name below - interest - any other projects you belong to or interested in - and if you have completed any of the trails let us know which one !!

See task list below if you might like to help with any.

Participants - (feel free to add your name and area of interest here )

We collaborate-- some of us may be good at sourcing and other at writing, together we can make great profiles. We just need to know who wants to do what!

• P Jean Skar Nesbitt/Nisbet Society, World Wide Nesbitt/Nisbet FTDNA Y DNA coordinator, WikiTree Team leader for Nesbitt Clan.

• Example: Name - I am interested in writing Biographies. or -I am hoping that this research area will help me break down one of my brick walls!

Preferences

• Last name at birth It is usually the formal name as it appears in official documents at the time of birth. However, it may not be exactly what appears in a birth record if: There was a spelling mistake or error in the document,or if the family name was more commonly spelled in a different way at the time of the birth usually Nisbet in Scotland and Nesbitt in Ireland. Nesbit in England
• Links extract/transcribe the information --this provides the information if links are no longer found in the future. (in progress)!!!!!
• We respect Copyright!!

• Changing what someone else has written often doesn't feel right. But it's what a wiki is all about. People are informed about changes through activity feeds and they can always change things back to the way they were if a mistake is made. These technological features of a wiki mean that changes don't need to be discussed in advance. The pace of collaboration can be faster than that. This is why, WikiTree and NN project encourages members to be bold. BUT generally use their format not yours if they are active unless it is from a ged com etc.

Quality over quantity! The ususal process is to finish one profile - adding locations (including countries), dates, and at least one real source - before moving to the next profile. And if you need help finding reliable information for your family members?

Please review the Profile Standards, recommendations and best practices for creating and editing the text of Help:Biographies before you begin working on profiles.

Sources

A good source citation will enable others to judge the accuracy of the information found on the profile, and will let them independently verify the information by finding the source themselves. Such sources will answer the following 5 questions:

Who - who caused the record to be created

What - the title of the record set

When - when the record was created

Wherein - where in the record set the data was found

Whereat - at which repository is the record set found

You must include your sources when you add information to WikiTree. It's in our Honor Code

Note Auto Bio was created to use for a bio when there was no bio. It is best not to use Auto Bio with a profile with sources and a bio in it because it frequently changes things and you have to be put them back, or maybe you don't even see it.

Teams / Research Pages

No Teams so far

Main Category see: Category:Nisbet_Name_Study

• Scotland Category:Scotland Nisbets
• England Category:England Nisbets
• Ireland Category:Ireland Nisbets
• Australia Category:Australia Nisbets
• Canada Category:Canada Nisbets
• USA Category:United_States Nisbets

Branches

[[1]] Work in progress.

• Nesbitt of Tullydonnell
• Nisbet of Raecleuch
• Nesbitt of Tubberdaly
• Nesbitt of Lismore

DNA

FTDNA Results see Results

Publications

Publications Nisbet name study Many have some incorrect conclusions printed within, accurate in parts and fatally wrong in other parts. Therefore, please use them merely as a hand-drawn road map and not as a 'bible'. Nisbet of Hardhill is very prone to errors.

Known lines with errors in publications

• Ancient line of Nisbet of that Ilk
• Connections to John the Martyr and his son James
• John Nisbet and Sarah Brevard
• Nisbet of Dirleton

Task List

Daily/weekly

• PRIORITY try and connect all new profiles to the Nisbet global tree (Nisbet line only)
• PRIORITY add categories to all new profiles
• PRIORITY try and source all new profiles with at least one source if unsourced

• Ongoing - see if improvements can be made, especially those that will bring profiles up to WikiTree Style Guide standards

• check for unsourced profiles and try an find a source or label them unsourced.
• run queries to find errors and correct them
• keep up with changes/new apps on WikiTree
• Write bios after the sources are added

Time permitting my list

• Update this page as May 2023 the Clan pages, they have now upped the security level and removed any non-Members from the TL. So we need to use this page instead.
• Finish and update space pages
• Finish Branch Pages
• My Person goal add many years of research that I have collected, so it is shared and not lost. (Instead of finishing one profile at a time as recommended)
• Make space pages and move large quanities of text from profiles
• Finish the publication list space pages with links
• Redo DNA categories
• Try and research and sort out a few problems we have
• to me- correct error prone (fix also that category)

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