Ruby Name Study

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About the Project

The Ruby Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Ruby 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 Ruby 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 Rubys), by time period (18th Century Rubys), or by topic (RubyDNA, Ruby Occupations, Ruby 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 Ruby Name Study, first start out by browsing our current teams 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 does not yet exist for your particular area of interest, please contact the Name Study Coordinator:Vacant for assistance.

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Once you are ready to go, you can also show your project affiliation with the ONS Member Sticker:

Research Pages

Membership

Related Surnames and Surname Variants

• Rubi

Websites

• Ruby DNA Project
• Ruby one-name Website
• Guild of One-name Studies page for Ruby Surname

Published works on the Ruby Surname

• Jay W. and Ruth Ruby's "The Rubi/Ruby Families of Switzerland an America" published in 1983 and additional supplement by their son Jay Ruby Jr.

Archive information

A Ruby One-name Surname Project was previously collaboratively run by members of the Guild of One-Name Studies.

The Guild's Ruby One-name Study was unique in that it was an initiative of a small group of Guild members in recognition of the 40th anniversary of the Guild in September 2019. No one on the project team had a Ruby surname in their history but the surname was chosen as the ruby gemstone is associated with the 40th anniversary! When some initial research showed that the surname had so many different country and cultural origins, it seemed ideal for the Guild's international scope.