Genealogy Tourism

European cities and regions could boost tourism by building on the enthusiasm people have for their genealogy and family heritage. A European city or region could determine the names that originated in their area.  The city or region would then contact people with those names in America, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand and invite them back for a tour of their ancestral home. 
Some people know the origins of their family very well, but this is the exception rather than the rule. Most people would be startled by an email invitation to come back to the "old country".
An example is shown below. The family name Moffat originated in Moffat, Dumfryshire, in the northwest part of England. There are over 17,000 descendants with variations of that name in the United States, and many more in laws and persons with a relationship to that name in the US and in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
The internet makes it much more affordable to find these descendants, and invite them to return to their ancestral region of origin.


Using this formula, the tourism agencies marketing northwest England would develop the web page and email marketing program to invite Moffats to return for the first ever gathering of the extended family.

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LOCATIONS OF PERSONS NAMED MOFFAT IN THE UK IN 1881 







Locations of Persons Named Moffat in the US





Persons name Moffat in the United States
Moffat   2,774
Moffatt  4,034
Moffet      853
Moffett  9,850




Total   17,511
Plus additional persons from Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the UK, and others who are related to Moffat.
Local government could lead an effort to promote international family reunions in the location of the family origin - in this case the Town of Moffat.
The development of email and social networking makes it feasible to market a family origin tour at relatively low cost.  The Town would work with hotels, tourism agencies, and touring companies to set up a tour based in Moffat. The touring company would pick up the tour at the Manchester Airport and bring them back to Moffat. One day tours around the area would be conducted. Some meetings with local persons named Moffat would add interest.
A possible market penetration of from .5 to 1% of the total market might be possible. 
0.5% of 20,000 people = 100 people 
* 7 days *  £ 100 per day =  £ 70,000 into the local economy.
An additional optional week to ten day tour should also be offered for those who want to see more of the UK.
If this effort worked for the name Moffat it could also be employed with other names based in the region that have a large number of people of that name in the US.


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The spellings recognised by the Chief of the Clan are:
Maffat      Maffatt     Maffet      Maffett     Maffit      Maffitt
Moffat      Moffatt     Moffet      Moffett     Moffit      Moffitt
Morfit      Morfitt     Morphat     Morphatt    Morphet     Morphett
Morphit     Morphitt    Muffat      Muffatt     Muffet      Muffett
Muffit      Muffitt









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You can see where your family name is most common. Insert your name where Barrow is below to see their locations.


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Distribution of Barrows in the United Kingdom in 1881

















Distribution of Barrows in the United States in 1999













Backbarrow, Cumbria (Formerly Lancashire)



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http://www.your-family-history.com/b/barrow-family-history.php




This little program below will tell you the number of individuals and their location of a name.  Replace the name barrow below with the name you are interested in.










Barrow

in the US

There are 14,160 people with the last name "Barrow" in the United States.

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Ranking in the US


Name
Rank
Barrow
1,967


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