Welcome
Welcome to the Knowles/Knoles/Noles Family Association Web Site. The KKNFA is a genealogical & social organization for all Knowles families regardless of the spelling of the surname. Please look around and let us know if we can be of any help to you in your search for Knowles ancestors. You are welcome to become a member of the Association if you are a Knowles descendant or just interested in Knowles research. Please send in your APPLICATION
If you don't wish to join the Association, but would like to help support Knowles genealogical research, please send us your DONATION. You can also support the KKNFA by visiting our AFFILIATED companies via the links provided.
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The Guild of One-Name Studies is an organization based in the
UK that provides assistance for the research conducted for a single family name,
e.g. Knowles (with the various spelling variations) even though not all people
with the same name are descendants of a single progenitor. Thousands of
surnames are registered with the Guild. Now
Knowles has been registered with the Guild.
A one-name study is a project researching all occurrences of a surname, as
opposed to a particular pedigree (ancestors for one person) or descendancy
(descendants of one person or couple). You can read more about the Guild
in their Introductory Article at:
GUILD
The seven sons of Asa
Knoles (1818 - 1863)
L to R, back row: Thomas Stone, Prettyman Marvel, Eli
Asa; front row: Jacob J., John Lowery, Samuel
Stone, Martin Van Buren
"Genealogy begins as an
interest, becomes a hobby, continues as an avocation,
takes over as an
obsession, and in its last stage, is an incurable disease."
Author
Unknown
Footnote: The picture on this opening page of the K/K/N Family Association Web pages includes the seven sons of Asa Knoles the grandson of Edmund "Old Silverhead" Knowles. Asa and his wife, Dorcas Stone also had four daughters. Three of the daughters died in infancy, and one, Louisa, lived until she was 99 or 100 years old.
