"Is Your Surname Obvious?" - for GoONS

London Metropolitan Archives
30 Northampton Road, London EC1R 0HB

10:00 a.m. Saturday 10th May 2008

Do you have trouble reading the documents you examine? Are you confident that what you read is correct, and can you truly recognise your surname when written in an unfamiliar script? Stop peering at the past and learn to be confident in your knowledge of English palaeography and the hands used by our ancestors.

The Guild of One-Name Studies, in conjunction with the London Metropolitan Archives (LMA), is pleased to announce a study day of lectures and workshops that will help the beginner and the more experienced understand and read more fluently the hands (Secretary in particular) in use throughout the 16th to the 18th century.

Programme

10:00 - 10:25	Arrival and Coffee
10:25 - 10:30	Opening Remarks
10:30 - 11:00	"Using the documents of an Archives Office" - Elizabeth Scudder, Principal Archivist, LMA
11:00 - 11:15	Comfort break, chance to look at documents - no tea/coffee/water
11:15 - 12:15	"Peering at the Past" - Dominic Johnson, B.Sc., LHG
12.15 - 13:15	Lunch break and palaeographical word search (No lunch provided)
13:30 - 16:00	Break away to working groups. Help yourself to tea/coffee as and when you feel you need.
16:00 - 16:30	Final thoughts leading to departure time

There is no lunch provided; please bring your own (or there are many sandwich bars nearby).

Suggestion: you may find a good magnifying glass and a clear plastic ruler useful.

Please note - all delegates are governed by the rules of the Archives Office.

• All bags / briefcases / coats / large folders in lockers housed at Mezzanine level. Ladies, you may carry a clear plastic bag for material needed from your handbag.
• With actual documents in the room 10:30 - 11:15, there will be no biscuits, tea, coffee, water, etc., available, nor must any delegate bring these in.

Applications are welcome from Guild members, family historians, and genealogists having an interest in the subject. Members of the general public are also invited to attend.

Disabled delegates: We would like to ensure that any disabled delegate can participate fully in this event. If you have any special requirements, please phone the Guild Help Desk on 0800 0112 182.

The cost of the Seminar will be £20.00 per person. The closing date for applications is 30th April 2008. (No bookings after that date will be accepted). To book, please send a completed booking form, with your cheque, to the booking secretary, Sandra Turner, 2 St Annes Close, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 4LQ. Further information may be obtained by contacting the booking secretary, email: or by telephoning the Guild HelpDesk - 0800 011 2182.

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