The theme for this, the 34th Guild Conference and AGM was "Around England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales in 8,000 names". Each country had two talks about topics specific to that place. There was also a "Key Skills" talk about social networking.

It took place at the Copthorne Hotel Cardiff, on the 5th - 7th April 2013. The delegates started to arrive on the Friday, with a dinner and genealogical quiz night planned to get them ready for the weekend ahead!

After a welcome and official opening of the Conference from the Guild President, the Annual General Meeting took place; Guild members can watch the video and download or view the presentation of this in the Members' Room.

Click on the talk titles to find out what they are about, find out about the speakers, watch videos of the talks and download presentations and handouts where available.

England Section, sponsored by FindMyPast.com		Ireland Section, sponsored by The Halstead Trust
London: Where men can most effectively disappear Andrew Millard	Companies House: Products, services & archives Gareth Davies	Medieval Sources for Irish Genealogical Research Nollaig O Muraile	Origins and Meanings of Irish Surnames John Hamrock This talk has been removed from the Guild website for copyright reasons

Scotland Section		Wales Section
Retours: the Unknown Scottish Source for One-Namers Lorna Kinnaird	Searching for historic Scots: Some resources Dee Williams	The Welsh Context: A One-Name Perspective Peter Badham	Digitised Welsh Newspapers Online Beryl Evans

Key One-Name Study Skills Section

The Power of Social Networking: Genealogy in the 21st century Debbie Kennett

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