Journal of One-Name Studies Available Posted 27 September 2020 by Julie GoucherThe latest issue of the Journal of One-Name Studies is NOW available. All Members’ can download the October – December 2020 (Vol 13 No 12) issue from the Members’ Room which can be found HERE, once they have logged in. Those Members’ who receive their journal by post will do so in the coming weeks, depending on [Click to continue…]
Widening Horizons Webinar Series Posted 22 September 2020 by Alan MoorhouseWidening Horizons Webinar Series *** this webinar series will launch at 8.00pm [London, UK time] on Wednesday October 7th *** In place of the planned virtual seminar at Solihull being run jointly by the Guild and the Local Population Studies Society this will now be a series of weekly ‘tools and techniques’ webinars and features six speakers looking at ways of collecting, analysing and interpreting data collected in the process of one-name studies or local population analysis. You will need to register to take part in each webinar. See the Full Programme and Registration instructions.
Journal of One-Name Studies Available Posted 19 June 2020 by Julie GoucherThe latest issue of the Journal of One-Name Studies is NOW available. All Members’ can download the July-September 2020 issue from the Members’ Room which can be found HERE. Also published, is the 2020 issue of the Register of One-Name Studies, which can be downloaded by all Members’ HERE, subject to Members’ logging in. Those [Click to continue…]
The Heritage study joins our growing MWP list Posted 29 May 2020 by W Paul FeatherstoneDerek Heritage, who began studying his own family line over two decades ago, has now registered a one-name study of the Heritage surname. The first known location of the name is in Oxfordshire, England from where it progressed to its worldwide presence today. You are encouraged to see what Derek has found at his Members’ Websites Project website https://heritage.one-name.net/, where he explores thousands of people associated with the name working in occupations such as agriculture, innkeeping and funeral directors.
40 Years of Research on the Jephcott MWP Site Posted 26 May 2020 by W Paul FeatherstoneThe research of Jess Jephcott and the members of the Jephcott Society over the past 40 years is now being shared through the Members’ Websites Project at http://jephcott.one-name.net/. The site reflects an amazing journey in search of a surname that has been traced back to the 15th century in the parish of Ansty, Warwickshire, England near Coventry. The Society has explored at least 14 spellings of the name and is still going strong today. [Click to continue …]