Cornucopia Seminar [Amersham] The Seminar was held at Amersham Free Church Hall, Woodside Road, Amersham, Buckinghamshire,HP6 6AJ on Saturday 8th March 2025. Our popular ‘Cornucopia’ seminars, which (unlike our usual seminars with presentations linked to the seminar theme) bring together a range of presentations on a variety of topics of interest to all one-namers and provide an opportunity to [Click to continue…]
Oxfordshire Family History Society Fair – 26 October 2024 Posted 24 October 2024 by Wendy ArcherThe Oxfordshire Family History Fair is this Saturday, 26th October 2024. This year it is at a new venue, a couple of miles north of the centre of Oxford, at Cherwell School (North), Marston Ferry Road, Oxford OX2 7EE. Open from 10am to 4pm, Free Entry, Free Parking, All Welcome! Refreshments are provided by Good [Click to continue…]
Most Surnames come from Somewhere – Recording Posted 26 September 2024 by Julie GoucherYesterday we were treated to a great webinar from Howard Benbrook who gave a knowledgeable and engaging presentation called Most Surnames come from Somewhere. The webinar took a different structure to usual. Howard talked about surnames in our usual webinar format, before providing a synopsis of the software, Surname Atlas. Howard then subsequently undertook a [Click to continue…]
Most Surnames come from Somewhere – September 2024 webinar Posted 17 September 2024 by Julie GoucherThe September webinar from the Guild of One-Name Studies is with Howard Benbrook, our President, here is what Howard said: Whereas many surnames like Shepherd and Baker have origins in the occupation of their original bearer, there are many others whose origin is, sometimes surprisingly, in a very specific place. Whilst knowing the geographic [Click to continue…]
History of Straits Settlement (Penang) and our family’s connection – with Karen de Bruyne Posted 1 September 2024 by Julie GoucherThe August 2024 webinar was from Karen de Bruyne. The webinar shared a brief history of Penang (Prince of Wales Island) and Karen’s family connection, with the sources used to uncover the story and learn about their lives. A challenge was finding sources where traditional ones don’t exist. Other countries mentioned are Scotland and Malaysia, [Click to continue…]