Seminar Recordings – Web Presence for Your Study Posted 22 October 2022 by Julie GoucherThe most recent Guild seminar, held on 15 October was another successful event. Held in Leicestershire, England, the seminar offered a stream of talks and discussions all relating to creating an online presence for a One-Name Study, though the fundamentals are applicable for any type of genealogical online offering. Not all the sessions were recorded, [Click to continue…]
People and their places in the Ordnance Survey Name Books for Northumberland c. 1860 – Recording Available Posted 12 October 2022 by Julie GoucherIn this webinar, we welcomed Professor Diana Whaley. The Ordnance Survey Name Books (which survive for most of Scotland and Ireland, but otherwise only for the four northern counties of England) are a wonderful source of information that supplements the great First Edition Six Inch series of mapping. Among other things, they help us to [Click to continue…]
November 2022 Webinar – My ancestor was on the 1939 Register – well they should have been, John Hanson Posted 11 October 2022 by Julie GoucherThe Guild is delighted to welcome John Hanson who has been a lecturer and teacher in family history for over twenty years, particularly on computers in genealogy and the census. A former trustee of the Society of Genealogists for over twelve years and served on the committee of the Guild of One-Names studies for several [Click to continue…]
October-December 2022 Journal Posted 28 September 2022 by Julie GoucherThe latest edition, (Vol 14 No 8) of the Journal of One-Name Studies (October – December 2022) is available. The PDF version can be downloaded from the members room and members who receive a print copy will begin to receive them, though the speed of which dependent on where you live and the postal services. [Click to continue…]
The Howes One-Name Study – Don’t be put off by the size! – Recording available Posted 16 September 2022 by Julie GoucherIn this webinar, we welcomed Paul Howes, MCG, founder of the Howes One-Name Study, which includes all plural-sounding homophones, such as Howse, House, Hows, Howis, Houze, Howze, and so on, Paul and his cousin, Ian Howes, started this study 14 years ago. They went live on the internet in October 2008 with only 5,000 people [Click to continue…]