In Remembrance of Her Majesty The Queen Posted 8 September 2022 by Julie GoucherOn behalf of the Trustees, Volunteers & Members of The Guild of One-Name Studies, we are deeply saddened by the passing of Her Majesty The Queen. Our thoughts are with The Royal Family and we send them our sincerest condolences at this difficult time. The life of Her Majesty The Queen is an amazing example [Click to continue…]
October 2022 Webinar – People and their places in the Ordnance Survey Name Books for Northumberland c. 1860 Posted 10 August 2022 by Julie GoucherIn this webinar, we welcome 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…]
September 2022 Webinar – The Howes One-Name Study – Don’t be put off by the size! Posted 10 August 2022 by Julie GoucherIn this webinar, we welcome 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…]
August 2022 Webinar – Featherstones Forever More Posted 10 August 2022 by Julie GoucherAs part of our Spotlight on Series, we welcome W. Paul Featherstone, who will speak about the Featherstone One-Name Study. During the presentation Paul will talk about how and why he started the study, what he did first, how the study progressed. where the study is now and the status of the study now. About [Click to continue…]
Welcome to Our Blog Posted 13 July 2022 by Departed MemberWelcome to our blog site provided by The Guild of One-Name Studies for the study of the surname Hunter and many different variants of the name from the very beginning spelling Venator and Huntar.