Appointment of New President for the Guild of One-Name Studies. Posted 4 July 2022 by Julie GoucherThe Trustees of the Guild of One-Name Studies are delighted to announce that we have appointed Howard Benbrook as the President of the Guild, taking over from the late Col (Ret) Iain Swinnerton. Howard has held several volunteer posts with the Guild, including serving on the Committee as a Trustee and being Chairman. He was [Click to continue…]
Oxfordshire DNA & Surnames Projects Webinar Posted 7 May 2022 by Julie GoucherOn Wednesday 5 May, I welcomed Guild members, Richard Merry and Jessica Feinstein, both of whom are also members of Oxfordshire Family History Society, along with the last of the trio, Sue Honoré to the latest webinar from the Guild. This was undertaken in a different format. This is a subject, that includes the pulling [Click to continue…]
Recording – Spotlight on….40 Years and Still a One-Name Society – The story of the Braund One-Name Study Posted 4 May 2022 by Julie GoucherOn Wednesday 3 May 2022 we welcomed Guild members Janet Few and Chris Braund to our monthly webinar. You can watch the recording by clicking the image below: The Braund Society have just celebrated their 40th anniversary and this seemed the perfect opportunity to congratulate the society. This is the story of a one-name [Click to continue…]
A-Z Challenge – S is for….. Posted 22 April 2022 by Julie GoucherToday we are shining the light on the Savignac One-Name study which is one of 781 studies beginning with the letter S – you can see the full suite of them HERE – The Savignac study has a website and a Facebook Group which you can explore. This is in a series of posts and [Click to continue…]
The Decade of Centenaries: Researching Ireland 1912-1923 – Webinar with Chris Paton Posted 7 April 2022 by Julie GoucherAuthor and genealogist Chris Paton delivered a fascinating webinar to the Guild of One-Name Studies on 6 April 2022. In this talk Chris looks at the landmark events that led to the Partition of Ireland in 1921 and its consequences. It includes the Suffragette struggle in Ireland, the Ulster Covenant of 1912, the formation of [Click to continue…]