J is for Journals Posted 12 April 2017 by Julie GoucherThe Guild publishes an award winning journal quarterly and has done for the majority of the Guild’s existence. Journals are available as PDF downloads to members in addition to receiving the journal in the mail, although there is an option to “Go Green” and not have a paper copy sent. Journals that are more than [Click to continue…]
I is for Indexes Posted 11 April 2017 by Julie GoucherThe one thing that most genealogists cannot resist is an Index, whether that be in a book, CD, article, or on a website. The Guild holds a number of indexes which are available to members. What is especially useful to members and non-members alike is that a search of the online Register using the search facility [Click to continue…]
H is for Help Posted 10 April 2017 by Tessa KeoughAll during April we are blogging the praises of all the features, benefits, and resources available here at our Guild Website. Over the past two years our brilliant Website team, led by Guild members Kim Baldacchino and Ken Mycock, have been hard at work setting up the underlying structure, adding new material, and migrating/updating material [Click to continue…]
G is for GoToWebinar Posted 8 April 2017 by Tessa KeoughYou may have noticed that the Guild took a break from hosting monthly online hangouts. Part of the reason was individual Guild members’ availability to plan and host a get-together and part of the reason was the logistics and quality issues associated with hangouts. The Guild recently set up a GoToWebinar account that we plan [Click to continue…]
F is for FamilySearch Initiative Posted 7 April 2017 by Karen RogersF is for FamilySearch Initiative. Many of us wonder what might happen to our one-name studies in the future or what we would do if we had a hard-drive crash or a cloud service glitch. Two of the pillars of our one-name studies are to publish and preserve our work. When thinking about preserving your one-name [Click to continue…]