Blogging From A to Z Challenge – Wait for It! Posted 31 March 2017 by Tessa KeoughEvery April bloggers the world over sign up for the Blogging From A to Z Challenge. It’s an opportunity to blog every day during April (well almost every day) using the letters A to Z. For 2017 the Guild is going to step up to the plate and blog about our wonderful Guild Website using [Click to continue…]
The Guild Conference welcomes Michelle Patient Posted 18 March 2017 by Julie GoucherMichelle Patient is a genealogist, embroiderer and a geek with a degree in Pure and Applied Chemistry and technical qualifications in Geology. Michelle has a love of data, facts and research. Working for many years in civil engineering laboratories before moving into programming databases for marketing projects, she has spoken to various community and work-related [Click to continue…]
Genealogy, Surnames and Pharos! Posted 15 March 2017 by Julie GoucherThe Guild has a longstanding relationship with Pharos Teaching and Tutoring Limited, as Pharos offers two courses about One-Name Studies, an Introductory course and an Advanced course. Pharos is run by Helen Osborn a Guild member and author of Genealogy: Essential Research Methods. Both Helen and the Guild received some great feedback on Monday that is well [Click to continue…]
The Guild Conference welcomes Dr Ian Macdonald Posted 13 March 2017 by Julie GoucherDr Ian G Macdonald, MSc (Genealogical Studies), C.Eng, CITP, FBCS Zoologist, Information Engineer, quality award assessor, business systems strategist, process transformer, company director and latterly genealogist, practicing professionally in a limited way. Ian is a tutor for the University of Strathclyde’s online post-graduate genealogy courses and chronicler of the Mewburn family. His genealogical interests span eastern Scotland, much of [Click to continue…]
The Guild Conference welcomes Peggy Chapman Posted 11 March 2017 by Julie GoucherPeggy has researched family history for more than twenty years becoming progressively more involved as time went by, and now culminating in the joys of more time for genealogy due to retirement two years ago. After more than forty courses successfully completed over time, she will finish spring 2017 studies through the National institute of [Click to continue…]