Medieval & Early Modern Records seminar Posted 18 May 2014 by Departed MemberThe Guild’s August 2014 seminar was on the subject of Medieval & Early Modern Records. The Guild visited Yorkshire to discover records from 1274, including Manorial Records, York Archbishopric Cause Papers and Early Immigrant papers, some newly indexed, providing the potential to extend knowledge of early surname distribution throughout the country.
Printed Sources Seminar Posted 21 February 2014 by Departed MemberThis seminar covered a number of interesting areas, from old newspapers to libraries and a few really unusual items we believed would be new for your One-Name Study.
Guild WW1 website live Posted 1 January 2014 by Departed MemberAs announced in the January 2014 issue of the Journal, the Guild’s World War 1 Centenary Website is now live! [note: now integrated with the Guild website]. This website, after registration, allows members to enter stories about their ancestors’ involvement in WW1. The stories can be about male or female, military or not and direct [Click to continue…]
BMD Vault live Posted 1 January 2014 by Departed MemberAs announced in the January 2014 issue of the Journal, the Guild’s BMD Vault is now live! This is an online database of Birth, Marriage and Death records, designed to hold records from anywhere in the world at any period of time, with all names fully searchable. Currently most of the content consists of records [Click to continue…]
Next Generation Seminar – Bookings Open Posted 22 November 2013 by Departed MemberBookings are now being taken for the next Guild Seminar: “One-Name Studies: The Next Generation”. This is being held at the Telford Innovation Centre in Telford, UK on 15th February 2014. Further information and bookings can be found on the page for the Seminar.