The Guild Conference welcomes Tessa Keough Posted 7 March 2017 by Julie GoucherTessa Keough is an attorney by profession and a genealogist by avocation. She takes advantage of 21st century technology to work on her own family history as well as engage in specialized projects. These projects include a one-name study of her surname Keough and one-place study of a community in Newfoundland. Tessa believes in giving back [Click to continue…]
The Guild Conference welcomes Barbara Griffiths Posted 3 March 2017 by Julie GoucherBarbara Griffiths has been a Guild member since 2002. She conducts the PARRY One-Name Study and is administrator of the associated PARRY DNA project at FTDNA. She also runs an Autosomal DNA project aimed at discovering more about all of her own ancestors. With almost seven years experience since taking her first Autosomal DNA test, [Click to continue…]
The Guild Conference welcomes Bob Cumberbatch Posted 26 February 2017 by Julie GoucherOver 50% of Bob’s One-Name Study centres on the Caribbean Island of Barbados, which last year celebrated its 50th year of Independence from British rule. Bob has specialised in researching in the Caribbean and is a Guild representative at the ‘Ask the Expert” stand at WDYTYA each year. Bob Cumberbatch is a Master Craftsman of [Click to continue…]
The Guild Conference welcomes Dr Maurice Gleeson Posted 21 February 2017 by Julie GoucherMaurice Gleeson is a medical doctor and (for the last 9 years) a genetic genealogist. He runs several Surname DNA Projects, including projects for the surnames Boylan, Farrell, Gleeson, Glisson, Maloney & Spearin (his One-Name Study). He also has several blogs (e.g. http://dnaandfamilytreeresearch.blogspot.co.uk, http://gleesondna.blogspot.co.uk) and several dedicated YouTube Channels (e.g. https://www.youtube.com/c/DNAandFamilyTreeResearch) as well as a few [Click to continue…]
The Guild Conference welcomes Kim Baldacchino Posted 17 February 2017 by Julie GoucherFollowing a career in IT, Kim is busy in her role as webmaster for the Guild but continues to try to find time to progress her one-name and one-place studies. Since retiring, she completed the Advanced Diploma in Local History from Oxford University and moved to Malta with her husband and two of their sons. [Click to continue…]