Most Surnames come from Somewhere – September 2024 webinar Posted 17 September 2024 by Julie GoucherThe September webinar from the Guild of One-Name Studies is with Howard Benbrook, our President, here is what Howard said: Whereas many surnames like Shepherd and Baker have origins in the occupation of their original bearer, there are many others whose origin is, sometimes surprisingly, in a very specific place. Whilst knowing the geographic [Click to continue…]
History of Straits Settlement (Penang) and our family’s connection – with Karen de Bruyne Posted 1 September 2024 by Julie GoucherThe August 2024 webinar was from Karen de Bruyne. The webinar shared a brief history of Penang (Prince of Wales Island) and Karen’s family connection, with the sources used to uncover the story and learn about their lives. A challenge was finding sources where traditional ones don’t exist. Other countries mentioned are Scotland and Malaysia, [Click to continue…]
History of Straits Settlement (Penang) and our family’s connection – with Karen de Bruyne – Webinar August 2024 Posted 31 July 2024 by Julie GoucherThe August 2024 webinar is from Karen de Bruyne. The webinar will share a brief history of Penang (Prince of Wales Island) and Karen’s family connection, with the sources used to uncover the story and learn about their lives. A challenge was finding sources where traditional ones don’t exist. Other countries mentioned are Scotland and [Click to continue…]
Interested in the AKEHURST / AKHURST Surnames? Posted 18 July 2024 by Julie GoucherInterested in the AKEHURST / AKHURST Surnames? Akehurst Family History Society is the focal point for people researching the AKEHURST surname, as well as variants including AKHURST, ACKHURST, ACKEHURST, and AKURST. The Society will be holding its 2024 Get-Together at the Umbrella Centre, Canterbury, Kent on the weekend of 27-29 September. GetTogethers [Click to continue…]
Guild Webinar – Behind the scenes of a One-Name Gathering: How, What & Why Posted 6 July 2024 by Julie GoucherThe webinar for July is from Karen Rogers of the Liddiard Society & One-Name Study. Here is what Karen says: “At a presentation given to the Aldbourne Heritage Centre Group about the Liddiard’s in 2013, I made a throw away remark “its about time we got some Liddiard’s back in this village” Rumours then spread [Click to continue…]