Events The Guild organises, sponsors and presents at events to advance the education of the public in one-name studies specifically and genealogy generally. Guild members and non-members are welcome to attend. A monthly calendar is shown below, where the title of each event links to further information if available. Future events are shown on the right, where you can click on the meeting titles to view their details. Your assistance with the Guild Stand at events would be much appreciated. Please contact the Guild Events Manager to discuss. If you need any help with publicity for an event, please contact the Publicity Manager. Events in May 2022 Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 < PreviousNext > 3 May 2022 (1 event) 40 Years and Still a One-Name Society – The story of the Braund One-Name Study 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm 40 Years and Still a One-Name Society – The story of the Braund One-Name Study Guild contact: Julie Goucher In this webinar we welcome Guild members Janet Few and Chris Braund. Braund Society The Braund Society have just celebrated their 40th anniversary. This is the story of a one-name society and its activities. Come and learn about how the society started, what we have done in the past, what we do now and how we plan to evolve to remain relevant in today’s family history world. There will be suggestions that might be applicable to your one-name study, as well as warnings of pitfalls to avoid. There is references relevant to research outside of the UK, as the study has links to Australia, New Zealand, Canada, USA and South Africa. Janet and Chris are long-standing members of the Guild of One-Name Studies and have been involved in the Braund One-Name Society since its inception 40 years ago. Janet is a well-known speaker and is currently the President of the Family History Federation. Chris is the President of the Devon Family History Society and will be familiar to attendees at Guild conferences. You can follow Janet and Chris on Twitter, using the following: @JanetFew @Bucksfisherman About the webinars: 7.30pm BST (British Summer Time) on 3th May 2022 Attendance to the webinar is available to both members and to non-members. After the live event it will be available to the public for one month. Attendance is FREE of charge though you do need to register, using the links shown. The webinars will each last around an hour, including time for questions. Register HERE This is a virtual webinar 4 May 2022 (1 event) Webinar - Spotlight on ..Oxfordshire DNA and Surname Projects 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm Webinar - Spotlight on ..Oxfordshire DNA and Surname Projects Guild contact: Julie Goucher In this webinar we welcome Guild members, Richard Merry and Jessica Feinstein both of whom are also members of Oxfordshire Family History Society along with the last of our trio, Sue Honoré. Copyright Oxfordshire FHS 2021, used with permission In this interview with Richard, Jessica and Sue, each will speaker about specific elements of the project, covering the history of the Oxfordshire DNA (Richard) and Surname (Sue) projects; the process and challenges of doing these interlinked projects; data collections – finding and managing them to support the projects; process of creating a book on the topics (All) and getting it to publication (Jessica). Key findings/stories. Next steps. This is going to be a fascinating webinar and will be of interest to family historians, one-name study researchers and social historians. This is a subject, that includes the pulling together different data sources and volunteers to achieve new insights and findings on surnames in a geographic area. There are some references to other parts of the globe, but the main focus is on the English county of Oxfordshire. You can read further information on the project HERE Richard H. Merry Richard is a retired soil and environmental scientist and a graduate of the universities of Tasmania and Adelaide. He was always interested in family history and began more serious researching about thirty years ago – his paternal great-grandfather was born in Eynsham. He has been active in his local genealogy society in Adelaide for some time, administers or co-administers four DNA group projects and the Oxfordshire Surnames Project, and is a member of the Guild of One-Name Studies. Sue Honoré Sue has spent her career as a manager in various international business and academic roles but has wider interests and has accumulated degrees in biology, business, networked learning and local history. She has been researching her own family history since the early 1980s and has been volunteering with the Oxfordshire Family History Society for nine years as the journal editor and joint administrator of the DNA and surname projects. Jessica Feinstein Jessica has had a career in academic publishing and is a qualified genealogist. In addition to teaching family history, Jessica volunteers for several genealogy societies and edits a family history journal. About the webinars: Join the Guild of One-Name Studies for this webinar as we will learn about the Oxfordshire DNA and Surname Projects 12.00 Noon, BST on 4 May 2022 Attendance to the webinar is available to both members and to non-members. Attendance is FREE of charge though you do need to register, using the links shown. The webinars will each last around an hour, including time for questions. Register HERE. This is a virtual webinar 6 May 2022 (1 event) GOONS Friday Virtual Pub Crawl All day event - GOONS Friday Virtual Pub Crawl Guild contact: John B. Lisle Virtual Social Event GOONS Friday Virtual Pub Crawl – Now Every Friday at 2 P.M. Eastern US Time That is usually 7 p.m. UK time (1900 GMT except in Summer...) The Pub officially opens from 2 pm eastern US time, but feel free to drop by early if you want a private word, Or stop by later. The Pub closes when everyone has gone home. Conversations could be about anything GOONS related. Or maybe even Rugby. Every so often we will have someone stop by who want to share a talk... and we might decide to record that but otherwise, what happens at Pub, stays at the Pub. Here are the joining instructions. Should be same every week if you want to add them to your calendar. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82084184981?pwd=RnhxcWk5aUVEWHZYdWZsTm9SQmxLZz09 Meeting ID: 820 8418 4981 Passcode: 1837 13 May 2022 (1 event) GOONS Friday Virtual Pub Crawl All day event - GOONS Friday Virtual Pub Crawl Guild contact: John B. Lisle Virtual Social Event GOONS Friday Virtual Pub Crawl – Now Every Friday at 2 P.M. Eastern US Time That is usually 7 p.m. UK time (1900 GMT except in Summer...) The Pub officially opens from 2 pm eastern US time, but feel free to drop by early if you want a private word, Or stop by later. The Pub closes when everyone has gone home. Conversations could be about anything GOONS related. Or maybe even Rugby. Every so often we will have someone stop by who want to share a talk... and we might decide to record that but otherwise, what happens at Pub, stays at the Pub. Here are the joining instructions. Should be same every week if you want to add them to your calendar. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82084184981?pwd=RnhxcWk5aUVEWHZYdWZsTm9SQmxLZz09 Meeting ID: 820 8418 4981 Passcode: 1837 14 May 2022 (1 event) DNA Seminar ** rescheduled from July 24th 2021 ** 9:30 am - 5:00 pm DNA Seminar ** rescheduled from July 24th 2021 ** Guild contact: Alan Moorhouse We return to this popular venue for another of our regular DNA seminars, rescheduled from July 24th 2021, with the opportunity to explore what has changed since our previous event here in 2018. The programme is currently being finalised, and will include parallel sessions for those new to DNA alongside presentations on Y-DNA and Autosomal DNA and will include talks on the use of DNA in various contexts. #GuildDNA [booking for this in person seminar will open in early March 2022] Beauchamp College Ridgeway Oadby LE2 5TP http://maps.google.com/maps?z=16&daddr=Ridgeway++Oadby++LE2+5TP+ 20 May 2022 (1 event) GOONS Friday Virtual Pub Crawl All day event - GOONS Friday Virtual Pub Crawl Guild contact: John B. Lisle Virtual Social Event GOONS Friday Virtual Pub Crawl – Now Every Friday at 2 P.M. Eastern US Time That is usually 7 p.m. UK time (1900 GMT except in Summer...) The Pub officially opens from 2 pm eastern US time, but feel free to drop by early if you want a private word, Or stop by later. The Pub closes when everyone has gone home. Conversations could be about anything GOONS related. Or maybe even Rugby. Every so often we will have someone stop by who want to share a talk... and we might decide to record that but otherwise, what happens at Pub, stays at the Pub. Here are the joining instructions. Should be same every week if you want to add them to your calendar. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82084184981?pwd=RnhxcWk5aUVEWHZYdWZsTm9SQmxLZz09 Meeting ID: 820 8418 4981 Passcode: 1837 27 May 2022 (1 event) GOONS Friday Virtual Pub Crawl All day event - GOONS Friday Virtual Pub Crawl Guild contact: John B. Lisle Virtual Social Event GOONS Friday Virtual Pub Crawl – Now Every Friday at 2 P.M. Eastern US Time That is usually 7 p.m. UK time (1900 GMT except in Summer...) The Pub officially opens from 2 pm eastern US time, but feel free to drop by early if you want a private word, Or stop by later. The Pub closes when everyone has gone home. Conversations could be about anything GOONS related. Or maybe even Rugby. Every so often we will have someone stop by who want to share a talk... and we might decide to record that but otherwise, what happens at Pub, stays at the Pub. Here are the joining instructions. Should be same every week if you want to add them to your calendar. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82084184981?pwd=RnhxcWk5aUVEWHZYdWZsTm9SQmxLZz09 Meeting ID: 820 8418 4981 Passcode: 1837 30 May 2022 (1 event) Regional Rep Meeting - Spring 2022 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Regional Rep Meeting - Spring 2022 Guild contact: Julie Goucher This is a meeting of the Regional Reps of the Guild of One-Name Studies. Each quarter there will be two meeting choices which hopefully enables Reps from various parts of the globe to join. Meeting 1 - Saturday 28th May 2022 at 10am London UK time Meeting 2 - Monday 30th May 2022 at 7pm London UK time The link for the meeting has been sent to Reps via email. If you are not a regional rep and would like information please email rep-coordinator@one-name.org Created by Julie Goucher using wordclouds.com Online via Zoom 31 May 2022 (1 event) Pharos Introduction to One-Name Studies Course 10:00 am - Pharos Introduction to One-Name Studies Course Guild contact: Julie Goucher The introduction to One-Name Studies course begins Tuesday, 31 May - it will not run again until 2023, so do sign up now if you are interested. (The dates for practicalities and advanced courses will be added to the calendar). There is a discount available for Guild members, details in the members area, whilst non-Guild members receive free membership to the Guild for a year. More details, and to book, please visit https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=901 Online Learning