The Howes One-Name Study – Don’t be put off by the size! – Recording available Posted 16 September 2022 by Julie GoucherPaul Howes In this webinar, we welcomed Paul Howes, MCG, founder of the Howes One-Name Study, which includes all plural-sounding homophones, such as Howse, House, Hows, Howis, Houze, Howze, and so on, Paul and his cousin, Ian Howes, started this study 14 years ago. They went live on the internet in October 2008 with only 5,000 people in their database. Now they are closing in on 200,000 people, almost all in reconstructed families! Lesson 1: don’t let the perfect be the enemy of the good! Why did they go online so early? Has it paid off? What else have they learned? Why do they have such a simple approach to sourcing? How do they promote collaboration among Guild members? To learn the answers to these and other questions, please watch the recording below! About the Speaker Paul is a former Chairman of the Guild and has spoken at several annual conferences, at RootsTech in Salt Lake City and London, and at many other venues on either side of the Atlantic. He is currently President of the St Augustine Genealogical Society in America’s oldest city. The webinar took place on 14 September 2022 at 7.30pm British Summer Time (BST). It was open to both the public and Guild of One-Name Studies members. With the permission of Paul Howes it remains freely available to the public as part of the Guild’s educational charitable remit. Here are some of the relevant links for the Howes One-Name Study: Howes One-Name Study Profile Page Howes One-Name Study website Howes One-Name Study mirror website hosted by the Guild of One-Name Studies Members’ Website Project Paul mentioned the use of Family Historian software and his One-Name study. You can see the presentation that Paul gave to the Guild of One-Name Studies software series – https://one-name.org/family-history-software-for-your-one-name-study-seminar/
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Diana Aitchison says 11 October 2022 at 9:46 pm Great presentation and very clearly presented with some great ideas to implement.