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Guild of One-Name Studies

One-name studies, Genealogy

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Journal Volume 13: 2018 – 2020

Vol 13 No 12, Oct – Dec 2020 : Logged in members may view this journal online. Others please refer to sidebar for purchase.

  • Building a brick wall – in the hope of one day being completed by David Horwill
  • Their Surname was what?! by Rhiannon Lloyd
  • “McCluskeys in Disguise” – The McClusky / Cosby Connection by Wendy Cosby-Hallinan
  • The Evolution of the Muckleston One-Name Study – From a Chapter to a Book by Janet Mackleston
  • Carbis Families as a Cornish Name by John C. Carbis
  • Guild Reports, News and Events
  • Regulars: Committee, Marriage Challenge, DNA, Stories of Those Who Served, Rogues Gallery

Vol 13 No 11, Jul – Sep 2020 : Logged in members may view this journal online. Others please refer to sidebar for purchase.

  • Some Perils of Online Databases by Wayne Shepheard
  • The Origin(s) of the Surname Turbott in Ireland by Garth John Turbott
  • Mr Blix: A Norwegian Engineer in Western Australia and his Photo Album by Edwina Shooter
  • A Comedy of Names by Fraser Dunford
  • Measuring Social Change by Surname Analysis: The Tarascan Model by Joel Thurtell
  • The Dunsfords of Bradninch and York: A Tale of the Unexpected by Robert Dunsford
  • Completing the Challenge by Melody McKay Burton
  • On the Wrong Side of the Law Seminar Report by Alison Boulton
  • The Pyne families of Somerset: a brief ‘One-Name’ survey by Jeremy Pyne
  • Guild Reports, News and Events
  • Regulars: Committee, Marriage Challenge, DNA

Vol 13 No 10, Apr – Jun 2020 : Logged in members may view this journal online. Others please refer to sidebar for purchase.

  • The Satchwell One-Name Study – The Story So Far by Michael Satchwell
  • Is Genealogy Sciency Enough? by Peter Haynes
  • The Main Plant Family and the name’s most populous homeland by Dr John S Plant and Prof Richard E Plant
  • The Story of the Shaw Family by John S Sermon
  • A Geordie Mystery – Who was Samuel Horseman? by Sue Horsman
  • The Families They Left Behind – Mayflower 400 Commemorations – Can you help? by Maureen Selley
  • Less Conventional Lives Seminar Report by Liz Craig
  • Fred Willing: Hidden in Plain Sight by June Willing
  • Taking up the Challenge by Melody McKay Burton
  • Guild Reports, News and Events
  • Regulars: Committee, Marriage Challenge, Welcome to GENEVA

Vol 13 No 9, Jan – Mar 2020 : Click to view this journal online.

  • Hatchell, Hatsell, Hatswell, and Hatchwell – A One-Name Study by William Hatchell
  • From Millwrights to Engineers: Part Two by Anne Leonard
  • Introducing Name & Place by Paul Carter
  • Slaton, Slatton, Sladen and variants: English clues and two years of peaks and valleys by Clinton Slayton
  • A Story from the Braund One-Name Study by Janet Few
  • A Whole New World by Marie Byatt
  • Certificates: Can you rely on them or are they a liability? by Nic Pursey
  • Industry in the Potteries Seminar Report by Hazel and Peter Rugman
  • Guild Reports, News and Events
  • Regulars: Committee, Marriage Challenge, DNA, Welcome to GENEVA

Vol 13 No 8, Oct – Dec 2019 : Click to view this journal online.

  • Royal Recognition of John Hulley – the forgotten man of British Olympic history by Ray Hulley
  • Moving Your Research Forward – Taking liberties with the evidence or arriving at a safe conclusion by Nic Pursey
  • A Turbott One-Name Study: To be or not to be by Garth John Turbott
  • Surname Search Limitations for a One-Name Study by Wayne Shepheard
  • Extraneous Surnames Associated Genetically with Early Acree Lineage by Charles Acree
  • The Inspiration for my SMOUT One-Name Study by Mary Antonello
  • Book Review – The Forensic Genealogist Series
  • From Millwrights to Engineers by Anne Leonard
  • Maritime Aspects of Yorkshire and the Humber Seminar by Sue Itzinger
  • Book Review – Sibbett Family History Research; The Eacott Name History
  • Guild Reports, News and Events
  • Regulars: Committee, Marriage Challenge, DNA, Connected Lines, Welcome to GENEVA

Vol 13 No 7, Jul – Sep 2019 : Click to view this journal online.

  • A Fishy Story: The Mitchelmores of Green Island Cove by Michael Mitchelmore
  • My Gillespie World-Wide Research by Norma Gillespie
  • ‘Past,Present and Future’ Review of the 40th Guild Conference and AGM by Chris Gilbert, Hanna Nicholas, Penny Pattinson and Maggie Gaffney
  • History of Gough and Goff Surnames Part Two by Phillip G. Goff
  • Should you start a One-Name Study if there is no one to take over? by Wayne Shepheard
  • From Cradle to Grave Seminar Report by Johanna Purser
  • Stairmans in the Seventeenth Century – The Earliest Records by Lesley Dove
  • Did your Ancestors know the Pastons? by Aubrey Cox
  • The Incidence of Non-Paternal Events (NPEs) in Men of Manx Origin by John A. Creer
  • Guild Reports, News and Events
  • Regulars: Committee, Marriage Challenge, DNA, Connected Lines, Welcome to GENEVA

Vol 13 No 6, Apr – Jun 2019 : Click to view this journal online.

  • What’s in a name? …and the role DNA testing may play in our feelings of identity by Sue Mastel
  • 2018 Conference of the Austin Families Association of America (AFAOA) by Brian Austen
  • Gotts soldiers in the fall of Singapore in WW2 by Ian Gotts
  • Our DNA Story by Lori Walker
  • James Angove – Something to hide? by Wendy Angove
  • Viewing Migrations by Marie Byatt
  • History of Gough and Goff Surnames Part One by Phillip G. Goff
  • Medieval and More Seminar Report by Denise Walsh
  • Your family tree gives a better picture of your personal ethnicity composition than Autosomal DNA testing by John A. Creer
  • Guild Reports, News and Events
  • Regulars: Committee, Marriage Challenge, Connected Lines, Welcome to GENEVA

Vol 13 No 5, Jan – Mar 2019 : Click to view this journal online.

  • A Disputed Will by Ian G. Macdonald
  • Evolution of One-Name Studies – The Butcher & Orlando Studies by Julie Goucher
  • Connected Lines: Doug Burgum by Karen Heenan-Davies
  • Charles Harris Gotts: was he an Olympic Weightlifter? by Ian Gotts
  • New Insights into Gaelic Family Name Formation and History gained through Y-DNA Testing by John A. Creer
  • DNA Seminar Report by Bob Hunter, Stella Eames and Debbie Brimer
  • Guild Reports, News and Events
  • Regulars: Committee, Marriage Challenge, DNA

Vol 13 No 4, Oct – Dec 2018 : click to view this journal online.

  • One Man’s Rise to Fame by Pamela Lydford
  • Surname Origins – Why? When? Why then? by Wayne Shepheard
  • Promoting the Pike One-Name Study with Google Ads by David Pike
  • Joseph Chetwood 1892-1917: Early life and his time in the Royal Flying Corps by Lynda Burke
  • Strategies of a One-Name Study by Julie Goucher
  • On the Water Seminar Report
  • Guild Reports, News and Events
  • Regulars: Committee, Marriage Challenge, DNA

Vol 13 No 3, Jul – Sep 2018 : click to view this journal online.

  • Kellow/Kellar/Callard: Many names for but one Devon family by Wayne Shepheard and Paul Stephens
  • Aims, Methodology and Processes of a One-Name Study by Julie Goucher
  • Connected Lines: Dr Joe Flood and Sue Horsman by Karen Heenan-Davies
  • Surviving Mother Nature’s Tests by Wayne Shepheard
  • Three Generations of a Marches Family: Part Two by Dr Colin Stevenson
  • Guild Reports, News and Events
  • Regulars: Committee, Marriage Challenge, DNA

Vol 13 No 2, Apr – Jun 2018 : Click to view this journal online.

  • A Point-in-Time Population Study…Kernaghans et al, at the turn of the Twentieth Century by Alan St.J.Jones
  • The Medieval Origins of One Scottish Family with Six Names by Dame Anne and John Hercus
  • Interesting People in 200 Words by Julie Goucher
  • Rethinking Family Growth or why are there so many Plants? by Dr J. S. Plant and Prof R. E. Plant
  • Connected Lines: Ian Gotts by Karen Heenan-Davies
  • Book Review – One-Name Study: Mammatt, Meymott and Memmott by Suzanne Stevens
  • New Approaches to Y-DNA Testing in the Warburton One-Name Study by Ray Warburton
  • Advancing the ‘Surname Population Numbers’ Debate by Gary M. Anstey
  • Three Generations of a Marches Family: Part One by Dr Colin Stevenson
  • Guild Reports, News and Events
  • Regulars: Committee, DNA, Letters to the Editor, Baldacchino One-Name Study

Vol 13 No 1, Jan – Mar 2018 : Click to view this journal online.

  • How to Host a 600-Year Family Reunion by Philip Shaddock
  • Transported to America: George Mewburn 1770 by Dr Ian Macdonald
  • West Country Wanderings Seminar Report by John Beckerleg
  • Thought about a One-Place Study? by Kim Baldacchino
  • Comries in Scotland by Tony Wren
  • Guild of One-Name Studies Surname Retreat by Neville Bray
  • The Pursey Project: the Highways and By-ways of a One-Name Study by Nic Pursey
  • From a Single Name – Beginnings of an Italian One-Name Study by Julie Goucher
  • The Featherstone and Featherstonhaugh One-Name Studies by W. Paul Featherstone
  • Guild Reports, News and Events
  • Regulars: Committee, Marriage Challenge, DNA, Letters to the Editor

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Welcome to the Guild Journal

The Guild publishes the Journal of One-Name Studies quarterly in January, April, July and October. Click below to select journals of interest:

  • Welcome to the Journal
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  • Volume 13: 2018-2020
  • Volume 12: 2015-2017
  • Volume 11: 2012-2014
  • Volume 10: 2009-2011
  • Volume 9: 2006-2008
  • Volume 8: 2003-2005
  • Volume 7: 2000-2002
  • Volumes 0-6: 1980-1999

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