#OneNameStudies

@willsmanonename.bsky.social

1 week ago

It’s a bit late for this year, but are there any #OneNameStudies topics you’d be interested in seeing covered in future years? #GenHour

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Liz

@willsmanonename.bsky.social

1 week ago

Hello #GenHour! I’ve had a lovely day meeting the Guild of #OneNameStudies conference organisers committee at the hotel where the conference is to be held. It’s a fab venue, & I think it’ll be a great weekend with some fantastic features!

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Julie_Gfamily

@juliegfamily.bsky.social

1 month ago

BOBOR

#OnePlaceWednesday #Genealogy #OneNameStudies
Now this is a resource! The Boarding Schools' Association has created a Book of Remembrance website to link all the independent schools that have a Roll of Honour for their alumni. Level of info varies but some are very detailed (Winchester College!)

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Jan Murphy

@packrat74.bsky.social

1 month ago

Tagging for the #genealogy feed

#OnePlaceStudies #OneNameStudies #LocalHistory #FamilyHistory

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Jan Murphy

@packrat74.bsky.social

1 month ago

#GenHour Best wishes to you all for a splendid #OneNameStudies conference!

One of these days I really should join the Guild. The resources on the website are outstanding.

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Liz

@willsmanonename.bsky.social

1 month ago

The Guild of #OneNameStudies #Portsmouth conference is proving even more popular than last year’s! We’ve had to ask the hotel to make more rooms available! The topics will appeal to anyone interested in #FamilyHistory #GenHour

one-name.org/guild-confer...

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Liz

@willsmanonename.bsky.social

1 month ago

I’ve left my account dormant, not been there for ages. I’m fine, thanks. Genealogy-wise I’m mostly focused on my brick walls & #OnePlaceStudies. I’ve been helping organise the Guild of #OneNameStudies conference which is in Portsmouth in April

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Liz

@willsmanonename.bsky.social

1 month ago

Timetable for The Guild of One-Name Studies 2026 conference - will be available on the website shortly

The programme for The Guild of #OneNameStudies 2026 conference in #Portsmouth has now been confirmed. Booking was due to close yesterday but will remain open for a few more days in case seeing the precise timetable makes a difference for anyone
#GenHour #AncestryHour #FamilyHistory #genealogy

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Julie_Gfamily

@juliegfamily.bsky.social

1 month ago

Baptisms We Are [showcasing your family history like never before]

#OnePlaceStudies #Genealogy #OneNameStudies More baptisms uploaded to the Boat Families website! I've now transcribed Braunston All Saints Church from November 1835 to Aug 1899. St Lawrence Church at Long Buckby 1813-1912 is also there.
Lots more to come....

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Liz

@willsmanonename.bsky.social

2 months ago

Guild Conference 2026 Guild of One-Name Studies

There are still places available to book for the annual Guild of #OneNameStudies "Navigating the Future" conference in April, which will be held in #Portsmouth. Talks will be relevant to all family historians & one-placers, whether one-namers or not!
one-name.org/guild-confer...
#GenHour

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Liz

@willsmanonename.bsky.social

2 months ago

Guild Conference 2026 Guild of One-Name Studies

There are still places available to book for the annual Guild of #OneNameStudies "Navigating the Future" conference in April, which will be held in #Portsmouth. Talks will be relevant to all family historians & one-placers, whether one-namers or not!
one-name.org/guild-confer...
#OnePlaceWednesday

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

2 months ago

(Advent 22) – Variants The topic of variants and deviants is addressed in detail during the Introduction to One-Name Studies course. Essentially we have likely all come across variants and deviants to our surnames, even if we have not called them that. Variants For the purposes of my own One-Name Studies I have registered two variants for ORLANDO, these are ORLANDE and ORLANDA. For my BUTCHER study I registered just one, BUTCHERS.

(Advent 22) - Variants
#genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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Jan Murphy

@packrat74.bsky.social

2 months ago

#OnePlaceWednesday

Happy New Year to everyone who does #OnePlaceStudies, #LocalHistory Studies, and #OneNameStudies as well as #FamilyHistory and #genealogy.

I miss my #HouseHistoryHour friends! Happy New Year to you as well.

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Liz

@willsmanonename.bsky.social

2 months ago

‘The hidden engine room’: how amateur historians are powering genealogical research Wealth of datasets compiled as private passions are now a goldmine for those hunting for their ancestors

I think this is especially true of people doing #OnePlaceStudies & #OneNameStudies, as we collect data on many people, not just our own ancestors
#genealogy #FamilyHistory

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

2 months ago

(Advent 13) – Migration Migration is the reason that a true one-name study is global. There have been peaks of migration, from the United Kingdom and various countries in Europe over time. The reasons for that migration varies depending on the starting point for the migration. Having made the decision to migrate there are a number of factors to consider, here some are listed from the…

(Advent 13) - Migration
#genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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Jan Murphy

@packrat74.bsky.social

2 months ago

#genealogy #FamilyHistory Really liking this new update to Full Text Search at #FamilySearch. It makes it much easier to change up the keywords you're using for your search. Great for people doing #OnePlaceStudies too. #LocalHistory #OneNameStudies people, check it out! 🧵

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Liz

@willsmanonename.bsky.social

2 months ago

I haven’t got much #FamilyHistory done, but I’ve had fun trying to design a cover for next year’s Guild of #OneNameStudies conference, including putting together a collage of some of my favourite #Portsmouth photos #GenHour

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Liz

@willsmanonename.bsky.social

2 months ago

Guild Conference 2026 Guild of One-Name Studies

There are still places available to book for the annual Guild of #OneNameStudies "Navigating the Future" conference next year, which will be held in #Portsmouth. Talks will be relevant to all family historians & one-placers, whether one-namers or not!
one-name.org/guild-confer...
#GenHour

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

2 months ago

(Advent 12) – Learning and Reading The way we each learn is different, I prefer to write notes, so for me I am likely to recall something if I wrote it down having read it or heard it. There is a plethora of genealogical and historical learning offerings out there, so much so it is easy to feel overwhelmed by it all. If I am undertaking research, say planning a book, article, course, I tend to make notes as I read.

(Advent 12) - Learning and Reading
#genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors #onlinelearning

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

2 months ago

(Advent 11) – Keeping Track Keeping track of our research, successes, next steps and research ideas is really important. Without it, and I speak for myself here, when I say, if it is not written down then all bets are off if I will remember or not. I maintain a research log. Over the years this has existed in various forms, but all forms record the same information.

(Advent 11) - Keeping Track #genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

3 months ago

(Advent 10) – Journey Family history is akin to going on journey. When we start we do not necessarily know where we are going, we don't know what we might see on the journey, nor the destination. We use our starting point and move forward, doing rough arithmetic to estimate the year of birth for the next generation back. We work through the census hoping that the first names are different and therefore it is easier to establish who is who.

(Advent 10) - Journey
#genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

3 months ago

(Advent 9) – Individualistic I am always amazed at the number of genealogists who are surprised or curious about the concept of One-Name studies. Broadly speaking, we all have a surname. It might be one we were given at birth, one that was "given" to us, through adoption, one that came to us via marriage, or perhaps, if we are being individualistic, and have a surname that is a…

(Advent 9) - Individualistic
#genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

3 months ago

(Advent 8) – Help at Hand The Genealogical community, both on and offline is in the main a friendly one, where sharing knowledge and ideas for research is given freely and frequently. The internet has shrunk the world to the size of a matchbox, with interactions using social media platforms, or online provisions such as those operated by archives, record societies, local history groups and many, many other formats.

(Advent 8) - Help at Hand
#genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

3 months ago

(Advent 7) – Gathering Data Any One-Name and surname research project will involve the collection of material, what I refer to as raw data. Regardless of where your surname originated from or where you reside, to undertake a One-Name Study and register this with the Guild the study should be global and there is no pressure on how soon you go global. So what follows below, in no particular order, are

(Advent 7) - Gathering Data
#genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

3 months ago

(Advent 6) – Family Trees Family Trees, Pedigree, or lineage - are they the same, different or simply different things to different people? A family tree is something that I produce when I am researching. It is a rough drawing of who sits where in the family group, on occasions, the group has overlaps, siblings marry siblings, strengthening the relationship or connection with two families.

(Advent 6) - Family Trees #genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

3 months ago

(Advent 5) – Evidence Regardless of what research you are undertaking, every separate fact contained within a document should be individually recorded into a database, and subsequently, every fact should be supported by evidence. The evidence documented with the citation, which subsequently can be seen/obtained from..... Let me provide an example: Below is an extract from the Practicalities of a One-Name Studies course which I wrote and tutor for Pharos Tutors and Teaching.

(Advent 5) - Evidence
#genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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Jan Murphy

@packrat74.bsky.social

3 months ago

#GenHour I don't think lineage-linked software is the ideal tool when you're doing large-scale family reconstruction for #OneNameStudies or #OnePlaceStudies, at least when you are first starting out. But people are so married to it, they can't imagine anything else.

clooz.com/composite-vi...

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

3 months ago

(Advent 4) – Distribution of Surnames Surname distribution maps add a new and different dimension to a One-Name study. A surname may well have it’s origins in one Country, and a map can provide an interesting insight to how migration can influence the geographic spread of a surname. Going a step further, historical events can influence migration which in turn can be identified using a distribution map.

(Advent 4) - Distribution of Surnames
#genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors

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🌻 Julie Goucher 🌻

@juliegoucher.bsky.social

3 months ago

(Advent 3) – Choosing a Surname There are always more questions than answers, and always a burning obsession to find out more, even if the odds are against a successful search. Therefore it is no surprise that researchers choose their surnames of interest for a variety of reasons. There are a variety of reasons for researching a surname, here are just a few: Researching as a link to the past …

(Advent 3) - Choosing a Surname
#genealogy, #familyhistory #surnames #OneNameStudies @GuildOneName @PharosTutors