Monthly Archives: March 2020

Q & A – Citations and Repositories

Posted on March 31, 2020 by Julie Goucher

Hi Julie, I enjoyed the online Chat and just read the evening one so have ordered the book mentioned. I’ve managed to get RootsMagic to work on my Mac – I don’t think it will link to anything online but. … Continue reading →

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Introducing A-Z Challenge 2020

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Julie Goucher

Commencing 1st April, subscribers and readers will be seeing posts every day (apart from Sunday) about Specialised Studies. A specialised study is a project or study based upon something specific. Each of the posts will be based upon the loose … Continue reading →

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Q & A – Study Starting Point

Posted on March 27, 2020 by Julie Goucher

Hi Julie, I have collected some Census information, Marriages and Cemetery Records for my one name study. I would like to start entering individuals into Roots Magic. The marriages have spouses and marriage dates but no age or parents for … Continue reading →

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Desk Ramblings (28)

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Julie Goucher

I am not planning on turning this post into a discussion on COVID-19 because discussions are everywhere; and not all of it accurate. I am a news junkie, so I watched the news very frequently last week. Because of a … Continue reading →

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Practicalities of a One-Name Study

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Julie Goucher

We have just got to the end of week one of the new Pharos course, Practicalities of a One-Name Study The first week looks at, as you might have guessed, spreadsheets and how they can be used in a One-Name … Continue reading →

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Q & A – Consistency in Recording Place Names

Posted on March 18, 2020 by Julie Goucher

For researchers not use to researching in England and Wales it is worth pointing our some inconsistencies when researching and recording place names Firstly, in England and Wales births, marriages and deaths were recorded from September 1837. They were recorded … Continue reading →

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More on Variants

Posted on March 17, 2020 by Julie Goucher

The latest Introduction to One-Name Studies course has just officially finished, though I shall arrange one more chat with those students. One of the things I love about teaching the courses, is the questions posed over the duration of the … Continue reading →

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The Genealogy Blog Party: Celebrating Women’s History Month

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Julie Goucher

This photograph is one of my most treasured photographs. The lady sitting down is my Great Great Grandmother, Caroline Harris nee Ellis. According to my great Aunts, who were Caroline’s grandchildren she was a formidable lady. She did not suffer … Continue reading →

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Scottish Highlands & Islands

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Julie Goucher

Amazingly, there are 790 Scottish Islands, divided into four groups Shetland Orkney Herbrides Inner Outer As I researched this section I was astounded that there are so many islands. Then I pondered on the practical aspects, such as post and … Continue reading →

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George Butcher #GOONSblogchallenge – Post 8

Posted on March 3, 2020 by Julie Goucher

Today is the 112th birthday of my maternal Grandfather, George Butcher. Born in 1908 in Wanborough, Surrey, he was one of 9 children who survived into adulthood from a family of 12. At the time of the Second World War … Continue reading →

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