Author Archives: Julie Goucher

About Julie Goucher

Genealogist, Author, Presenter, native Guildfordian, Pharos Tutor, lover of Books, Stationary & History, Surnames, European Ancestors, Butcher & Orlando One-Name Studies, avid note taker and journal writer.

European Ancestors – British in Russia (Part 2)

Posted on June 24, 2020

This post is part of a series of 10 posts about the British Community in Russia. You can read the complete series HERE By 1900, the British population in Russia was about 10,000 with many families established in Russia, such … Continue reading →

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European Ancestors – British in Russia (Part 1)

Posted on June 24, 2020

This post is part of a series of 10 posts about the British Community in Russia. You can read the complete series HERE In the 16th Century, Russia was a small medieval country. The main exports were hides, honey, wax, … Continue reading →

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Introduction to One-Name Studies Course – Lesson Four

Posted on June 23, 2020

The fourth lesson of the Pharos Introduction to One-Name Studies course has just been sent to students Our third chat session will take place a little later this week, please check the Pharos forum for details and the link. For … Continue reading →

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Q & A – Christmas One-Name Study, Xmas and variants

Posted on June 18, 2020

I received the following message from a Guild member regarding their One-Name study. As the details will make it obvious which member had the question, they have given their permission for the message to be shared in full. My pondering’s … Continue reading →

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Introduction to One-Name Studies Course – Lesson Three

Posted on June 16, 2020

The third lesson of the Pharos Introduction to One-Name Studies course has just been sent to students For more details, confirmation of the forthcoming dates and to book please visit the information page HERE. Our second chat session will take … Continue reading →

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Blog Structure – Blog Writing Series (6)

Posted on June 14, 2020

So, you have your nice new blog ready to go and you need to sit and compose a post. Firstly, it does not have to be a long post – perhaps 500-800 words, though you could go up to 1000 … Continue reading →

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Blog Structure – Blog Writing Series (5)

Posted on June 13, 2020

In this post we are going to look at posts and pages and if there are differences. Firstly, assuming you are reading this, then you are reading a blog post. Posts can be written at any time and scheduled to … Continue reading →

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Introduction to One-Name Studies Course – Lesson Two

Posted on June 9, 2020

The second lesson of the Pharos Introduction to One-Name Studies course has just been sent to students For more details, confirmation of the forthcoming dates and to book please visit the information page HERE. Our first chat session will take … Continue reading →

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Blog Structure – Blog Writing Series (4)

Posted on June 8, 2020

Today we are going to look at the structure of your Blog, akin to the checking out a holiday apartment – you open all the cupboards to see what is where or if this was a car, you would be … Continue reading →

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Communication and Sharing – Blog Writing Series (3)

Posted on June 2, 2020

Blogging can be a really enjoyable pastime. It is the ability to write to the ether and a way of sharing information, whether that is sharing about books, ancestors, hobbies or keeping an online journal. One thing that is possible … Continue reading →

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