Author Archives: Julie Goucher

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About Julie Goucher

Genealogist, Author, Presenter, native Guildfordian, avid note taker and journal writer. Lover of Books, Stationery & History; Surnames, Butcher & Orlando One-Name Studies. Pharos Tutor for all One-Name Studies/surname courses as well as Researching Ancestors from Continental Europe.

NaBloPoMo – August – Fiction

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Julie Goucher

The NaBloPoMo word for August if Fiction and whilst, I don’t always take part my thoughts turned to the fiction of my family history. We have all inherited stories of our ancestry and very often by the time we research … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday & Silent Sunday

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Julie Goucher

From the gardens of Samares Manor July 13th 2011

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Tea Cup Tuesday – Flying Pheasant

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Julie Goucher

Welcome to my first Tea Cup Tuesday post. In my kitchen breakfast room we have a triple display unit. The photograph shown here shows the centre section of it. This display unit is the home to an assortment of things. … Continue reading →

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Day Three – Jersey – 14th July 2011 – Tour of the Island – West

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Julie Goucher

At 4pm we resumed the rest of our island tour; this time entitled the Lighthouse Way. We drove around the coastline, looking at the fabulous bays and beach. Past St. Aubins, which is delightful. I spotted what has to be … Continue reading →

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Wordless Wednesday & Silent Sunday

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Julie Goucher
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52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History – Wk 31 Grandparents House

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Julie Goucher

Week 31: Grandparents’ House. Describe your grandparents’ house. Was it big or small? How long did they live there? If you do not know this information, feel free to describe the house of another family member you remember from your childhood. … Continue reading →

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Carnival Of Genealogy 108 – Foods & their links to the past

Posted on July 30, 2011 by Julie Goucher

This posting is doubling up as my weekly contribution to Weekend Cooking and my monthly contribution to the Carnival of Genealogy. General Pondering There is something rather comforting about food and I wonder what it is? Is it that historically, generations … Continue reading →

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Quote for today!

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Julie Goucher

“The journey is the destination.”  The late Dan Eldon, photo journalist.

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Sunday Salon –

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Julie Goucher

Oh my, it has been three months since my last post to The Sunday Salon. Where does the time go? I am not sure what I have been doing in my three month absence. Well, I have just come back … Continue reading →

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Day Three – Jersey – 14th July 2011 – Occupation Tapestry

Posted on July 24, 2011 by Julie Goucher

One of the things I really wanted to see while in Jersey was the Occupation Tapestry. Made to commemorate 50 years of Liberation from the German Occupation. So, having had a coffee and wander around the Liberation Market, where we … Continue reading →

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