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.

Weekend Cooking – Journeys to the Past

I can’t recall what I was even thinking about, but something stirred in the back of my mind of foods and food related subjects from my child hood. The town I grew up in held a weekly fruit and vegetable … Continue reading

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Wordless Wednesday – Alfie

Sleeping in Progress – Do Not Disturb! You may have met Alfie, back in April when he was the subject of A is for ……as part of the A-Z Challenge. Here is he last week, never missing a trick to … Continue reading

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1926 Advert – C T Bowring & Co Ltd

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Carnival Of Genealogy 107 – The Seasons of My Genealogy Research

If I were to align the seasons of the year to my genealogical activities I would say that: Spring would be the season of reflection. What material do I have? What do I know? and What do I need to … Continue reading

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52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy & History – Wk 26 – Songs

Week 26. Songs. What was the #1 song during the week of your birth? Enter your birth date at This Day in Music (http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/birthdayno1) and find out. If you were born before 1946, you can enter the year of your marriage, … Continue reading

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Memorial Books

Last weekend, my mother in law sent us a selection of photographs of the memorial headstone of my father in law. I say memorial headstone as my father in law was cremated and my mother in law has retained the … Continue reading

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Weekend Cooking – Allsorts

Over the last month or so I have been a bit slack on the weekend cooking posts. I don’t know what has caused this, just simply being off colour. I like reading the regional newspaper on a Saturday. As well … Continue reading

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Those Places Thursday – The House with Nobody in It by Joyce Kilmer

The House with Nobody in It by Joyce Kilmer Whenever I walk to Suffern along the Erie track I go by a poor old farmhouse with its shingles broken and black. I suppose I’ve passed it a hundred times, but I … Continue reading

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Bed of Roses by Nora Roberts (Book 2 of the Bride Quartet Series)

Book two of this series focuses on the life of Emmalina, or Emma to her friends. Together with her friends Mac,Parker & Lauren, Emma is a partner in a wedding planner business called Vows. The foursome, live and work from … Continue reading

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Riptide – Devon – Is truth stranger than fiction?

I was alerted to this by a fellow book blogger, and thought that as much of my blog is about history and memories perhaps I should submit an entry……. For the Devon-themed volume, unusually, the editors are looking for two different … Continue reading

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