Category Archives: A-Z Challenge

Genealogy and family history perhaps mean different things to different people, in much the same way that family trees and pedigrees do. I do not think it is specific as to what group of researcher, or type of individual use … Continue reading →

As with any project, you need to sit down and scope out your plan and what you want to achieve from the project. A surname project or One-Name Study is no different. Perhaps though, what is different is when the … Continue reading →

I have written a lot previously about One-Name Studies (If you are new here, welcome! – you can read all the posts about researching surnames HERE). A number of members of the Guild of One-Name Studies have an associated DNA project … Continue reading →

The internet has shrunk the world to the size of a matchbox. It enables us through email or a variety of apps and websites to connect with people we knew from school, university or employment. It also bridges the gap … Continue reading →

The online world has provided the potential for books outside of their copyright to be available to researchers. Those providers offering access FREE are: Google Books The Internet Archive Project Gutenberg Hathi Trust ……. And, there may well be others. … Continue reading →

I was not sure that I was going to take part in the A-Z Challenge this year, but suddenly found myself on the sign up page and thought as it was still possible to sign up that I would. Over … Continue reading →

Let me start by asking what is Family? Is the definition that you might find in a dictionary consistent? Has the meaning changed over the years? Has it broadened or As any former student of the One-Name Studies courses knows … Continue reading →