Category Archives: A-Z Challenge

We are all individuals and our studies are just like us, totally individual. One of the great things I love about the Guild is the is the ethos of sharing with others, members and non-members alike, and encouragement for others … Continue reading →

Created by Julie Goucher, 2023 The Guild of One-Name Studies is one of the most progressive genealogical organisations that I know, certainly in the UK at least. Firstly, full disclaimer, I am a Trustee and an Officer, so I am bound think … Continue reading →

All Guild members with a registered study sign up to aiming to make their study global. Over recent years a number of people have expressed concern about the global aspect & commitment. There is no pressure to be global and … Continue reading →

Focus is really important in a One-Name Study, otherwise you will flit from individual to individual and not build up your study in a controlled and constructive manner. That said, there are no One-Name study police to come round and … Continue reading →

Just as with regular genealogical research you require evidence to substantiate events in your One-Name study. Of course, if you are undertaking family reconstruction and have two people with the same name and same geographical area then you should  have … Continue reading →

Students who have undertaken the Pharos Introduction to One-Names Studies course will have heard me mention numerous times the website Public Profiler and perhaps if they were very lucky even heard me relay this story! Just before the last course started, I went through … Continue reading →

Most One-Name & surname researchers end up working alone, sometimes by design and other times just the way it works out. That said, several Guild of One-Name study members successfully run a study in a collaborative spirit. Two examples are … Continue reading →

There are a number of books about surname studies and undertaking a One-Name Study and it might not surprise many of you that I have a good number of them on my bookshelves. THE book to have on your bookshelves is this … Continue reading →

As with any research project it is important to have the aims of the project. Members of the Guild of One-Name Studies will be familiar with the requirements that all studies must be eventually global and that a member must respond to … Continue reading →