Category Archives: A-Z Challenge

A-Z Challenge 2021 – All about Surnames – C is for Considerations for Surname Research.

Posted on April 3, 2021 by Julie Goucher

This is my third instalment of the A-Z Challenge 2021. You can visit other participants HERE.  You can follow along my posts HERE. There are a great many consideration relevant to surname research when you first begin looking at the … Continue reading →

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A-Z Challenge 2021 – All about Surnames – B is for Books and Bibliography

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Julie Goucher

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 →

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A-Z Challenge 2021 – All about Surnames – A is for Advanced One-Name Studies

Posted on April 1, 2021 by Julie Goucher

Advanced One-Name Studies is not something that I have talked much about, so I thought I would delve a little deeper into it as we kick off the #AllAboutSurnames Series. The Advanced One-Name Studies course builds on the earlier Introduction … Continue reading →

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A-Z Challenge 2021 – All About Surnames Series

Posted on March 18, 2021 by Julie Goucher

In recent years I have taken part in the A-Z Challenge and I thought that I would get back to regular posting by taking part again. Here is how it works. Each day in April, with the exception of Sunday, … Continue reading →

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A-Z Challenge 2020 – Specialised Studies Z is for Zoology

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Julie Goucher

I am sure there are a number of genealogists out there pondering how zoology could be linked to genealogy. I was curious too. One of my Butcher ancestors, migrated from Surrey in 1814, selling the family home and most of … Continue reading →

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A-Z Challenge 2020 – Specialised Studies Y is for Your Family

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Julie Goucher

As genealogists we work back, from ourselves, through our parents and their generation, to our grandparents and great grandparents, but in addition to that, we are surely also part of the narrative. We are part of our family and that … Continue reading →

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A-Z Challenge 2020 – Specialised Studies T is for Tartans

Posted on April 23, 2020 by Julie Goucher

Tartans are a significant part of Scottish identity and heritage; though not every surname is represented by a tartan. People traditionally where a tartan which reflects their surname or an associated family. Alternatively they may decide to wear the tartan … Continue reading →

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A-Z Challenge 2020 – Specialised Studies S is for Special Events

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Julie Goucher

Perhaps an unusual specialised study is focusing on special events, those around a certain theme, or events that took place during a specific time period. A special event that is topical for the current climate, on a global scale, is … Continue reading →

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A-Z Challenge 2020 – Specialised Studies Q is for Questions

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Julie Goucher

As any genealogist will tell you research begins with a question, researched to find an answer and then several questions emerge and off we go again! This roundabout of reflection, questions, learning happens of course quite seamlessly, to the point … Continue reading →

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A-Z Challenge 2020 – Specialised Studies P is for Places – Towns, Villages and Hamlets

Posted on April 18, 2020 by Julie Goucher

We all call somewhere home and home might not be where we live. I lived in Devon for more than 20 years, and in the whole of that time, it never, not once felt like home. When we relocated 400 … Continue reading →

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