Category Archives: A-Z Challenge

A-Z Challenge 2020 – Specialised Studies C is for Churches and Religious Venues

Posted on April 3, 2020 by Julie Goucher

In terms of my own genealogical research there are several churches that feature repeatedly. Not just in terms of being used more than once, but also across the generations. To be in a church and know that generations of my … Continue reading →

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A-Z Challenge 2020 – Specialised Studies B is for Boats and Ships

Posted on April 2, 2020 by Julie Goucher

In the pursuit of our ancestors we may well discover they are connected in some way to boats or ships and by way of extension, researching the vessels can add something to their individual history. A long time ago I … Continue reading →

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A-Z Challenge 2020 – Specialised Studies A is for Agriculture and Farms

Posted on April 1, 2020 by Julie Goucher

A great many genealogists have agricultural labourers in their families; and the same can be said of those with a One-Name study.  The focus is not going to be on the individuals necessarily, but opportunities to research the employment of … Continue reading →

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Introducing A-Z Challenge 2020

Posted on March 30, 2020 by Julie Goucher

Commencing 1st April, subscribers and readers will be seeing posts every day (apart from Sunday) about Specialised Studies. A specialised study is a project or study based upon something specific. Each of the posts will be based upon the loose … Continue reading →

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A-Z Challenge 2019 – Websites & Online Study Presence

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Julie Goucher

Before the internet those researching a specific study largely did so via a series of written methods. As we entered into a digital modern age websites were for large organisations. Over time the scope for websites and online presence expanded … Continue reading →

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A-Z Challenge 2019 – V is for Variants

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Julie Goucher

Surnames are curious things, despite us all having one. A variant is deviation from the surname you are interested in. A number of members of the Guild of One-Name Studies have relatively few variants, others have a phenomenal amount. For … Continue reading →

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A-Z Challenge 2019 – U is for Understanding of a study and the necessity to AIM for globalisation

Posted on April 24, 2019 by Julie Goucher

Whenever I teach the Pharos course in One-Name Studies one of the things that comes up either via email or via the online discussion forum is the concern of being global with a study. One of the principles of a … Continue reading →

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A-Z Challenge 2019 – T is for Timelines

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Julie Goucher

I love timelines. They enable us to tell us what information we hold about an individual, whether that is our own ancestor or someone from our studies. A timeline also enables us to see what we DO NOT know and … Continue reading →

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A-Z Challenge 2019 – S is for Structure of a Study

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Julie Goucher

Every member of the Guild of One-Name Studies structures their studies differently. Some members enter their data straight into a genealogical database, others extract data from various sources and they analyse the data. Some collect data and have done since … Continue reading →

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A-Z Challenge 2019 – R is for Reconstruction of Families

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Julie Goucher

Not all members of the Guild of One-Name Studies reconstruct families as part of their study. The commitment when you join the Guild and register a surname is that the study will aim to be global and that you will … Continue reading →

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