Category Archives: Advent Posts

Festivities of the Season

Posted on December 24, 2025 by Julie Goucher

However you spend the season, I hope you enjoy it whatever you are doing. Perhaps with friends, family and perhaps a little genealogy too.

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(Advent 22) – Variants

Posted on December 22, 2025 by Julie Goucher

The topic of variants and deviants is addressed in detail during the Introduction to One-Name Studies course. Essentially we have likely all come across variants and deviants to our surnames, even if we have not called them that. Variants For the purposes … Continue reading →

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(Advent 19) – Software

Posted on December 19, 2025 by Julie Goucher

This continues the process from Advent 17, where I talked about how to create the database. This post is about where to put the database – which genealogy software? The most frequently used software by those with One-Name Studies, and … Continue reading →

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(Advent 18) – Records

Posted on December 18, 2025 by Julie Goucher

This is a post that I wrote probably about five years ago, and I think it is worth resharing now. I kept spreadsheets full of unprocessed and unrelated data prior to it being added to my software database.  I use … Continue reading →

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(Advent 17) – Questions…..

Posted on December 17, 2025 by Julie Goucher

One of the most frequent questions I am asked by Introduction to One-Name Studies students is HOW do you use family tree software, or HOW do you keep One-Name Study information? It takes a while to find your rhythm in … Continue reading →

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(Advent 6) – Family Trees

Posted on December 6, 2025 by Julie Goucher

Family Trees, Pedigree, or lineage – are they the same, different or simply different things to different people? A family tree is something that I produce when I am researching. It is a rough drawing of who sits where in … Continue reading →

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(Advent 5) – Evidence

Posted on December 5, 2025 by Julie Goucher

Regardless of what research you are undertaking, every separate fact contained within a document should be individually recorded into a database, and subsequently, every fact should be supported by evidence. The evidence documented with the citation, which subsequently can be … Continue reading →

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(Advent 3) – Choosing a Surname

Posted on December 3, 2025 by Julie Goucher

There are always more questions than answers, and always a burning obsession to find out more, even if the odds are against a successful search. Therefore it is no surprise that researchers choose their surnames of interest for a variety … Continue reading →

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Q & A – About Surnames

Posted on November 30, 2025 by Julie Goucher

A few weeks ago I received the following Question. Julie, I have been reading your site for quite a while. Would you be able to share some posts about One-Name Studies? Thanks, M I did answer M a few weeks … Continue reading →

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Happy Christmas & Festive Season 2023

Posted on December 24, 2023 by Julie Goucher

Wishing everyone a lovely Christmas and festive season, however you choose to spend it. 

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