Category Archives: Advent Posts

(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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Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday 2022

Posted on December 25, 2022 by Julie Goucher

I am writing this a few days before Christmas, and wish all my readers and subscribers a lovely Christmas or lovely holiday period, however you spend it. I will be back shortly after the festive period, so stay tuned.

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Advent – Day 18

Posted on December 18, 2022 by Julie Goucher

Today marks what would have been my beloved Grandmother’s 110th birthday. Regular readers of this blog will have read various posts about my Grandparents and the families they descended from. I am very proud of them and the achievements they … Continue reading →

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Advent – Day 14

Posted on December 14, 2022 by Julie Goucher

The collection of tree ornaments we have, are ones that we bought from our first Christmas together, 30 years ago. As each is hung on the tree a memory is evoked. There are others that were given to us by … Continue reading →

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Advent – Day 13

Posted on December 13, 2022 by Julie Goucher

We live in a fast, modern and immediate world which is totally removed from the years of my childhood. What was a treat back then is very much a potentially common occurrence now which rather defeats the object to being … Continue reading →

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Advent – Day 11

Posted on December 11, 2022 by Julie Goucher

Last year and in fact for several years previously I had not written a post a day for Advent. Last year though, on 11 December I wanted to post what you are going to read below. It was the post … Continue reading →

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