Category Archives: Genealogy

George Butcher, (1908-1974) – Military Service, Into Europe

Posted on June 5, 2024 by Julie Goucher

One of the tasks on my never-ending to do list, is to follow my maternal Grandfather’s time in Europe during the Second World War. In the lead up to the D-Day 80th Celebration, I wanted to focus on where he … Continue reading →

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Guild of One-Name Studies Webinar – May 2024

Posted on May 13, 2024 by Julie Goucher

The lovely people @wdytyamagazine highlighted the Guild of One-Name Studies May 2024 webinar Where there is a will, there is a lawyer.  The webinar will be recorded and available for a week after the event. The webinar is FREE to … Continue reading →

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Liddiard Family Gathering

Posted on May 2, 2024 by Julie Goucher

I promised Karen who runs the Liddiard One-Name Study that I would share news of the 2024 Liddiard gathering. I wrote a similar post on the Guild of One-Name Studies website a couple of days ago.  Liddiard Family Gathering 20-22 … Continue reading →

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Value of Writing via a Blog

Posted on March 24, 2024 by Julie Goucher

On Friday last week, I delivered a talk to the Society of Genealogists, “Finding Your Writing Voice”…..I said that posts that have been written at earlier times are able to be picked up by Google and other such search engines. … Continue reading →

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Web Wednesday (10)

Posted on March 6, 2024 by Julie Goucher

The web-Wednesday site for this week is: GPO Hero’s Back in the day the GPO comprised of the Post Office and the Telephone company. Of course, later on in the 2oth Century we see the split, as the post office … Continue reading →

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Practicalities of a One-Name Study Course

Posted on March 1, 2024 by Julie Goucher

The next running of the Practicalities of a One-Name Study course (903) is about to get underway – 5 March 2024. It is always a popular course and as those working with a study look at and consider the practical … Continue reading →

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Web Wednesday (7)

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Julie Goucher

The web-Wednesday site for this week is: GB Names This is a really useful site to those interested in the distribution of a surname across Great Britain, using census data for the years 1851, 1861, 1881, 1901 and 1911 (1911 … Continue reading →

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Web Wednesday (5)

Posted on January 31, 2024 by Julie Goucher

The web-Wednesday site for this week is: Who Owns England? This is a fascinating site and attempts to answer the important question of Who Owns England? Which is a key question for those of us who interested in local history, … Continue reading →

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Ironside Tartan

Posted on January 26, 2024 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. I have no Scottish ancestry, but one family … Continue reading →

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Burns and Burns Night (Part 3)

Posted on January 25, 2024 by Julie Goucher

I couldn’t write about Burns Night, or a Scottish surname without writing about Clans and Tartans, even if it is in a limited way. Upon searching the site, Clans.com for the surname BURNS, it revealed 11 such tartans. Each tartan … Continue reading →

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