Category Archives: Genealogy

Web Wednesday (4)

Posted on January 24, 2024 by Julie Goucher

The web-Wednesday site for this week is: The East Surrey Family History Society and their free, fabulous Virtual Family History Fair, on Saturday January 27th 2024. A wide selection of family history societies will be attending, including the Guild.  The … Continue reading →

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Web Wednesday (3)

Posted on January 17, 2024 by Julie Goucher

The web-Wednesday site for this week is: Rare Book Society of India This is a fascinating and very unusual site that is of use to genealogists and historians alike, with an interest in India. The site is providing an online … Continue reading →

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Introduction to One-Name Studies

Posted on January 16, 2024 by Julie Goucher

The next running of the Introduction to One-Name Studies course (901) is about to get underway – on 23 January 2024. It is always a popular course and it is very interesting to see the surnames that everyone is interested … Continue reading →

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Web Wednesday (2)

Posted on January 10, 2024 by Julie Goucher

The web-Wednesday site for this week is: The Men who Said No This is a very interesting and thought-provoking website and one that is continuing to evolve. The site welcomes contributions to their database. Between May 1916 and the end … Continue reading →

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Wills Consultation Paper

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Julie Goucher

On 15 December 2023, the UK government published a consultation paper on the ‘Storage and retention of original will documents’. The paper can be accessed online here. The  government also issued a press release and published a posts on social media. … Continue reading →

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Web Wednesday (1)

Posted on January 3, 2024 by Julie Goucher

Our first web-Wednesday site is: Tudor Revels The site is part of the People Project 1485-1603 which sought to document the lives of forgotten individuals during the Tudor period in Southampton. The website hoped to document at least 5,000 entries … Continue reading →

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Researching in Europe – Why History Matters

Posted on December 28, 2023 by Julie Goucher

At the end of each Pharos course students are invited to leave feedback. I review the feedback and try to take on board the comments made. One student felt that there was a lot of attention to history of Europe … Continue reading →

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What’s in a Name? – Rediscovering the Field-names of the Rusland Valley and Fells

Posted on December 27, 2023 by Julie Goucher

A few weeks after the #AllAboutThatPlace event I came across the Map Histories Project, organised by Rusland Horizons. I enquired about the associated published book, Rediscovering the Field-names of the Rusland Valley and Fells and was advised it was out … Continue reading →

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Workshop – Journaling Your Place – SOG Online Event

Posted on December 23, 2023 by Julie Goucher

Journaling Your Place is a two hour workshop scheduled for me to deliver at the Society of Genealogists (SOG) in August 2024. Starting off with an extended version of the session delivered as part of the #AllAboutThatPlace event in late … Continue reading →

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Talk – Beyond the Marriage Certificate – SOG Online Event

Posted on December 4, 2023 by Julie Goucher

Beyond the Marriage Certificate is one of the talks scheduled for me to deliver at the Society of Genealogists (SOG) in February 2024. For more information and to book a place visit HERE. To see what other talks I offer … Continue reading →

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