In Deep with the Book of Me – June Prompt 2015

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Julie Goucher

Today is month 6 of what is going to be a 12 month project. On the 1st of the month, at around 12.30 am UK time I will release the prompt for that month’s In Deep with the Book of Me, Written by You.

If you are new here, welcome! The details, background flyer and Face Book link to the Book of Me can be found HERE and the prompt list for In Deep with the Book of Me can be found HERE

The theme for June is about flags!

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  • Do you identify yourself with a particular flag?
  • Is it different to the Country where you live?
  • Is it different to the Country of your birth?
  • Perhaps make or design a genealogical flag
    • Using the flags that mean something to you create your own flag!
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The Orlando One-Name Study at Geneabloggers!

Posted on May 25, 2015 by Julie Goucher

I was interviewed about the Orlando One-Name Study by fellow +Guild of One-Name Studies member +Tessa Keough for the “May I Introduce you to…..” series.

You can read the post over at Geneabloggers

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Going In-Depth – May Issue

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Julie Goucher

The May issue is OUT and the Across the Pond column continues with the featured look at occupations, especially those carried out in the City of London.

The April issue looks at the Worshipful Company of Butcher’s and can be found on pages 27 – 30 of  the magazine.

To subscribe to the magazine please visit The In-Depth Genealogist website.

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Barrack Road, Stoughton, Guildford circa 1909

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Julie Goucher
An early street seen of Barrack Road, Stoughton. Dated from the postmark – 1909

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In Deep with the Book of Me – May Prompt 2015

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Julie Goucher

Today is the month 5 of what is going to be a 12 month project. On the 1st of the month, at around 12.30 am UK time I will release the prompt for that month’s In Deep with the Book of Me, Written by You.

If you are new here, welcome! The details, background flyer and Face Book link to the Book of Me can be found HERE and the prompt list for In Deep with the Book of Me can be found HERE

Prompt 5 – May 2015 – Dream Trip

This prompt was inspired by a blog post written in September 2014 by Jennifer Shoer who blogs at The Scrappy Genealogist. I wasn’t the only one inspired because +Tessa Keough & the team at the Legacy Virtual Users Group Community at Google + hosted a hangout in October 2014 and you can see that recording here.

You are going to plan your dream trip. Where do you want to go and why?
Genealogical connections, revisit because of happy memories, or perhaps you just feel a connection to somewhere else? What do you want to do when you get there?

The trip can be as long or as short as you would like it to be. Forget about the constraints that you might feel and be aware of. This is an opportunity to dream and perhaps sow the seed for a future adventure.

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Going In-Depth – April Issue

Posted on April 25, 2015 by Julie Goucher

Going In-Depth: April 2015The April issue is OUT and the Across the Pond column continues with the featured look at occupations, especially those carried out in the City of London.

The March issue looks at the Worshipful Company of Grocers and can be found on pages 7 – 10 of  the magazine.

To subscribe to the magazine please visit The In-Depth Genealogist website.

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E is for Elstead Mill

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Julie Goucher

This lovely building, once a mill still stands, and is now a rather lovely and authentic public house in the rural Surrey village of Elstead.

I have an ancestor, Sarah Ellis (nee Hall), born in London who moved to Elstead and is recorded on the 1851 Census as a lace worker. Sarah and her husband John migrated from Elstead to Geelong Victoria Australia as free settlers.

Last September, I attended the funeral of my late Mum’s first Cousin. His son held the wake (family gathering) at Elstead Mill public house and was completely unaware of the family connection.
 

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I discreetly took a few pictures.

Elstead Mill plaque. Taken September 2014 Elstead Mill plaque. Taken September 2014

Elstead Mill - with the wheel still working! Taken September 2014 Elstead Mill – with the wheel still working! – Taken September 2014

The original brickwork at Elstead Mill. Taken September 2014 The original brickwork at Elstead Mill. Taken September 2014

There was something very special about standing in a room, watching a wheel turn not just with the nineteenth century technology, but knowing that Sarah Ellis and had watched this exact wheel turn in this exact spot more than 160 years ago.

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D is for Dennis

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Julie Goucher

Anyone who lives in the Guildford area will be familiar with the business of Dennis Brothers. Originally from Devon the brothers moved to Guildford and set about building bicycle spares.

A few years ago I spotted this ashtray, which does show signed of use. As I was writing this post I came across the website for The Dennis Society, which was new to me. On that page it shows a picture of the Rodboro Buildings which for all my childhood was derelict despite being sited on some prime real estate. In fact it has only been in the last twenty years that the building has taken on a new lease of life and is the home of the Academy of Contemporary Music.

You can see who else is participating in the A – Z Challenge by visiting the participants lists at www.a-to-zchallenge.com

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C is for Compton

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Julie Goucher
Compton is such a pretty village. My Great Aunt lived in the next village and on occasions we would walk from Farncombe to Compton Church Once there we would sit in the pews for a rest, then wander around the grounds before heading back to Farncombe to visit my other Great Aunt. Our reward for a few hours in the fresh air was tea and coffee cake which was my favourite.

On one such walk we spotted a small antique shop. We had to wander in and see what delights they had, and every now and again my Aunt would comment “we had one of those” referring to her childhood home. I purchased a book from that antique shop on one of our last walks. The book was the Philimore Surrey edition of the Doomsday Book, which I still have and is shown here and I notice there is now a website about Surrey in the Doomsday Book and there is a Doomsday Map site.

As usual we stopped at the church on this particular day, and Aunt noticed that there was confetti still on the ground from the previous day’s wedding. She picked one up and gave it to me, in the shape of a horseshoe and in a pretty pink colour. I still have that horseshoe piece of confetti, which sits nestled into the cover of the book.

My Great Aunt died in December 2010 aged 95 and was the last of my Grandfather’s siblings.

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A-Z Challenge – Book of Me C is for….Collaboration and Collateral

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Julie Goucher

By coincidence I am back from the Guild of One-Name Studies conference. The theme was Collaboration. Cooperation. Communication. Which sums up nicely researching in the twenty first century. There were various presentations throughout the three day event and I presented on blogging using blogger which is rather fitting!

You can view the various sessions at the Guild’s YouTube Channel

The Book of Me theme for C gave three ideas – Collaboration and Collateral and Cards. So today I can going to briefly tackle two of the three!

We all can research in isolation, but we will achieve so much more if we collaborate with others and share our hypothesis, ideas and findings. How can you collaborate in the modern genealogical world?

  • Facebook
  • Blogs
  • Evernote
  • Dropbox
These are just a few examples of how material can be shared with others. Each of us will find our own way of researching and collaborating. There is no right or wrong way, just simply your way and whatever works for us as individuals.
I have always researched my collateral lines, and my personal belief is to ignore those lines can be foolish! Collateral lines can give us a sense of depth to our own direct lines of family history and only when investigating those collateral lines can we find evidence and information on our own ancestry. Leave no stone unturned is probably a good motto!

You can see who else is participating in the A – Z Challenge by visiting the participants lists at www.a-to-zchallenge.com.

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More details can be found about the Book of Me and the A – Z prompts HERE

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