U is for Unified Marriage Index Posted 24 April 2017 by Julie GoucherOne of the biggest attributes that the Guild offers members is the numerous indexes (you need to be logged in to access them). In recent months a decision has been taken to merge the various marriage indexes into one offering a wider and more comprehensive index for members. This merged index will be known as the Guild Unified Marriage Index. Many Guild members submit their own material to the indexes so that others may benefit. Of course the biggest benefit is to members who can access the full data available, but non members, should they search for any given surname will find that the search results will also indicate if the surname appears in one of the indexes and many instances are to be found. I am personally submitting material that is relevant to my own family history and then moving on to records from my own One-Name Studies. Do you use the Guild indexes? and have you submitted material? Or perhaps if not, why not?
T is for…….Twitter! Posted 24 April 2017 by Julie GoucherThe Guild, like many genealogical and family history organisations across the globe has a social media presence and that includes Twitter. You can follow us @GuildOneName and interact with us as we share snippets of information from seminars, conference, stand events, Pharos course information where you can discover when the next Introduction course to One-Name Studies will run, or the Advanced One-Name Studies course. Do you follow the Guild Twitter feed?
S is for Seminars Posted 23 April 2017 by Karen Rogers The Guild as part of its education into One-Name studies holds, sponsors and presents at seminars, conferences and events on a variety of One-Name and genealogy subjects worldwide. They provide an opportunity to meet other Guild members and learn something new. Most seminars are for both members and non-members and these include not only the annual conference but events and seminars that are held throughout the year. Why not take a look at some of the seminars that have been planned on our website. Be sure to visit the members website to see what seminars are coming up near you
R is for Regional Reps Posted 21 April 2017 by Julie GoucherAs genealogists and family historians join the Guild they are each assigned to a region. We have regions that cover the English and Wales Counties and in Scotland there are three regions, Scotland South, Scotland Aberdeen and Scotland North. There is one Regional Rep for Ireland, one for Europe and one for South Africa. Australia has five regional reps, with the majority of members in the South East Region, which looks after Victoria and New South Wales and ACT. We have four regional reps in Canada and six in the United States. We also have eleven members who sit in a region called “unattached” and the members in that region reside in a variation of Countries; Jersey, Guernsey, China, Thailand, Kuwait, Israel, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates. The function of a Rep is to act as a support network between the member and the Organisation. Many reps produce newsletters for their members, some monthly and others not so frequently. Other reps arrange meetings and some reps do a variation of both. There is no hard and fast rule to the volunteer work undertaken by Regional Reps, simply that they support and communicate with the members in their region. Do you belong to an organisation that has regional support? Could you share what they do and the benefits of such a role? Are you a Guild member residing in a region where there is currently no regional rep? If you are and you would like to help then please drop us an email!