Creating and Developing Your Website seminar Posted 16 February 2016 by Alan MoorhouseCreating and Developing Your Website Seminar Beauchamp College, Ridgeway, Oadby, Leicestershire, LE2 5TP 09:30am for 10:00am on Saturday 9th July 2016 This seminar is now fully booked, but if you still want to attend, please email seminar-booking@guild-dev.org to be added to a waiting list in case of cancellations. The aim of this much-requested seminar is to guide members who wish to create their own one-name study website or to develop an existing site. Participants will be helped to clarify their aims in having a website and from there to consider the content and the design of such a site. Members will then be able to choose which tools might be best for their purposes, content and design. The options for hosting your website will be examined, including the Members’ Websites Project. Programme 09:30 – 10:00 Arrival: Registration and Coffee 10:00 – 10:10 Welcome to the Seminar – Paul Featherstone (Featherstone ONS) 10:10 – 11:10 Purpose, Content and Design: Interactive Session – Mike Spathaky (Cree ONS) 11:10 – 11:30 Comfort Break 11:30 – 12:30 Methods and Tools: Choosing break-out sessions – Paul Featherstone (Featherstone ONS) 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break 13:30 – 14:30 Break-Out Session 1 – WordPress, TNG, Moonfruit, Family Historian and Tribal Pages – (session leads TBA) 14:30 – 14:40 Comfort Break 14:40 – 15:40 Break-Out Session 2 – WordPress, TNG, Moonfruit, Family Historian and Tribal Pages – (session leads TBA) 15:40 – 16:15 Tea Break 16:15 – 16:45 Final Q+A – (Panel) 16:45 Close of Seminar Applications to attend are welcome from Guild members, family historians, genealogists, and members of the general public having an interest in the subject matter. Seminar cost including refreshments and buffet lunch is £18.00. We would like to ensure that any disabled delegate can participate fully in this event. If you will be travelling by train please contact us for help finding a lift from Leicester station. Anyone with any special requirements should telephone the Guild Help Desk on 0800 011 2182 or email seminar-booking@guild-dev.org. An accommodation listing is now available here. Joining instructions for the seminar are now available here. Booking This seminar is fully booked, but if you still want to attend, please email seminar-booking@guild-dev.org to be added to a waiting list in case of cancellations. Further information may be obtained by telephoning the Guild HelpDesk on 0800 011 2182, or by email from seminar-booking@guild-dev.org ¹Please note, when booking on a seminar either by post or online, the Guild’s “Distance Selling” terms and conditions. Other events For details of other events organised by the Guild, go to the Events Calendar.
DNA Evening Event with Guild Members Debbie Kennett & Israel Pickholtz Posted 10 February 2016 by Julie Goucher Guild of One-Name Studies & Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain Proudly present renowned DNA Speakers & Genealogy bloggers Israel Pickholtz and Debbie Kennett Hear Pittsburgh born, Jerusalem resident Israel Pickholtz speak at the only UK appearance about the family history discoveries he has made using DNA testing and analysis and how it has helped him connect branches of his family based all-round the world. Learn how DNA testing & analysis can help your research Debbie Kennett is an Honorary Research Associate in the Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment at University College London. She is a member of ISOGG and the co-founder of the ISOGG Wiki. She is the administrator of the Cruwys/Cruse/Cruise DNA Project, the Devon DNA Project and the mtDNA Haplogroup U4 Project. She has written two books for the History Press: DNA and Social Networking (2011) and The Surnames Handbook (2012). Her popular blog Cruwys News was originally set up to publish findings from her one-name study but is now focused on keeping up with all the latest developments from the world of genetic genealogy. Cost: £10 (£7.50 for Guild of One-Name Studies & JGSGB Members) If you are a member of the Guild or JGSGB please click below If you are a non-member of either group please use click below Venue: The Delancey Theatre, ORT House London NW1 7NE – 5 minutes walk from Camden Town Tube Station On Wednesday 1 June 2016 at 7pm There will be information about the Guild and the JGSGB Bookstall will also be available. If you would like to obtain a copy of Israel’s book in advance of the event please click HERE and for Debbie’s books please click HERE
4-6 April Outings The 37th Guild Conference Posted 29 January 2016 by Tracy CareWe have finally managed to arrange outings for the days between our conference and Who Do You Think You Are? Live and we hope that many of you will want to take the opportunity to join with fellow one-namers on these days. Please be aware that we have to provide these venues with final numbers by 1st March so book early using the links in the accompanying e.mail. If you have any problems booking in this way please contact conference@guild-dev.org Please add all trips that you wish to attend before completing checkout. Monday 4 April Guided Bus Tour of Historic Birmingham A 1½ hour guided open-top bus tour of the historic sites of Birmingham. This will leave from the conference venue. Either stop off in the city centre and make your own way home afterwards or return on the bus. £10 per person. Please note that if we do not get sufficient interest in this trip we shall have to cancel. As we will be proceeding with this trip on the basis of bookings received, we regret that those who book will have to pay and it will not be possible to cancel. Tuesday 5 April The Black Country Museum The Black Country Museum, Tipton Road, Dudley DY1 4SQ (www.bclm.co.uk) is one of the finest and largest open-air museums in the United Kingdom, set in twenty six acres. They have recreated a Black Country community at the height of its industrial past, complete with residents and trams to ride. There are things being made and stories to hear. The Museum is about 25 miles from the conference venue. We will be leaving the NEC Hilton in private cars at 9.50am and will arrange car sharing during the conference, or alternatively meet us at the Museum at 10.45am. £12 adults £10 senior citizens Wednesday 6 April Sarehole Mill Sarehole Mill is a 250 year old working watermill famous for its association with the author J R R Tolkien (http://www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/sarehole) The Mill is situated at Cole Bank Road, Birmingham B13 0BD nine miles from the conference venue. Cole Bank Road (B4146) is off the Stratford Road (A34). We shall be leaving the NEC Hilton in private cars at 11.30am and will arrange car sharing during the conference; or alternatively meet us at the Museum at 11.50am. £7 per person. Numbers for this outing are restricted, please book early.