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.
Website downtime warning and 2016 conference link Posted 24 January 2016 by Paul HowesI’ve been advised by our IT team that our website will be unavailable for approximately two hours between 6am GMT and 8am on Tuesday, 26th January. Our web-hosting company, Krystal, will be performing an upgrade to server hardware. The outage includes the main Guild site at guild-dev.org including those parts of the site accessed through the Members Room, the WW1 site at ww1.guild-dev.org and our email system. Emails sent during this time will be placed in a queue for later delivery. If there’s any variation in the actual experience beyond these expectations, stay tuned to Facebook and our Rootsweb mailing list for updates. 2016 Conference While writing, I just want to note that a link in my newsletter to the conference web page didn’t work properly. If you’d like to come to our conference in Birmingham, you can book a place using the form linked from this page: https://guild-dev.org/the-37th-guild-conference-agm-2016/. For any non-member reading this on our Facebook page, please note that you are welcome too! Paul