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Guild of One-Name Studies

One-name studies, Genealogy

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    • 2,349 members
    • 2,201 studies
    • 7,853 surnames

Journal Volume 14: 2021 –

Vol 14 No 11, Jul – Sep 2023 : Logged in members may view this journal online. Others please refer to sidebar for purchase.

  • Genetic Groups and Member Subgrouping – Part Two by Susan C. Meates MCG
  • More Murders in a One-Name Study by Margaret Spiller
  • William Charters: A British officer in the Portuguese Army by Ricardo Charters-d’Azevedo
  • Reverend H.C.R. Eltoft at Denton – ‘So little and so lately known’ by Patricia Dyson
  • My War by Anthony Mingay
  • Update: My Progress in Unravelling the DNA of my Miller Ancestors by Wayne Shepheard
  • ‘Spires and Squires’ – Review of the 42nd Guild Conference and AGM by Colin Webb
  • Book Review: Generation by Generation – A Modern Approach to the Basics of Genealogy by Drew Smith as reviewed by Paul Howes MCG
  • Did You Know? New Items for the Guild by Marie Byatt
  • The Guild’s ‘10 Years of Selling DNA Kits’: Celebration Sale and Raffle by Jo Fitz-Henry.
  • Marriage Challenge
  • ‘Travel and Mobility’ Seminar Review by Stephen Daglish MCG
  • Regional Representatives
  • Genealogy Crossword by Steve Archer MCG
  • Forthcoming Seminars

Vol 14 No 1, Jan – Mar 2021 : Logged in members may view this journal online. Others please refer to sidebar for purchase.

  • The Meanest Man in Yorkshire by Jean Toll
  • Marriage Challenge Update: GRO Certificates – Is there Copyright by Peter Copsey
  • DNA for your ONS: DNA Tips by Susan Meates
  • In Search of Herbert Tickle by Melody McKay Burton
  • Rogues Gallery – Elizabeth Adshead/Frankland/Stevens: Stealing by Gordon Adshead
  • Who were the two brothers – and were they even brothers? by June A Willing
  • Close Rolls: Use in tracing the origin of surnames by Wayne Shepheard
  • Researching instances of Instant, Istences!! by Joan Chopping
  • “I’m sorry, your brother hasn’t returned from the bombing raid” by Ian Gotts
  • A Different Kind of Data: Strengths Inventories by Anne Scoular
  • John (Frederick) Constantine: A Tale of Highway Robbery, Transportation and Murder by Sheila Harris, Amanda Clarke and Christine Skinner
  • When were they born? by Nicholas Spence
  • The ‘Widening Horizons’ series of Webinars by Alison Boulton

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