The recording of the November webinar 'All about the Guild' is now available to all at https://one-name.org/2018-webinar-series-no-11/ The recording includes a tour of the website, a discussion of the benefits and services the Guild offers, a discussion of the seminars planned for 2019 as well as an overview of what is planned for the 40th anniversary celebration at the conference/annual general meeting in March 2019, and a bit about the Pharostutors courses for one-name studies. Some of what's described on the website is accessible to Guild members only - hopefully an encouragement to join the Guild! Speakers include Tessa Keough, Alan Moorhouse, and Julie Goucher, with Paul Featherstone in the background. There are also several handouts you can download at the link above. Wendy (for the Guild Marketing Team)

Does anyone here have Oxfordshire one-name studies or interests? If so, do register (free) your interests on OXSIL, the Oxfordshire Surname Interest List, at www.oxsil.org.uk. You may find others there with the same interests, whom you can contact, and others may see you! Wendy

The next in the Guild of One-Name Studies webinar series is tomorrow (as I write this), Tuesday 20 November, at 8pm GMT. From: https://one-name.org/october-webinar-postponed/ : We plan to take you on a short tour of the Guild’s website (with tips for finding what you are looking for), discuss the 2019 Conference/AGM and special activities celebrating the Guild’s 40th anniversary as well as the quarterly seminars scheduled for 2019, meet the editor of the Journal to learn how it comes together and how members can contribute, find out about member services and benefits, including the Pharos courses for one-name studies, and get the scoop about our theme for the 2019 Guild’s webinar series. Our panel will answer your questions so you can get the most out of your membership in the Guild. You can register, and have the opportunity to participate in questions to the panel, at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3308065838182300161 The recording of the webinar will be put on the Guild website, www.one-name.org, shortly after the event. Wendy, for the Guild Marketing Action team.

Posted for the Guild of One-Name Studies Marketing Action Team: In this month's Guild of One-Name Studies webinar we learnt how Melanie Caldicott and Karen Heenan-Davies approach their studies. This webinar has relevance to those who have not yet registered a surname with the Guild, and all one-namers who might want to share their experiences and/or get some new ideas. Both Melanie and Karen manage to fit a huge amount of interesting organisation into their "six months"! If you were unable to attend the webinar “live”, the recording is available at the Guild Website for all to watch til the end of the month. After that, it will be available to Guild members only. To watch, visit https://one-name.org/2018-webinar-series-no-8/ Wendy

From the Guild of One-Name Studies Marketing Action Team: Our next webinar in the 7 Pillars series is on Tuesday, July 17th at 7:00 pm (BST). To learn more about the presenters and register for the webinar click on this link - https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__one-2Dname.org_2018-2Dwebinar-2Dseries-2Dno-2D8_&d=DwIC-g&c=kKqjBR9KKWaWpMhASkPbOg&r=uibl6z0mmb4nBlbBSUzCn7hTtG_B1K9U3UoF9wDoJ-Q&m=ba8KLQP28II3dcy4v0pgsTMlx0EUG5lj2djsumoCfGk&s=c0m81P2YTdQhLJJbjYbkY619sXGQ37-BvsWgbKR0SZI&e= It's all about Six Months In with a New Study. Whether you just made the decision to start a one-name study, or you are just now getting back to it, the first six months in can make or break your study. Feeling overwhelmed or energized? Your answer might depend on your approach. Join us as Guild members Melanie Caldicott and Karen Heenan-Davies discuss checklists, preliminary projects, early data gathering and analysis, and taking stock after the first six months. Whether you have just started your one-name study or you are getting back to one that has been neglected, come learn how to get past those early hurdles. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The webinar will be available a few days after the event for those who didn't listen and watch live. Wendy

Posted for the Guild of One-Name Studies Marketing Action Team: On Tuesday, Jim Benedict and Jim Culbert presented on Publish and Preserve Your One-Name Study – the seventh in our ten-part webinar series on the 7 Pillars approach to a one-name study. This webinar series, hosted by the Guild’s Marketing Action Team, is free and open to the public. If you want to learn a bit about succession-proofing your study (whether a paper-based approach or a computer-based approach), learn about the Guild-hosted Members’ Websites Project and take a tour of a The Next Generation (TNG) based website, get a guided tour of the Surname Cloud, and the currently in beta TNG Wiki – this is the webinar for you. We had a great turnout at the live webinar and 20 questions were asked by attendees and answered by Jim B and Jim C. If you were unable to attend the webinar “live”, the recording is available here at the Guild Website for all to watch for the next seven days. After that, it will be available to Guild members only. https://one-name.org/publish-and-preserve-recording-available Wendy

Posted for Tessa Keough, on behalf of the Guild of One-Name Studies Marketing Action Team: If you have not yet registered for our next webinar – you can still do so! Join us on Tuesday, June 19th at 7:00 pm (BST) to learn about preserving and publishing your one-name study. Because technology is always changing, one-name researchers need to consider the variety of options available for publishing and preserving our studies (electronic, print, websites, society archives, articles, & donations – just to name a few). Jim Benedict and Jim Culbert will discuss the options available to one-name researchers, whether you use Guild projects or organize your own. Come learn some best practices to publicize and preserve your one-name study for now and in the future. More details, including how to sign up to attend the webinar, are at https://one-name.org/upcoming-webinar-tuesday-june-19th/ Wendy

The Guild of One-Name Studies has been running for a while a "persons of interest" series, whereby, on the second and fourth Mondays of each month, a short story provided by a member about a person of interest in their one-name study is published on the Guild website. The latest story is of: William Albert PULLUM, a weight-lifting champion in the 1900s, by member Nikki Brown. He even published "Weight Lifting made Easy and Interesting”. https://one-name.org/persons-of-interest-william-albert-pullum/ Members are all encouraged to submit a story (200-300 words or a bit longer if need be) about a person of interest in their own one-name study. It's good publicity for your study, and therefore a good reason to join the Guild of One-Name Studies. Details of the Guild, and reasons for joining, are at https://one-name.org/about-the-guild/ Wendy for the Guild Marketing Action Team

Posted for Tessa Keough, member of the Guild of One-Name Studies Marketing Action Team: The recording from Tuesday's webinar - Sharing the Joy - is available at the Guild of One-Name Studies website. Bob Cumberbatch and Paul Howes shared how they publicize their studies. Lots of suggestions and discussion about how they get the word out and encourage others to share information and join in their studies. The recording is available to everyone for the next 7 days (then it goes behind the member paywall). https://one-name.org/sharing-the-joy-recording-available/ Wendy

G'day, folks The Akehurst Family History Society will be holding its 2018 GetTogether at the Community Hall, Shoreham, Sussex, on the weekend of 21-23 September. The Akehurst FHS is the focal point for people researching the Akehurst, Akhurst, Ackhurst, Ackehurst, and Akurst surnames. GetTogethers are held in the U.K. every two years and bring together researchers from all over the world. They are informal, enjoyable, and informative. This one will be no exception. If you have an interest in any of the above names, you will be made most welcome. For information, email <2018GetTogether@akehurst.org> or phone Morwenna on 07 793 049 344. David Evans Chairman, Akehurst FHS

The Guild of One-Name Studies has been hosting and recording monthly webinars since the beginning of this year. This month's is scheduled for this evening, 17 April - 7:00 pm GMT. You need to register for it at http://one-name.org/2018-webinar-series-no-5/ The subject is "Using DNA with Your Study", with Maurice Gleeson The Guild website says: "This is the fifth webinar in the Guild’s 2018 ten-part webinar series. Using DNA with your Study with Maurice Gleeson focuses on a Y-DNA Project and how it can be a very useful addition to a One-Name Study or Surname research. Maurice’s substantial handout is only going to be available to Guild members and those that attend the webinar live. Come and learn how a Y-DNA Project can add an extra dimension to any One-Name Study. If you're unable to be "present" at the live webinar, the recording thereof will be available in a few days time. Future webinars are listed at http://one-name.org/guild-webinar-series-2018/ Wendy on behalf of the Guild of One-Name Studies Marketing Action Team www.one-name.org (including Freephone numbers) guild@one-name.org

Interested in Family History? Are you near Durham in mid-May? The month of May is a marvellous time to visit the north-east of England. The area is also an awe-inspiring place to search, full of history and natural wonders. While there, why not book for this seminar which contains much that could interest you? We are open to anyone interested. This all day seminar subject is “Trade and Industry” and is to be held at the National Glass Centre, Liberty Way, Sunderland SR6 0GL run by the Guild of One-Name Studies on Saturday 12th May 2018. Doors open at 09.30 am for 10.00 am, An inclusive Buffet lunch with Beverages will be supplied. Many families worldwide originated in the area and the history of Northumberland and Durham very often ties in with attendees families. We are attempting to cover the major industries of the north east. The speakers will include Gill Parkes (Durham County Record Office) on Coal Mining with an update of the Hidden Depths project. Carolyn Ball (Tyne and Wear Archives) ­ North East Shipbuilding. Peter Wood (a glass family descendant) - Glassmaking in Sunderland Stuart Miller (Streetnames in Sunderland Project Manager) - What's in a name? Streetnames of Sunderland. Graham Relton (Archive Manager Yorkshire Film Archive and North East Film Archive) - Industry on Film: the records of the North East film archive Full details and online booking are on the Guild website: http://one-name.org/seminar_2018may_sunderland/ Any problems or queries, please contact me. Thank you Rod Clayburn Seminar Lead Secretary to the Guild Seminar Subcommittee

The Guild of One-Name Studies has been hosting and recording monthly webinars since the beginning of the year. The most recent is "Now What? Do Something with Your Data" by Howard Mathieson. From http://one-name.org/2018-webinar-series-no-4/ : "Howard Mathieson focuses on the development of surnames in the British Isles. Successive waves of Britons, Angles, Saxons, and Danes left their imprint on the landscape of Britain in the form of a rich tapestry of place names. These place names in turn laid the foundation for tens of thousands of English surnames. Howard’s presentation will demonstrate the approach used by surname researchers to trace a surname to its origin. Attention will then focus on the underlying regional character of the English landscape, examining the pattern of Saxon and Scandinavian place names and the distinctive surnames which resulted. Howard will include surname case studies that reflect the regional geography of England." The webinar itself has actually happened, but the recording is available on the Guild YouTube channel for a few days from now at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvAe1lukL7Q There is also a link on the page to an excellent selection of books complementary to Howard's talk. The Guild webinar recordings are available to everyone for a week or so - they are then available in the Guild members' area of the Guild website only. I understand this recording will be available for a few days yet. Future webinars are listed at http://one-name.org/guild-webinar-series-2018/ Wendy on behalf of the Guild of One-Name Studies Marketing Action Team www.one-name.org (including Freephone numbers) guild@one-name.org

There are many lists at RootsWeb which currently don't have admins - "owners" is the new term. Maybe one relates to your study? By adopting it, you'll be able to lead discussions with others interested in the name, and also have access to the names of others who have subscribed to the list. The list of adoptable lists is here: http://home.rootsweb.ancestry.com/lists/orphanedlists Wendy

Following my earlier email about the Oxfordshire Family History Society's surnames project, the DNA part of the project is described here: People who have been DNA tested and are not yet part of the Oxfordshire DNA project on FamilyTreeDNA are welcome to join the project at www.familytreedna.com/public/oxfordshire. The team also welcomes help with publicity to encourage more people with good Oxfordshire ancestry to be DNA tested. As an incentive, Oxfordshire Family History Society has donated the cost of six Y-37 tests to be won in a competition. Any male (or female who could persuade a male relative to take the test) is eligible. We are looking for the six best candidates with good Oxfordshire surname history on the pure male line (father's father's father...) going back before 1870 and with good personal reasons to think a DNA test will be valuable. All that is required is an email describing your known Oxfordshire male line ancestry, why you think a DNA test would be valuable and full contact details. Full Ts & Cs can be obtained on application. The closing date is the 15th June 2017. If you know of a friend, relative or neighbour who might be a good candidate, then do tell them about this competition. Please mark any emails for the competition with a title of ‘DNA Competition’. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wendy Publicity Co-ordinator, Oxfordshire FHS

Potentially of interest to one-name researchers who have Oxfordshire roots - ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oxfordshire Family History Society (OFHS) has started a new Oxfordshire surnames research project, examining surnames recorded in Oxfordshire parish registers from 1538 onwards, currently estimated at up to 20,000 key variants. The team is also using many other early recorded sources to build a comprehensive database of Oxfordshire surnames. The aim is to trace their whereabouts in different parishes over time, their origins, hotspots, DNA connections and many other facets of Oxfordshire surnames. The project will take about 2 years to complete. The project team is appealing for help from those who have a good recorded family history in Oxfordshire or who manage a one-name study. They are welcome to contact the team with a brief description and their contact details, so that when their surname is analysed they may be able to participate in submitting content for that name. All significant contributors will be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I'd like to encourage one-name researchers with Oxfordshire links to be involved with this project - # At this stage the team want just a interest in being involved - so please send your contact details, name of interest, and place(s) in Oxfordshire where you have records of the name's occurrence, to the team leader Sue Honore via surname-project@ofhs.org.uk # Later, you will be asked for more detail, tied to place - so wills, and newspaper records, for instance - or, perhaps, sources such as gamekeeper licences - would all be of interest. # It is anticipated that the analysis will be published as a book, with a page or so on the occurrence and detail of each name, and lots of maps, and with some information also made available on the OFHS website, in the members' section. Do consider joining the project! While I'm writing - a reminder that Oxfordshire has a surname interest list, OXSIL, www.oxsil.org.uk, open to all to search and to register Oxfordshire interests. Wendy OFHS publicity co-ordinator

The next Guild seminar on occupations takes place at Leasingham near Sleaford, Lincolnshire on May 6th and the official closing date is Sunday week, April 23rd, so before you tuck into your Easter eggs why not make your booking? Full details are on the Guild website http://one-name.org/seminar_2017may_sleaford/. Looking forward to a flurry of "Easter weekend" bookings! Many thanks, Alan R Moorhouse MCG seminar-booking@one-name.org

Posted with permission of the list admin. The Guild of One-Name Studies will host their 2017 conference at McDonald Botley Park Hotel Winchester Road, Boorley Green, Southampton, SO32 2UA from Friday 31st March to 2nd April 2017. The conference theme is Port and Starboard. There is still availability to book and attend the conference of Guild of One-Name Studies as a day delegate,and non members are very welcome! We start on Friday 31st March with three parallel DNA sessions at conference at 3pm from 3pm 1. Autosomal DNA with Barbara Giffiths 2. Y-DNA Projects with Maurice Gleeson 3. Beginners with Debbie Kennett. Saturday 1st April sessions start from 11am with the following line up: Susie Cox from P&O Archives All Aboard – A pictorial voyage through the people, places and collections of P&O, once the largest shipping company in the World Yeomen to shipwrights, sailors and owners – Mewburns and the sea with Ian McDonald The Royal Navy in Malta – Kim Baldacchino Shackles, Shekels and Shrapnel, the Exodus to the Southern Seas – Michelle Patient Sunday sessions start from 9.30am Ship to Shore: sources for researching coastal communities and their inhabitants – Dr Janet Few British Surnames – A Legacy of British Slave-ownership – Bob Cumberbatch Waves of Migration:Landing on the shores of Canada and the United States – Tessa Keough & Peggy Chapman History of the London Dock Police – Jean-Marc Bazzoni The cost of attending including refreshments and buffet (Friday evening) or lunch on Saturday & Sunday is £20 for Friday and £50 per for full day on Saturday or Sunday. You can book via http://one-name.org/guild-conference-agm/ (We also have ONE room left for full conference attendance) with any questions to conference@one-name.org If you book to attend Friday for the DNA sessions please advise which of the sessions you are interested in to conference@one-name.org DNA Kits are available to purchase and collect from conference. Please order via the sales page is available at http://one-name.org/dna-kits-available-from-the-guild/ Kits can be posted to globally for no extra charge should be unable to collect. The excellent and recently expanded pages written by Susan Meates can be found at http://one-name.org/dna-introduction/ some of the pages are available to the public, for members it is best to be logged in to see the full range of this section. If you are a non-member and you wish to join the Guild then please visit http://one-name.org/about-the-guild/how-to-join/ and any membership enquires to guild@one-name.org Regards, Julie Goucher Secretary & Conference 2017 Organiser Guild of One Name Studies 3925 www.one-name.org

List members - Within England, some counties have active surname interest lists, such as OXSIL, the Oxfordshire Surname Interest List at www.oxsil.org.uk, and the Yorkshire Surnames List at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/YKS/YKSlist/ The RootsWeb Surname List, however, is worldwide, with well over a million entries by surname, place and date. There's a notes field where you can add if you're doing a worldwide one-name study, but an entry can be submitted relating to any region. The list is at http://rsl.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ Have a look at my entry for PULKER to see how the comments field can be used to show membership of the Guild of One-Name Studies, or a study URL. Do consider adding your own interest - and you may find new contacts there also. Wendy List Admin

PRESS NOTICE The Guild of One-Name Studies As the world’s leading organisation for One-Name Studies, the Guild of One-Name Studies is pleased to confirm its charitable aims of promoting the public understanding of one-name studies and the preservation and accessibility of the resultant information. Since the Guild was founded in 1979 its international membership has continued to grow every year - a rarity for a genealogical organisation in the financial climate being experienced in recent years - and currently has over 2,700 members spread across the world, studying over 8,750 individual surnames. Members of the Guild of One-Name Studies are part of a well-respected, very friendly and knowledgeable community of genealogical experts. The Guild aims to continue to expand the benefits it provides its membership and enhance its international reputation as one of the leading worldwide genealogical organisations. It also aims to increase the help and assistance it provides to the general public, while also assisting its ever growing membership, offering guidance to anyone seeking information on individual surnames. Details of the Guild of One-Name Studies can be found on its website www.one-name.org. New Guild services The Guild is continually expanding the services it provides to its members. Recently the Guild has developed three facilities will be of interest to perspective new members and will give even more value for money to existing Guild members. These new services are: Lodging of surname interests -a pilot project enabling members to record surname interests other than their registered name(s). This facility provides members with the ability to record an interest in a surname without having to register a full-blown one-name study. If successful the lodgement of surname interests could led to an increase in the number of surnames being registered for a one-name study. Study Associate - a project to introduce study associates to enable members to collaborate on a one-name study, thus making it easier for members to work together on large studies (such as the surname Smith which has recently been registered by a Guild member). This project will be helpful where multiple people are collaborating on different aspects of research into a surname. It should also help where the member who has registered the name is no longer actively conducting research, allowing another person to provide new input. In addition it will provide for continuity where the member who has registered the study leaves the Guild or decides they no longer want to be the formal owner. Website preservation -a pilot project enabling members to preserve their one-name study websites with the Guild. The proposal is for the Guild to host the one-name study web sites of members that relate to their registered surname(s). A major purpose of the project is to enable the one-name website of each participating member to continue indefinitely as a live website (that is, one that is publicly accessible) after the member has died or ceased to be a member of the Guild. The project will also allow participants, while they remain members of the Guild, to continue to maintain and develop their websites. This planned website preservation project is being trialled by the Guild because it has the financial resources to undertake such a facility and its long standing pedigree gives an assurance that such a facility is more likely to survive long into the future and so be able to offer an extended potentially unlimited life to members' websites. About the Guild The Guild provides its members with the means to share, exchange and publish information about one-name studies as well as encouraging and assisting all those interested in one-name studies by means of conference, seminars, projects and other activities. The Guild welcomes applications from anyone interested in a particular surname or surnames, from the broader family history community, including those undertaking DNA surname projects, family historians researching a family name on a restricted basis, local historians, librarians, archivists, and those from academia, all of whom may benefit from the learning opportunities. Membership is open to anyone with an interest in surname studies. Undertaking a one-name study is not a pre-requisite for joining, nor a requirement of membership. A one-name (or surname) study is a project researching all occurrences of a surname, as opposed to a particular pedigree (ancestors of one person) or descendancy (descendants of one person or couple). Some ‘one-namers’ restrict their research geographically, perhaps to one country, but true one-namers collect all occurrences worldwide. The Guild’s membership subscription is on a sliding scale, depending on the month of application, and will cover up to 23 months until the renewal date (1 November). Full details of the subscription fees can be seen on the Guild’s website at http://www.one-name.org/guildansubs.html. Anyone can join the Guild either by post or online and payment is accepted in any of the six currencies (UK£, AUS$, CAN$, NZ$, US$ or Euros).Subscription renewal is only £14 a year (US$23.00). Have a look and see if your surname is registered with the Guild of One-Name Studies – a search facility is available on the Guild’s home page - http://one-name.org/. If it is not currently registered you may wish to join the Guild and register your name as a study for yourself. Alternatively help and guidance is provided on where information can be found about the surname you are interested in. Check on the Guild website today. Guild Services Contacts: Publicity Manager: John Coldwell Telephone: 0208 959 2462 Email: publicity@one-name.org Guild Front Office Manager: Roy Rayment UK Freephone: 0800 011 2182 Email: helpdesk@one-name.org Website: www.one-name.org Notes for Editors: The Guild of One-Name Studies is the world's leading organisation for one-name studies. A one-name study is a project researching facts about a surname and all the people who have held it, as opposed to a particular pedigree (the ancestors of one person) or descendancy (the descendants of one person or couple). The Guild is a charitable organisation dedicated to promoting the public understanding of one-name studies and the preservation and accessibility of the resultant information. Founded in 1979, the Guild now has over 2,700 -- John Coldwell Constitutional Advisor and Publicity Manager, Guild of One-Name Studies: www.one-name.org/profiles/coldwell.html Coldwell & Couldwell surname information: www.coldwell-roots.co.uk