What about members who have not started a one name study? How do they get their interests across? I have not registered a study but I still have interests. Parish Records of churches not affiliated to the Church of Scotland, West Lothian Surnames, Other forms of records, and of course all things Thornton. ----Original Message----- From: Fíona Tipplevia Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2014 9:29 AM To: June Willing ; goons@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [G] Member Profile Pages layout Succinct and to the point, June. Now why didn’t I think of that! Fiona Tipple — 5538 - Duignan & variants worldwide On 23 Nov 2014, at 08:29, June Willing via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi Brian > > I just introduce myself at the start of my profile, under About the > study. > > It begins "My name is June Willing and I have been researching my > family history since 1975. I began the Willing/Willings One-Name Study > in 1996 ..." > > June Willing > Guild of One-Name Studies member no 2117 > Willing/Willings One-Name Study > http://one-name.org/name_profile/Willing/ > Willing/Willings DNA Project > http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Willing/ > Dominicus One-Name Study > http://one-name.org/name_profile/dominicus-2/ > > _____________________________________________ RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello This is a last call for any requests for the Leighton Buzzard marriage challenge 1881-1911. I have about 170 requests to search so there is plenty of room to add anymore. You can send them in whatever form. Rose Norton Bierton 6008

Yes, I'll be there. Paul On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 11:49 AM, Julie Goucher via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > RootsTec (http://www.rootstech.org/?lang=eng) and FGS > (https://www.fgsconference.org/registration/) are having a joint event > in early February 2015. > > Are any Guild members planning to attend? > > Regards > > Julie Goucher > Guild Member 3925 > Orlando & Worship ONS > South Devon Regional Rep > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Paul Howes www.howesfamilies.com Researching House, Howes, Hows, Howse & Howze worldwide

Any Maughan details would be appreciated, Caryl. ---- Regards Mike On 24 Nov 2014 12:50, "Caryl gill via" <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > HI, > > Have just purchased a book with lists of MM holders. Does anyone want a > item/s looked up > > Caryl Gill (4262) > > > > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

I am researching Grimmett so if you spot some........... Thank you Shirley GRIMMETT 6171 ________________________________ From: Caryl gill via <goons@rootsweb.com> To: goons@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, 24 November 2014, 12:52 Subject: [G] Military Medal HI, Have just purchased a book with lists of MM holders. Does anyone want a item/s looked up Caryl Gill (4262) _____________________________________________ RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

HI, Have just purchased a book with lists of MM holders. Does anyone want a item/s looked up Caryl Gill (4262)

Hello Jill, This is an excellent site. AND you can set searches for names and places and it will send you an email when there is a new entry. I have alerts set for my one name of DATE variant of DATES, my own surname, and the town I grew up in. I have gained quite a few names from this. It is free. Cheerio Edwina Shooter Goons 5674 The DATE tree Western Australia -----Original Message----- From: goons-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:goons-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Jill Bhar via Sent: Monday, 24 November 2014 11:43 AM To: Jimmy Isard; goons@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [G] GUILD NEWSWATCH PROJECT If you'd like to search newspapers yourself, you can go to www.legacy.com, which claims you can search from millions of obits from more than 1,500 newspapers worldwide. I can only find the following countries: Australia, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, England, New Zealand, N. Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and U.S. You can search all records, countries or regions at one time for the last 24 hrs up to all records. And you can search using first and last name or just surname. Jill Bhar 1494 On 2014-11-16, at 12:24 PM, Jimmy Isard via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Looking for new volunteers to take part in the Newswatch Project full > details of what is involved can be found here > http://one-name.org/members/newswatch.html . If you go to this site it > will give you the names of the current papers being researched and > what is invovled > > It is not very time consuming it takes me about 10 minutes a week to > check the Surrey Mirror and then forward on to the member. > > It can be any type on newspaper local daily or even magazine or > company newspapers. Members who have gained from marriage challenges > may find this a way of repaying other members. > > If you have any further question feel free to contact me > > Jim Isard > newswatch@one-name.org > > > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message _____________________________________________ RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Google alerts, I have them set up for all my main variants. I use it to put interesting stuff on my Featherstone Society Facebook page, I get a lot of stuff about Featherstone Rovers( Rugby League team), and anything that happens in Featherstone in the West Riding of Gods country, and any problems in Featherstone prison in Staffordshire. There are a few other other things I get regularly, but after a while you just ignore and a quick scan down the alerts I can pick out the unusual. I also use a mapping web site https://uencounter.me/ and plot Streets and Road named after my names, I get quite a few house sales containing road names. It can usually find names in Australia, USA and Canada, however it's not so good at locating streets in the UK. It also seems to pick up Obits that the Legacy site misses. I started to use Evernote at the beginning of the year and I just clip the obit page straight to my obits folder, I have 166 this year to date. Not that I have time to do anything about them but they are part of my study. Anything from News watch goes into the same folder. forwarded by E mail. Hope this gives you some idea's Paul 2627 Featherstone's Worldwide On 24/11/2014 12:03, Corinne Curtis via wrote: > I'm definitely getting lots of really good obit information (includes > family names, dates and place of birth, etc) from Legacy Obits. I > also signed up to Legacy Obits Messenger, though have some problems > with the links - easy enough to then google the name and find the obit > though. I'm now just going through the older obits and its helping > match up families in US and Canada. While we are on message services, > I'm not sure if everyone has come across google alerts - not much good > if you have a very common name or the surname is also a place name > (though I think you can do some advanced filtering), but can be quite > useful for picking up news stories (and obits) related to your > surname. > > Corinne Curtis #5579 > > On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Peter Copsey via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> I believe the coverage for UK is poor. I tried Smith obituaries for any >> county within the last 2 weeks and there were only two hits, both for the >> same person. Better results are to be expected from the Guild's Newswatch >> Project. >> >> But the Legacy site is excellent for USA and Canada obituaries. >> >> Peter Copsey >> Member 1522 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jill Bhar via >> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 3:42 AM >> To: Jimmy Isard ; goons@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [G] GUILD NEWSWATCH PROJECT >> >> If you'd like to search newspapers yourself, you can go to www.legacy.com, >> which claims you can search from millions of obits from more than 1,500 >> newspapers worldwide. I can only find the following countries: >> >> Australia, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, England, New Zealand, N. Ireland, >> Republic of Ireland, Scotland and U.S. >> >> You can search all records, countries or regions at one time for the last 24 >> hrs up to all records. And you can search using first and last name or just >> surname. >> >> Jill Bhar >> 1494 >> >> >> >> >> >> On 2014-11-16, at 12:24 PM, Jimmy Isard via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> >>> Looking for new volunteers to take part in the Newswatch Project full >>> details of what is involved can be found here >>> http://one-name.org/members/newswatch.html . If you go to this site it >>> will >>> give you the names of the current papers being researched and what is >>> invovled >>> >>> It is not very time consuming it takes me about 10 minutes a week to check >>> the Surrey Mirror and then forward on to the member. >>> >>> It can be any type on newspaper local daily or even magazine or company >>> newspapers. Members who have gained from marriage challenges may find this >>> a >>> way of repaying other members. >>> >>> If you have any further question feel free to contact me >>> >>> Jim Isard >>> newswatch@one-name.org >>> >>> >>> >>> _____________________________________________ >>> >>> RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc >>> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >>> in the subject and the body of the message >> _____________________________________________ >> >> RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc >> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in >> the subject and the body of the message >> >> _____________________________________________ >> >> RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I have a search with Legacy.com and they frequently send me links to obits. But you can't expect them to include the kind of local papers that Newswatch deals with. I've just had a newspaper article from Newswatch about one of my names that I would never have got from one of the news archive services. I would say I was delighted to get it but it was very sad so I can't say that - but all you researchers will know what I mean. Anne Shankland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Copsey via" <goons@rootsweb.com> To: "Jill Bhar" <jill.bhar@gmail.com>; <goons@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 11:40 AM Subject: Re: [G] GUILD NEWSWATCH PROJECT >I believe the coverage for UK is poor. I tried Smith obituaries for any > county within the last 2 weeks and there were only two hits, both for the > same person. Better results are to be expected from the Guild's Newswatch > Project. > > But the Legacy site is excellent for USA and Canada obituaries. > > Peter Copsey > Member 1522 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jill Bhar via > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 3:42 AM > To: Jimmy Isard ; goons@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [G] GUILD NEWSWATCH PROJECT > > If you'd like to search newspapers yourself, you can go to www.legacy.com, > which claims you can search from millions of obits from more than 1,500 > newspapers worldwide. I can only find the following countries: > > Australia, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, England, New Zealand, N. Ireland, > Republic of Ireland, Scotland and U.S. > > You can search all records, countries or regions at one time for the last > 24 > hrs up to all records. And you can search using first and last name or > just > surname. > > Jill Bhar > 1494 > > > > > > On 2014-11-16, at 12:24 PM, Jimmy Isard via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >> Looking for new volunteers to take part in the Newswatch Project full >> details of what is involved can be found here >> http://one-name.org/members/newswatch.html . If you go to this site it >> will >> give you the names of the current papers being researched and what is >> invovled >> >> It is not very time consuming it takes me about 10 minutes a week to >> check >> the Surrey Mirror and then forward on to the member. >> >> It can be any type on newspaper local daily or even magazine or company >> newspapers. Members who have gained from marriage challenges may find >> this >> a >> way of repaying other members. >> >> If you have any further question feel free to contact me >> >> Jim Isard >> newswatch@one-name.org >> >> >> >> _____________________________________________ >> >> RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc >> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in > the subject and the body of the message > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

I'm definitely getting lots of really good obit information (includes family names, dates and place of birth, etc) from Legacy Obits. I also signed up to Legacy Obits Messenger, though have some problems with the links - easy enough to then google the name and find the obit though. I'm now just going through the older obits and its helping match up families in US and Canada. While we are on message services, I'm not sure if everyone has come across google alerts - not much good if you have a very common name or the surname is also a place name (though I think you can do some advanced filtering), but can be quite useful for picking up news stories (and obits) related to your surname. Corinne Curtis #5579 On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 11:40 AM, Peter Copsey via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > I believe the coverage for UK is poor. I tried Smith obituaries for any > county within the last 2 weeks and there were only two hits, both for the > same person. Better results are to be expected from the Guild's Newswatch > Project. > > But the Legacy site is excellent for USA and Canada obituaries. > > Peter Copsey > Member 1522 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jill Bhar via > Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 3:42 AM > To: Jimmy Isard ; goons@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [G] GUILD NEWSWATCH PROJECT > > If you'd like to search newspapers yourself, you can go to www.legacy.com, > which claims you can search from millions of obits from more than 1,500 > newspapers worldwide. I can only find the following countries: > > Australia, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, England, New Zealand, N. Ireland, > Republic of Ireland, Scotland and U.S. > > You can search all records, countries or regions at one time for the last 24 > hrs up to all records. And you can search using first and last name or just > surname. > > Jill Bhar > 1494 > > > > > > On 2014-11-16, at 12:24 PM, Jimmy Isard via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > >> Looking for new volunteers to take part in the Newswatch Project full >> details of what is involved can be found here >> http://one-name.org/members/newswatch.html . If you go to this site it >> will >> give you the names of the current papers being researched and what is >> invovled >> >> It is not very time consuming it takes me about 10 minutes a week to check >> the Surrey Mirror and then forward on to the member. >> >> It can be any type on newspaper local daily or even magazine or company >> newspapers. Members who have gained from marriage challenges may find this >> a >> way of repaying other members. >> >> If you have any further question feel free to contact me >> >> Jim Isard >> newswatch@one-name.org >> >> >> >> _____________________________________________ >> >> RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc >> http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I believe the coverage for UK is poor. I tried Smith obituaries for any county within the last 2 weeks and there were only two hits, both for the same person. Better results are to be expected from the Guild's Newswatch Project. But the Legacy site is excellent for USA and Canada obituaries. Peter Copsey Member 1522 -----Original Message----- From: Jill Bhar via Sent: Monday, November 24, 2014 3:42 AM To: Jimmy Isard ; goons@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [G] GUILD NEWSWATCH PROJECT If you'd like to search newspapers yourself, you can go to www.legacy.com, which claims you can search from millions of obits from more than 1,500 newspapers worldwide. I can only find the following countries: Australia, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, England, New Zealand, N. Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and U.S. You can search all records, countries or regions at one time for the last 24 hrs up to all records. And you can search using first and last name or just surname. Jill Bhar 1494 On 2014-11-16, at 12:24 PM, Jimmy Isard via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Looking for new volunteers to take part in the Newswatch Project full > details of what is involved can be found here > http://one-name.org/members/newswatch.html . If you go to this site it > will > give you the names of the current papers being researched and what is > invovled > > It is not very time consuming it takes me about 10 minutes a week to check > the Surrey Mirror and then forward on to the member. > > It can be any type on newspaper local daily or even magazine or company > newspapers. Members who have gained from marriage challenges may find this > a > way of repaying other members. > > If you have any further question feel free to contact me > > Jim Isard > newswatch@one-name.org > > > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message _____________________________________________ RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Ditto! Fiona — 5538 - Duignan & variants On 24 Nov 2014, at 02:50, Martha Bowes via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Polly wrote: > > ".. they are awful! I bought a copy (reduced size) of the area where > my great-grandfather came from and could hardly read the plot numbers, > so I was hoping for help with that. These are reduced far more, so > that it is a job to read the names of the places!" > > Polly I agreed until I finally got around to downloading one of these > original maps. I was then able to open it in Preview on my Mac and the > resolution is quite good! I can read almost all the lot numbers and > placenames. Much better than what you see online. > > Martha Bowes > Guild #5048 > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hello Derek, It looks to me like 'Throstle spinner'. There is a brief description at http://rmhh.co.uk/occup/t.html Best wishes, Ian Middlebrook 6498 -----Original Message----- From: Derek Allen via Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2014 8:54 PM To: goons@rootsweb.com Subject: [G] Census occupation 1871 Hello Forumers Please can one of you decipher an occupation of a 13yr old? 1871 Census Bosden Cheshire RG10/3667 page 4 Family of Richard HOYLE aged 35 - Sapper Royal Engineers his daughter "Mary Emma do" 13yrs old has a longish occupation that is trying me. Looks like it starts with "shr.......pinner". Or perhaps I am miles off the mark? Might be something akin to her mothers occupation of vestmaker. Help much appreciated regards Derek (Goon #216) -- researching Codgbrook & Westerdale _____________________________________________ RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Throstle spinner, though spelt throstlspinner. Geoff On 23 November 2014 at 20:54, Derek Allen via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hello Forumers > > Please can one of you decipher an occupation of a 13yr old? > > 1871 Census Bosden Cheshire RG10/3667 page 4 > > Family of Richard HOYLE aged 35 - Sapper Royal Engineers > > his daughter "Mary Emma do" 13yrs old has a longish occupation that is > trying me. Looks like it starts with "shr.......pinner". Or perhaps I am > miles off the mark? Might be something akin to her mothers occupation of > vestmaker. > > Help much appreciated > regards > Derek (Goon #216) > -- > researching Codgbrook & Westerdale > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Geoff Chew geoffchew1@gmail.com

Hello Forumers Please can one of you decipher an occupation of a 13yr old? 1871 Census Bosden Cheshire RG10/3667 page 4 Family of Richard HOYLE aged 35 - Sapper Royal Engineers his daughter "Mary Emma do" 13yrs old has a longish occupation that is trying me. Looks like it starts with "shr.......pinner". Or perhaps I am miles off the mark? Might be something akin to her mothers occupation of vestmaker. Help much appreciated regards Derek (Goon #216) -- researching Codgbrook & Westerdale

If you'd like to search newspapers yourself, you can go to www.legacy.com, which claims you can search from millions of obits from more than 1,500 newspapers worldwide. I can only find the following countries: Australia, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, England, New Zealand, N. Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and U.S. You can search all records, countries or regions at one time for the last 24 hrs up to all records. And you can search using first and last name or just surname. Jill Bhar 1494 On 2014-11-16, at 12:24 PM, Jimmy Isard via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Looking for new volunteers to take part in the Newswatch Project full > details of what is involved can be found here > http://one-name.org/members/newswatch.html . If you go to this site it will > give you the names of the current papers being researched and what is > invovled > > It is not very time consuming it takes me about 10 minutes a week to check > the Surrey Mirror and then forward on to the member. > > It can be any type on newspaper local daily or even magazine or company > newspapers. Members who have gained from marriage challenges may find this a > way of repaying other members. > > If you have any further question feel free to contact me > > Jim Isard > newswatch@one-name.org > > > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

To rootstrust,s credit they have now issued a email acknowledging that they are having problems, and are working on it John On Sun, Nov 23, 2014 at 10:32 AM, Fíona Tipple <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Did anyone else pick up on this in EOGN this morning? > > http://www.rootstrust.com/ > > It looks very interesting, especially given its cross-platform > availability. > > Has anyone heard of the developer? > > Fiona > -- > 5538 - Duignan etc. > > > _____________________________________________ > > RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc > http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Polly wrote: ".. they are awful! I bought a copy (reduced size) of the area where my great-grandfather came from and could hardly read the plot numbers, so I was hoping for help with that. These are reduced far more, so that it is a job to read the names of the places!" Polly I agreed until I finally got around to downloading one of these original maps. I was then able to open it in Preview on my Mac and the resolution is quite good! I can read almost all the lot numbers and placenames. Much better than what you see online. Martha Bowes Guild #5048

I am involved in Adult Education and I find it interesting to use my experiences to suggest name variants. What interested me was how often vowel sounds got confused. I never expected it. Scotland's People has a free search which enables you to check for variations. I prefer to find my own using it rather than depend on the search options they built in. The th sound presents problems to clerks and learners, and I am interested in checking out fortons to see if they match into more conventional Thornton families. -----Original Message----- From: Fíona Tipplevia Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2014 6:14 PM To: Debbie Kennett ; goons@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [G] Puzzled? Tony, Debbie is absolutely right about this On 23 Nov 2014, at 16:49, Debbie Kennett via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > It's a good idea to at least get a DNA project set up, even if it's not > something you want to work on for the moment. Family Tree DNA, like the > Guild, only allow one project for each surname and for very good reasons. > However, this means that if you don't grab your name while you have the > chance you might well find that if you change your mind in a few years' > time > someone else will already have taken your name. A lot of Guild names get > listed, sometimes inappropriately, as variant spellings in other DNA > projects. It can then be very difficult to get control back of your > surname, > though again this is something that Susan can help with. It's far better > to > stake your claim from the outset. > When I wanted to start my DNA project my study name and most of its variants were included an absolutely lunatic project (the sort that gives genetic genealogy a really bad name!), but thanks to Susan, they were extracted and my project is now bumbling happily along - I’m a *very* passive administrator. Like Debbie I accept some names that are not in my ONS variants list. Fiona — 5538 - Duignan & variants _____________________________________________ RootsWeb lists - surnames, regions, software, etc http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GOONS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Tony, Debbie is absolutely right about this On 23 Nov 2014, at 16:49, Debbie Kennett via <goons@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > It's a good idea to at least get a DNA project set up, even if it's not > something you want to work on for the moment. Family Tree DNA, like the > Guild, only allow one project for each surname and for very good reasons. > However, this means that if you don't grab your name while you have the > chance you might well find that if you change your mind in a few years' time > someone else will already have taken your name. A lot of Guild names get > listed, sometimes inappropriately, as variant spellings in other DNA > projects. It can then be very difficult to get control back of your surname, > though again this is something that Susan can help with. It's far better to > stake your claim from the outset. > When I wanted to start my DNA project my study name and most of its variants were included an absolutely lunatic project (the sort that gives genetic genealogy a really bad name!), but thanks to Susan, they were extracted and my project is now bumbling happily along - I’m a *very* passive administrator. Like Debbie I accept some names that are not in my ONS variants list. Fiona — 5538 - Duignan & variants