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Contents

Main Articles

• One-Name Studies Without a Computer - COVER STORY Four Guild Members tell why they prefer the old-fashioned, pen and paper methods. By MARGARET SPELLER, HENRY CHRISTMAS, SYDNEY SMITH and KAREN TAYLER
• Intelligent searching of 1837 online - COVER STORY. Getting the best out of the BMD website by PETER WALKER
• Why the Guild has changed its e-mail system to defeat spam and viruses, JOHN HANSON on our new ISP and e-mail arrangements

Guild Reports - News - Events

• Pool, red wine and some fine lectures make 25th birthday Conference a success - COVER STORY, ROGER BRUTON reviews the anniversary celebrations at Wyboston Lakes + a two-page centre spread of colour pictures from the conference
• Guild DNA Seminar at Oxford's Ashmolean Museum proves one of the most popular ever
• Other seminar news
• Results of Guild Awards for One-Name Periodicals
• The Guild Forum - a valuable resource on your desktop, Forum Manager PETER WALKER on why you should join the Guild's own e-mail list
• WARP - the Guild's new service to members to help beat computer security threats

Regulars

• Chairman's Notes - KEN TOLL
• Just My Opinion - ROY STOCKDILL
• A View from the Bookstall - HOWARD BENBROOK
• Registrar's Notes - ROGER GOACHER
• Reviews of new genealogy books
• Letters - Your views on issues in the one-name world