Timetable of Events

The Guild organises a number of seminars and conferences every year as part of its remit to advance the education of the public in both one-name studies specifically and in the wider subject of genealogy generally. Both Guild members and non-members are welcome to attend. Booking for each event normally opens immediately after the previous event. Where booking is in progress, follow the links for more details and booking instructions.

In addition, there are other events, both in the UK and around the world, where the Guild or Guild members are represented, for instance as sponsors or presenters, or by the presence of the Guild Stand or Guild Bookstall at Family History Fairs, Shows, or Open Days. These are also shown in the list below.

The Guild Stand is usually represented by a local Guild member; if you are able to assist with the Guild Stand at any of the events shown below, even if only for a short time during the day, your help would be much appreciated. Click on the "FHS Fair" logo next to the event for an email link to the Stand Organiser responsible.


	18th September 2010	The Bristol and Avon FHS Open Day Thornbury Leisure Centre, Alveston Hill, Bristol, BS35 3JB Free admission, talks and presentations during the day, wide range of FHS and other stands including the Guild Stand.

	25th September 2010	The Angus and Dundee Roots Festival 2010 Montrose Town Hall. As part of the Angus and Dundee Roots Festival 2010, 23-27 September 2010 at various locations, Samantha Godley (Guild Regional Representative for Scotland South) has booked a table to set up a Guild stand at the Local History and Genealogy Fair on 25th September, 10-4, at Montrose Town Hall.

	25th September 2010	SoG: Records for One-Name Studies Society of Genealogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London EC1M 7BA. A Full Day of presentations by three eminent Guild members: Alec Tritton (a Vice-President and past Chairman of the Guild), Else Churchill(a Guild member and the Genealogist at the SoG), and John Hanson FSG (a Guild member well known as lecturer and author).

	26th September 2010	Hampshire Genealogy Society Open Day Horndean Technology College, Horndean, Hampshire Family History Open Day, presentations and stands including the Guild Bookstall.

	2nd October 2010	The Nairn Family and Local History Fair - Nairn Community Centre Presented by Scottish Genealogical Research in association with the Moray & Nairn Family History Society. There will be a series of lectures throughout the day on Family History and related topics, and a wide range of stands including (of course) the Guild of One-Name Studies. For more details, see the Moray and Nairn FHS website.

	2nd October 2010	Oxfordshire FHS Open Day - Marlborough School, Woodstock Family History Society Open Day, featuring a wide range of stands including Oxfordshire's library and search services; also computing demonstrations with advice on choice of software. Our own Guild Bookstall will also be in attendance.

	20th November 2010	Guild Seminar: Born Abroad? Quinnell Hall, Sevenoaks Community Centre, Otford Road, Sevenoaks, TN14 5DN Were any of your one-name study or ancestors immigrants? This is a 'must-attend' seminar for those researchers with ancestors born abroad, particularly in the Caribbean, India, Europe, and those with Jewish or Huguenot ancestry.

	21st November 2010	Melbourne PC User Group Genealogy SIG Vermont South Community Centre, Karobran Drive, Vermont South, Victoria David Evans, Guild RR for Australia South-East, will be presenting a talk to the Genealogy Special Interest Group of the Melbourne PC User Group, on his Akehurst One-Name Study. Any Guild member will be made welcome, and David invites them to go for coffee afterwards (the meeting finishes at 4 pm).

	12th February 2011	Guild "Rogues" Seminar Ruishton Village Hall, Taunton, Somerset, TA3 5JD (just off M5) Dr. Colin Chapman is the principal speaker at this seminar covering many aspects of the criminal and religious justice systems. 200 years of Rogues and Victims - were any of yours in court records?

	15th - 17th April 2011	Guild 2011 AGM and Conference De Vere Hotel, Daresbury Park, Warrington WA4 4HS Details forthcoming

	21st May 2011	Guild Seminar: Mining Sources Northumberland Museum and Archives, QE2 Country Park, Woodhorn, Ashington, Northumberland, NE63 9YF Mining sources for your study - coal, iron and lead mining records.

	13th August 2011	Guild "New Members" Seminar: The Art of One-Name Studies Alwalton Village Hall, Alwalton (off A605), Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 6HE New Members seminar, with emphasis on what a one-name study entails.