Guild of One-Name Studies - 2025 Conference

From 25 to April 2025, the Guild of One-Name Studies will host a conference with the theme Gateway to the World. Presentations will focus on the movement of people across the world during past centuries, mainly from Great Britain.

The conference will be a hybrid allowing participants to be present for the talks but also to view them remotely, many livestreamed. The in-person meeting will be held at the Holiday Inn, Liverpool City Centre, England.

More about the event, including the program can be found on the Guild website.

I have been booked to present my talk about Mother Nature’s Impact on Migration & Relocation, online on Saturday, April 27^th at 11:00 pm GMT.

The conference is open to both Guild members and non-members. Come join us if you can, in person or on the conference hub.

Talk Summary:

We can trace the dislocation of families, indeed whole communities, because of war, politics, religious persecution, racial and cultural intolerance, employment or lifestyle prospects, and any of number of other societal-related reasons.

But there were many circumstances where Mother Nature had an important impact on the decisions people made to pick up and leave. Among these are:

·         long-term changes to the environment through climate change,

·         gradual alteration of habitat through natural processes

·         loss of homes, businesses or family members from disasters

The presentation looks at some of the affects Mother Nature has had on lives and livelihoods, and the decisions taken to relocate. Examples will be presented from historical situations as well as from the speaker’s own family.

Creating Visuals Article

In a few past posts, I have discussed how image quality can be improved using MyHeritage processes: MyHeritage Photo Repair and Using MyHeritage’s Photo Improvement Processes. I continue to use these programs for almost every image I publish or include in my presentations.

In the April 2025 issue of Family Tree (UK) magazine, I will have an article titled Creating Visuals for Publication. It is based on my blog posts and on a talk I gave to Family Tree Genealogy Gadgets Club (now the Brickwalls, Skills & Solutions Club) on 6 September 2024. You can view the video of this presentation if you are a member of Family Tree Plus.

The March article starts out: I use a lot of images in my blogs, published articles and presentations. Some are photos of people. Many are diagrams, graphs or copies of documents from parish registers, books and articles or websites. All are useful in demonstrating the subject matter of my publications and talks. This article will summarize where to find images and how to manipulate or edit them to fit whatever subject is being written about or covered in a presentation.

I hope you will be able to read a copy with your own subscription or at a family history society library.

An AI image generated on Copilot using the simple prompt, “A West Highland White Terrier sitting in a field of flowers”

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