Lilian's Tree

I belong to both the Guild of One- Name Studies and the Surname Society and with both I have several One Name studies, the main one being ABBERTON.  Now when I starteedthis genealogy journey, nealy 35 years ago, everything was either microfisch, microfilm or paper, so you had to copy everything down. Well I did, every Abberton surname reference for both New South Wales and Victoria, sorted out which family was mine and after several years, ditched the ones that were of no use. (Insert head slap here).  Well guess who now has to go back and do it all again???? The only blessing is that I now know more that I did then and I can look for different spellings and the records are more up-to-date. Why not consider joining either or both societies and do a study of your surname? Guild of One-Name Studies. Surname Society Both allow you to search, to see if someone is doing the surname you are after. Happy Searching, Lilian.

This time last week we were feeling pretty good about Paul's recovery, from gallbladder surgery, this week he is in hospital having had a Heptic abcess drained. This is the same thing that happened 12 months ago, causing all the same problems, hopefully this time it will be fixed.  As a result of this I've been a bit lax in my blogging, sorry. I have been working on my Abberton One-Name Study and trying to get others to share their information. It can be fun and it can be frustrating, so far it is fun. I'm collecting Australian births, deaths, marriages, trying to match-up families. Once this is done, I'm not sure which way I'll take it. I have three studies going, Abberton, Chasmar and Galbraith. Now I hear you asking, "What is a One-Name Study?"  Well it is basiclly a study of a surname in either a paticular area or world-wide. Two good websites to look at are;  Guild of One-Name Studies  https://one-name.org/ and The Surname Society   https...

Do you have an unusual surname on your tree and want to find out all you can about it? Have an interesting place, you want to know more about? Why not consider a One-name or a One-place study. I have two One-name studies, one for Abberton and one for Chasmar and they are both world-wide. I belong to both the Guild of One-Name Studies and The Surname Society. These two groups are of likeminded people, who are following their ancestral surnames. Fun, frustrating but well worth it. I’ve yet to think about a One-place study but look at both their websites and see what is happening.  https://one-name.org/   - Guild of One Name Studies, sometimes refered to as GoONS. https://surname-society.org/   - Surname Society. https://www.one-place-studies.org/    - Society for One Place-Studies