April 23, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Next up - Dr Nick Barratt’s talk ‘Beyond the Mists of Time: sources for medieval and early modern genealogy’
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April 25, 2026 at 12:38 PM
Next up - Dr Nick Barratt’s talk ‘Beyond the Mists of Time: sources for medieval and early modern genealogy’
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#GuildConf2026
Nick Barratt emphasises the importance of researching the place where people lived when researching in medieval records
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April 25, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Nick Barratt emphasises the importance of researching the place where people lived when researching in medieval records
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#GuildConf2026
Dr Sophie Kay’s talk ‘Analysing Genetic Networks with Gephi’ will be of great help to anyone using autosomal #DNA in their #OneNameStudy or #FamilyHistory research
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April 26, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Dr Sophie Kay’s talk ‘Analysing Genetic Networks with Gephi’ will be of great help to anyone using autosomal #DNA in their #OneNameStudy or #FamilyHistory research
@scientistsoph.bsky.social
#GuildConf2026
@scientistsoph.bsky.social
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I’m busy putting my #OneNameStudy poster for tomorrow’s Guild of #OneNameStudies conference and Patch is ‘helping’ me ♥️ #GuildConf2026
April 23, 2026 at 10:43 PM
I’m busy putting my #OneNameStudy poster for tomorrow’s Guild of #OneNameStudies conference and Patch is ‘helping’ me ♥️ #GuildConf2026
The Society for One-Place Studies stand at the Guild of One-Name Studies conference
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April 24, 2026 at 12:41 PM
The Society for One-Place Studies stand at the Guild of One-Name Studies conference
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The 2026 Guild of One-Name Studies got off to a great start yesterday!
#OneNameStudies #genealogy #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #GuildConf2026
#OneNameStudies #genealogy #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #GuildConf2026
April 25, 2026 at 8:25 AM
The 2026 Guild of One-Name Studies got off to a great start yesterday!
#OneNameStudies #genealogy #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #GuildConf2026
#OneNameStudies #genealogy #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #GuildConf2026
@digitalarchivst.bsky.social & @makingfamilyhistory.com ’s podcast is recommended as a source of reliable information about AI
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April 26, 2026 at 9:47 AM
@digitalarchivst.bsky.social & @makingfamilyhistory.com ’s podcast is recommended as a source of reliable information about AI
#GuildConf2026
#GuildConf2026
April 25, 2026 at 8:36 AM
Just about to start @ #GuildConf2026 is @janetfew.bsky.social with her talk Preserving the Past for the Future
April 26, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Just about to start @ #GuildConf2026 is @janetfew.bsky.social with her talk Preserving the Past for the Future
April 25, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Donna Rutherford is now going to talk to us about ’Future-Proofing Your #DNA Research: tools and techniques to work smarter’
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April 26, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Donna Rutherford is now going to talk to us about ’Future-Proofing Your #DNA Research: tools and techniques to work smarter’
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#GuildConf2026
Marie Byatt now talking about study preservation & what The Guild can offer #GuildConf2026
April 25, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Marie Byatt now talking about study preservation & what The Guild can offer #GuildConf2026
Next at #GuildConf2026 is Howard Benbrook whose talk is ‘The Hampshire Swing Riots’
April 26, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Next at #GuildConf2026 is Howard Benbrook whose talk is ‘The Hampshire Swing Riots’
The #GuildConf2026 is now over 😢 It was so much fun, I really enjoyed being part of the organising committee, & attending the conference itself. Roll on next year when the Guild of #OneNameStudies conference will be in Portsmouth again! 🥳
April 26, 2026 at 5:47 PM
The #GuildConf2026 is now over 😢 It was so much fun, I really enjoyed being part of the organising committee, & attending the conference itself. Roll on next year when the Guild of #OneNameStudies conference will be in Portsmouth again! 🥳
We’ve had a lot of questions/interest interest in AI during the conference, even outside of the AI talks, so I’m sure that Darris Williams’s talk ‘Is AI the new snake oil’ will be very helpful
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April 26, 2026 at 9:35 AM
We’ve had a lot of questions/interest interest in AI during the conference, even outside of the AI talks, so I’m sure that Darris Williams’s talk ‘Is AI the new snake oil’ will be very helpful
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#GuildConf2026
Gemini is good for transcription & a good all-rounder. Transkribus is trained on historical handwriting
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April 25, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Gemini is good for transcription & a good all-rounder. Transkribus is trained on historical handwriting
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#GuildConf2026
Pertinent question at the end of Darris’s talk asking about the environmental impact of AI & a comment that it should be used judiciously
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April 26, 2026 at 10:47 AM
Pertinent question at the end of Darris’s talk asking about the environmental impact of AI & a comment that it should be used judiciously
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#GuildConf2026
Fun at last week's #GuildConf2026 thehistoryinterpreter.com/2026/05/02/f... #FamilyHistory #AI #Genealogy
Family History Wanderings Part 2
A distinct downside of the Rookesbury Park caravan site is the one bar of wifi and zero phone signal. This meant that, on arrival at the Marriott Hotel, venue for the 47th Guild of One-Name Studies…
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May 2, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Fun at last week's #GuildConf2026 thehistoryinterpreter.com/2026/05/02/f... #FamilyHistory #AI #Genealogy
All the records that FamilySearch has ^should^ been run through AI’s full text search by the end of the year - that’s the goal - don’t hold them to it!
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#GuildConf2026
April 26, 2026 at 10:26 AM
All the records that FamilySearch has ^should^ been run through AI’s full text search by the end of the year - that’s the goal - don’t hold them to it!
#GuildConf2026
#GuildConf2026
Very excited to hear the story of Ann Elizabeth Epitaux’s sampler, which she has brought with her. Sally Gardiner & her U3A group traced the history of the sampler & the Epitaux sampler
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April 25, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Very excited to hear the story of Ann Elizabeth Epitaux’s sampler, which she has brought with her. Sally Gardiner & her U3A group traced the history of the sampler & the Epitaux sampler
#GuildConf2026
#GuildConf2026
Paul’s workflow:
1 find the record
2 record everything on there
3 note what’s unclear/missing
4 don’t jump to conclusions
5 connect the records (& reason why)
6 write your narrative
#GuildConf2026
1 find the record
2 record everything on there
3 note what’s unclear/missing
4 don’t jump to conclusions
5 connect the records (& reason why)
6 write your narrative
#GuildConf2026
April 25, 2026 at 10:04 AM
Paul’s workflow:
1 find the record
2 record everything on there
3 note what’s unclear/missing
4 don’t jump to conclusions
5 connect the records (& reason why)
6 write your narrative
#GuildConf2026
1 find the record
2 record everything on there
3 note what’s unclear/missing
4 don’t jump to conclusions
5 connect the records (& reason why)
6 write your narrative
#GuildConf2026
New Guild of #OneNameStudies member Karen Palin is a new member & kindly offered to trial a new piece of software developed especially for #GuildConf2026. Here she demonstrates how she’s used it in her Rowntree #OneNameStudy
April 25, 2026 at 8:45 AM
New Guild of #OneNameStudies member Karen Palin is a new member & kindly offered to trial a new piece of software developed especially for #GuildConf2026. Here she demonstrates how she’s used it in her Rowntree #OneNameStudy
Paul cautions us that “AI is useful as a clerk but dangerous as a judge”. It can’t decide if 2 people are the same person - that’s your job! Paul uses ChatGPT for extraction & transcription, Perplexity cites sources of info it finds, Claude good for consistent structured output…
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#GuildConf2026
April 25, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Paul cautions us that “AI is useful as a clerk but dangerous as a judge”. It can’t decide if 2 people are the same person - that’s your job! Paul uses ChatGPT for extraction & transcription, Perplexity cites sources of info it finds, Claude good for consistent structured output…
#GuildConf2026
#GuildConf2026
Janet is now talking about the context of local & national events and the importance of place to our ancestors
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#GuildConf2026
April 26, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Janet is now talking about the context of local & national events and the importance of place to our ancestors
#GuildConf2026
#GuildConf2026