Vol 9 Issue 7 July–September 2007 Also in this issue... Pictures and • From the Queen’s reports from Flight to royal family the Guild’s tree – progress of a 2007 Annual one-name study Conference in Hampshire • Nottingham DNA Seminar report The world’s leading publication for one-namers All the latest Guild news and updates GUILD OFFICERS CHAIRMAN Box G, 14 Charterhouse Buildings Peter Walker Goswell Road, London EC1M 7BA 24 Bacons Drive Tel: 0800 011 2182 Cuffley Guild information E-mail: [email protected] Hertfordshire Website: www.one-name.org EN6 4DU Registered as a charity in England 01707 873778 Sales and Wales No. 802048 [email protected] AS well as Guild publications, the Sales Manager has a supply of Jour- VICE-CHAIRMAN nal folders, ties, lapel badges and Paul Millington back issues of the Journal. The 58 Belmont Street address is: President Worcester Derek A Palgrave MA FRHistS FSG Worcestershire Howard Benbrook WR3 8NN 7 Amber Hill Vice-Presidents 01905 745217 Camberley John Hebden [email protected] Surrey Richard Moore FSG GU15 1EB Iain Swinnerton FSG SECRETARY England Alec Tritton Kirsty Gray E-mail enquiries to: 11 Brendon Close [email protected] Tilehurst, Reading Berkshire RG30 6EA Guild Committee 0118 941 4833 Forum The Committee consists of the four [email protected] THIS online discussion forum is Officers, plus the following: open to any member with access to TREASURER e-mail. You can join the list by Gordon Adshead Cliff Kemball sending a message with your mem- Howard Benbrook 168 Green Lane bership number to: Peter Copsey Chislehurst [email protected] Peter Hagger Kent BR7 6AY To e-mail a message to the forum, Barbara Harvey 0208 467 8865 send it to: David Mellor [email protected] [email protected] Roy Rayment Roy Stockdill Regional Representatives Ken Toll * * * * * * * * * * * * Sandra Turner The Guild has Regional Reps in Steven Whitaker many areas. If you are interested in REGISTRAR becoming one, please contact the Regional Representatives Co- Bookstall & Sales Manager David Mellor ordinator, Sandra Turner: Howard Benbrook 2 Bromley Road Forum Manager West Bridgeford 2 St Annes Close Wendy Archer Nottingham Notts NG2 7AP Winchester Regional Reps Co-ordinator Hampshire SO22 4LQ. Sandra Turner 01159 141838 [email protected] Tel: 01962 840388 Website Manager E-mail: rep-coordinator@one- Anne Shankland EDITOR name.org Roy Stockdill SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMEN 6 First Avenue The Journal of One-Name Studies is Executive Peter Walker Garston, Watford published quarterly by the Guild of Marketing Ken Toll Herts WD25 9PZ One-Name Studies and printed by Publications Peter Walker 01923 893735 Flexpress Ltd, 5 Saxby St, Leicester Seminar Gordon Adshead [email protected] ISSN 0262-4842 IT Paul Millington © Journal of One-Name Studies MAIN ARTICLES 5 Chairman’s report to the AGM reveals another successful year for the Guild PETER WALKER on 12 months of enhanced activity and projects 8 Publishing on the web – how to get started, the easy options and more advanced methods TERESA PASK with a comprehensive guide to starting and maintaining a website 14 From the Queen’s Flight to links to the royal family tree DAVID JUDD describes the progress of his Judd/Judde One-Name Study GUILD REPORTS • NEWS • EVENTS 16 Major coverage of the 2007 Annual Conference – three pages of pictures, including the conference opening and Saturday night banquet 19 STEVE WHITAKER reports on conference affairs and the lectures over the two days 21 A funny thing happened on the way to the conference - CHALMERS CURSLEY gives his personal impressions of the weekend 23 Great expectations were not disappointed at Nottingham DNA Seminar – two- page report on another successful Guild seminar by RODNEY BRACKSTONE 25 Seminars update • Marriage Challenge update 30 Online survey reveals growth in Guild DNA Projects by CHRIS POMERY 31 Maurice and Pamela make marathon mark in Blackpool – Guild husband-and- wife team MAURICE and PAMELA HEMINGWAY in major seaside run • Winners of the Guild Publications and Web Awards • Death knell for non-computer users? REGULARS 4 From the Chairman’s keyboard PETER WALKER 26 Treasurer’s Notes CLIFF KEMBALL 27 Registrar’s Notes DAVID MELLOR 28 A View From the Bookstall HOWARD BENBROOK ARTICLES, letters and other contributions are welcomed from members, especially accompanied by illustrations, and should be sent to the Editor. Publication dates will normally be the first day of January, April, July and October. Copyright of material is to the Editor and Publishers of the Journal of One- Name Studies and the author. No material may be reproduced in part or in whole without the prior permission of the publishers. The views expressed in the Journal are those of individual contributors and are not necessarily those of the Committee of the Guild of One-Name Studies. The distribution list for this Journal, and the information in the Register Update, is based on the information held in the Guild database on the first of the month preceding the issue date. 3 Increasing the transparency of Committee’s decision making the minutes of the Guild’s Com- mittee are available on the website in the Members’ Room, allowing you to see what we get up to and the decisions we take. However, a number of members have commented that we have only published agreed minutes INCE MY last column, which assists spreading the man- after the subsequent meeting, so we have had the results agement load. For example, the they can be several months old of the first contested new Website Manager is Anne when you see them. committee election for Shankland and the Committee Furthermore, in order to around 10 years, had our success- has also invited Rod Clayburn to ensure we get through our exten- ful Annual Conference and AGM continue as Renewals Secretary, sive agendas, we no longer at Basingstoke and held our first even though he was unsuccessful debate or minute information two meetings of the new Com- in the Committee ballot. from post-holders’ reports where mittee – not to mention “Who Do Reflecting on this trend, the no decisions are being requested You Think You Are? LIVE” at Committee has now decided that of the Committee. This means Olympia. next year, when inviting nomina- you can’t see many of the activi- Those of you who receive the tions for the 15 places on the ties that these post-holders Chairman’s Newsflash e-mails, or Committee, we will also invite perform. At our most recent who have visited the website, will members to express an interest in meeting, the Committee decided know the result of the ballot for being considered for the wide to increase the transparency of the Committee was that the fol- range of Guild posts, irrespective Guild Committee decision making lowing were elected:- of whether they wish to stand for by publishing not only the draft Gordon Adshead Committee. Of all the Guild posts, minutes of each meeting, but Howard Benbrook only the four Officers (Chairman, also all the post-holder reports Peter Copsey Vice-Chairman, Secretary and submitted. This will also apply to Des Gander Treasurer) have to be members of Sub-committees. Kirsty Gray the Committee, though it is Draft minutes are now avail- Barbara Harvey clearly highly desirable for some able for the June Committee Cliff Kemball other posts to be on the Commit- meeting, while full reports will be David Mellor tee too. available from our next meeting Paul Millington We were not used to having a onwards. Of course, there are Roy Rayment contested election and we will going to be some matters, relat- Roy Stockdill need to give more thought to the ing to personal issues, that should Ken Toll mechanics of the ballot for future remain confidential and will be Sandra Turner years. We also realised how dif- removed from the published Peter Walker ficult it can be to appoint all the papers (as they are today from Steve Whitaker Guild posts during our first com- the website minutes), but overall, Unfortunately, Des Gander mittee meeting, when not all the this decision should allow you to declined to take his position on possible candidates may be get a better impression of what the Committee and subsequently present, and also how challeng- the Committee do on your we decided to co-opt Peter Hag- ing it can be to effect an behalf. Maybe it will persuade a ger to maintain our full comple- immediate changeover of post- few of you that “I could do that; I ment of 15 members. Peter had holder in some key posts such as could do that better,” in which received the next highest number Registrar and Website Manager. case we may look forward to of votes in the election and had So, in future, we might arrange another contested election next already agreed to take on the for the new and old post-holders year. role of Production Manager. to have a phased changeover at a This is a shorter than usual Indeed, an increasing trend is point later than the AGM Chairman’s column in order to for a range of posts to be held by weekend. make room for my report to the members outside the Committee, I hope members are aware that AGM. ❍ 4 Journal of One-Name Studies, July–September 2007 Chairman’s report to the AGM reveals another successful year for the Guild CHAIRMAN Peter Walker thank him for his valuable contri- aimed specifically at promoting presented the following report bution to the Guild. members’ one-name studies, and to the 2007 AGM. We are • Governance is planning to do more as funds publishing it virtually in full in permit.