[Most of this is reposted from my new blog murch.org]
I've done it! I've taken the first step - or can it be called a giant leap? I have been researching my own family tree for 37 years, and now I am moving to another level.
Today I became a member of the Guild of One-Name Studies and registered the surname MURCH as the one I am going to research - possibly for the next 37 years. Oh, that doesn't mean I am going to ignore the names in my own ancestry, but this is branching out in a different way.
A One-Name Study studies - well, one name. Not a given name like John or Elizabeth, but a surname. And it doesn't limit itself to one place, either, such as all the John MURCHes in a tiny village in a corner of one county in one country. No, I will be looking for MURCHes everywhere - and I mean everywhere. As in 'worldwide' everywhere.
*hops from foot to foot in excitement*
I've done it! I've taken the first step - or can it be called a giant leap? I have been researching my own family tree for 37 years, and now I am moving to another level.
Today I became a member of the Guild of One-Name Studies and registered the surname MURCH as the one I am going to research - possibly for the next 37 years. Oh, that doesn't mean I am going to ignore the names in my own ancestry, but this is branching out in a different way.
A One-Name Study studies - well, one name. Not a given name like John or Elizabeth, but a surname. And it doesn't limit itself to one place, either, such as all the John MURCHes in a tiny village in a corner of one county in one country. No, I will be looking for MURCHes everywhere - and I mean everywhere. As in 'worldwide' everywhere.
*hops from foot to foot in excitement*
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