* One-Name Studies and FH

[Jessie 888]

I’ve been happily using FH for about ten years and always recommend it to other researchers. I still only use about 50% of its potential, though, and want to change that! Thanks to a brick-wall, I created a FH Project three years ago to help me work on an unofficial One-Name Study (ONS) on the Fothergills. I’m now doing an online Pharos course on ONS in collaboration with the Guild of One-Name Studies. Both recommend FH as the ideal software (plus two others).

My question is: Is there anybody else in this group doing a ONS? I’d be grateful for any practical tips where FH is useful to you, or how you use it. For example, I like being able to add an unrelated individual until I can place him in the right family. I can check for duplicates … or easily find a Fothergill born in c1820 in Liverpool in the Records Window. If I get a Fothergill DNA match, then I can quickly change them to the file root and send them a diagram of their own family tree in a matter of seconds. I love all those basic tools and techniques but I’m sure I’m missing loads more?!

[trevorrix]

I have an ONS and use FH in the same way as you describe. I have been using FH for this purpose for 21 years and am still in awe

[Valkrider]

Jessie

I too do a Surname Study in to the Lefever and variants names. I do mine a little differently in that I have a project per country as I have found few who migrate between countries and those that do it is easy just to export their record and then import it into the other countries project. I also have a website that I use as a taster to get namebearers to contact me so that is an easy export of basic BMD data which I display on a simple table per country.

The Find Duplicates plugin is one I use regularly. I also have a couple of custom queries that help with finding specific individuals where I have limited information.

[Jessie 888]

I have an ONS and use FH in the same way as you describe. I have been using FH for this purpose for 21 years and am still in awe

That’s good to know, Trevor. I’m in awe as well!

[Jessie 888]

Jessie

I too do a Surname Study in to the Lefever and variants names. I do mine a little differently in that I have a project per country as I have found few who migrate between countries and those that do it is easy just to export their record and then import it into the other countries project. I also have a website that I use as a taster to get namebearers to contact me so that is an easy export of basic BMD data which I display on a simple table per country.

The Find Duplicates plugin is one I use regularly. I also have a couple of custom queries that help with finding specific individuals where I have limited information.

That’s a really great idea to have a project for each country. I’d not thought of that before! I definitely need to learn more about plugins and custom queries. The basics are so good, I’ve never really needed the more advanced tools until now. Thank you for the advice!

[Little.auk]

Hi Jessie,

I started researching my family tree many years ago. My paternal line is ROLLIN - an uncommon name, but my maternal grandmother's surname was Fothergill, her father (my g-g grandfather) died at the battle of Spion Kop in the second Boer War. I have traced his family back, via Nottinghamshire, to Mallerstang, near Kirkby Stephen in Cumbria. Do you have any Fothergills who fit in this family.

[Jessie 888]

Hi Jessie,

I started researching my family tree many years ago. My paternal line is ROLLIN - an uncommon name, but my maternal grandmother's surname was Fothergill, her father (my g-g grandfather) died at the battle of Spion Kop in the second Boer War. I have traced his family back, via Nottinghamshire, to Mallerstang, near Kirkby Stephen in Cumbria. Do you have any Fothergills who fit in this family.

Hi Peter,
I've just added a J Fothergill to my project who died at Spion Kop on the 24th January 1900 but I don't even know his first name yet, I'm afraid. Was he in the Second Lancashire Fusiliers? I have lots of Fothergills from Mallerstang and Nottinghamshire. Could you tell me your grandmother's name or her father's full name and dob?