Latest posts tagged with #OnePlaceStudies on Bluesky
It’s been snowing in Wing! A snowball fight evolved into a melee (in both day- and night-clothes) and ended up in court – two charged with breaking a window, one charged with assault and breaking a lamp, plus multiple counter-charges of assault. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies
Lots of Wing news this week, what to choose, what to choose..... #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies
A fascinating 3-post thread, do check it out – and then visit the Populations Past website to see what else you can learn!
#FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudies
#GenHour #genealogy I did a quick search for the place name first. Useful for anyone doing #OnePlaceStudies.
Fab, will check that out (Fawsley being one of my own #OnePlaceStudies!).
A link to the recording of Gay’s #OnePlaceStudies talk is now available in the Members’ Area of our website.
Not a member? Join us and join in! Our webinars (many of which are recorded) are just part of a range of membership benefits available for £10 a year.
The Surname Society’s 2026 AGM & Conference looks likely to be of interest to researchers of #OnePlaceStudies as well as #SurnameStudies! The theme this year is Poverty, with talks on Poor Law archives, workhouses, Victorian social history and British Home Children research. #OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceStudies #OnePlaceWednesday #RootsTech2026
This talk was in-person only, but the handouts are available for download. (USA land records from 19th & 20th C)
Location, Location, Location - Tracking family history through land records by Miles A. Meyer
www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech...
I’m thinking about it! I’d planned to do it, but haven’t decided on a theme. I thought I might do my #OneNameStudy as I’m helping organise the conference, but spend more time on my #OnePlaceStudies…
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The annual #AToZChallenge for bloggers takes place next month. Is anyone planning to include #OnePlaceStudies in their A to Z blog posts, or even make their OPS the main theme for their posts this year? Let us know on this #OnePlaceWednesday!
Kirsty Gray takes the WikiTree Challenge. 26 Mar - 2 Apr 2026. WikiTree.com/g2g/2007598/ (With a photo of Kirsty, and tree logos)
The subject of the next WikiTree Challenge, beginning on March 26th, is former Society for #OnePlaceStudies Chair Kirsty Gray! WikiTreers will be joining forces to make #genealogy discoveries for Kirsty’s family tree. Follow the link to join in. #OnePlaceWednesday
My #OnePlaceWednesday update. Still waiting for the last 6 of the wills ordered last year for 2 of my #OnePlaceStudies (3 each for Fawsley & Waters Upton). Following Ancestry’s addition of #Shropshire electoral registers I’ve been busy transcribing, and adding new pages to my Waters Upton website.
RootsTech logo, and the words: RootsTech by FamilySearch.
#RootsTech 2026 is over, but recorded presentations are still available. Although there were no presentations this year specifically about #OnePlaceStudies, there were several talks of interest to OPS folk. Which of those you watched would you recommend to your fellow One-Placers? #OnePlaceWednesday
Great Ellingham One-Place Study. Image: Photo looking along a village street on a sunny, blue-skied day. On the left is a two-storey, four-bay cottage with white walls and a tiled roof, with further cottages and their gardens further along that side of the street. On the right, part of another building with white walls can be seen in the foreground, with the spire-topped tower of the village church a little further long the street, partially hidden by a couple of trees. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
This month Heather Etteridge has added two posts to her Great Ellingham #OnePlaceStudy website, both relating to Brick Kiln Farm. Check out Heather’s March 2026 blog posts on this #OnePlaceWednesday!
I really enjoyed Gay Evans’s webinar about Parwich last night. Several fascinating characters & some great analysis too. It’s really interesting to hear about other people’s #OnePlaceStudies! Love the story about the man who advertised for a wife & the letters he left
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#OnePlaceWednesday. Image: A photo of the view across snow-covered fields, looking towards a large, sprawling country house (Fawsley Hall) sat on top of higher ground on the other side of a dip in which lies a narrow, tree-fringed lake. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
A touch of Winter, 3 years and a day ago in my local #OnePlaceStudy, to kick off #OnePlaceWednesday. Use the hashtag to share posts, at any time today, relating to #OnePlaceStudies – the result of a magical mix of #FamilyHistory & #LocalHistory! News, views, questions, pics and chat are all welcome.
Really looking forward to this tonight! #OnePlaceStudies
Great to see ancestral places as the subject for this Zoom Discussion Group for members of the North West #Kent #FamilyHistory Society! Will it spark any new #OnePlaceStudies?
#Maps for #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory – a workshop which will likely be of interest to #OnePlaceStudies people too! #MapMonday
Tagging this for the #OnePlaceStudies feed.
Correspondence to the editor continues on the matter of the Provident Dispensary – this week Rev. P.T. Ouvry of Wing has responded to another letter from the former medical officers that criticised the dispensary’s subscriptions and methods. #1876OPS #OnePlaceStudies
The subjects of #OnePlaceStudies range from an individual dwelling – #HouseHistory – or studies of institutions (such as schools), to whole villages, parishes or even towns, and anything in between – including #StreetStudies. A medieval #StreetStudy sounds amazing!
A fabulous resource, with images made available for reuse under Creative Commons licences! Have you found photos of your UK or Ireland #OnePlaceStudies or ancestral places? Have you contributed photos?
Note to self (and to others with #OnePlaceStudies in #Shropshire) – check out Ancestry’s newly added electoral registers and poll books for the county!
Hope your hope is right as I have a fair number too and an article I wrote for Destinations last year. Rejig for a blog? #OnePlaceStudies
Blogging and Social Media Prompts January - July 2026. January: #OnePlaceAdverts. February: #OnePlaceNetworks. March: #OnePlaceClothing. April: #OnePlaceVisitors. May: #OnePlaceArchaeology. June: #OnePlaceCarers. Image: Woman sitting at a desk with a keyboard and large computer screen. Link: www.one-place-studies.org/blogging-prompts/ One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
Our blogging prompt for March is #OnePlaceClothing! What did your #OnePlaceStudy residents wear, and who provided their clothing? Consider everyday clothes and Sunday best, workwear and uniforms, what was worn by those attending weddings or society events—and how fashions changed. #OnePlaceWednesday
Kings Norton Green One-Place Study. Image: Photo of The Green at Kings Norton - a grassy area with several trees - and buildings and many parked cars beyond. The buildings include A church with a spire, at least one half-timbered building, and a variety of other commercial and residential properties, all hidden to varying degrees by trees. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite
Karen Averby @karenaverby.bsky.social has registered her Kings Norton Green One-Place Study! Researching the Medieval & other buildings here—which reflect the social, economic and architectural history of The Green—will hopefully reveal stories of the people associated with them. #OnePlaceWednesday
Society for One-Place Studies Webinar. Tuesday 10 March 2026, 8 for 8.30pm UK time. Image: Photo of the village pub (Sycamore Inn) and the church (with its spire) behind it, under a blue sky. Superimposed on the photo is the text - Parwich: A Derbyshire Village Through Time, with Gay Evans. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
Members! In our next #OnePlaceStudies webinar, Gay Evans will tell us about everyday lives and extraordinary events in the Derbyshire village of Parwich, from the early 1800s to the 1920s, featuring the church, pub, Post Office – and a murder. Not a member? Join us and join in! #OnePlaceWednesday
The brilliant things that #FamilyHistory (and #LocalHistory, and #OnePlaceStudy) Societies do, don’t just happen—they depend on volunteers. So we thank all the dedicated volunteers for the amazing work they do, and echo the Family History Federation’s message below. Get involved! #OnePlaceWednesday
Linda J Bell has recently added several posts to the blog for her #OnePlaceStudy of Old Whittington in Derbyshire, including Marriage of Minnie Wright and an Unusual story from the Derbyshire Courier 31 May 1910 featuring a chicken with four wings and four legs. Check them out on #OnePlaceWednesday!
