A golden autumn glow set against the bluest of skies at St. John's Square, Wakefield at my #OnePlaceStudy
November 11, 2026 at 1:48 PM
A golden autumn glow set against the bluest of skies at St. John's Square, Wakefield at my #OnePlaceStudy
A wonderfully autumnal #OnePlaceStudy on #OnePlaceWednesday! 🍂
A golden autumn glow set against the bluest of skies at St. John's Square, Wakefield at my #OnePlaceStudy
November 11, 2026 at 1:50 PM
A wonderfully autumnal #OnePlaceStudy on #OnePlaceWednesday! 🍂
Early (as in first half of) C20th research is something I am doing a lot more of for my main #OnePlaceStudy. It helps that Shropshire newspaper coverage at BNA/Findmypast is excellent, and Ancestry added Shropshire electoral registers (up to the 1950s) not long ago! #OnePlaceStudy
Discovering Your British Family and Local Community in the early 20th Century. Family historians often neglect the twentieth century but there is plenty to be discovered. This course shows you how. www.pharostutors.com/discovering-...
November 11, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Early (as in first half of) C20th research is something I am doing a lot more of for my main #OnePlaceStudy. It helps that Shropshire newspaper coverage at BNA/Findmypast is excellent, and Ancestry added Shropshire electoral registers (up to the 1950s) not long ago! #OnePlaceStudy
Kicking off #OnePlaceWednesday today with a pic from my local (and currently rather neglected) Fawsley #OnePlaceStudy, taken on a gorgeous autumnal morning a shade under five years ago.
Welcome to #OnePlaceWednesday! As always, please join us in posting about #OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite, using the hashtag. We’ll be posting throughout the day – join in when you can with your OPS news, chat, pics, links, questions or suggestions.
November 11, 2026 at 9:16 AM
Kicking off #OnePlaceWednesday today with a pic from my local (and currently rather neglected) Fawsley #OnePlaceStudy, taken on a gorgeous autumnal morning a shade under five years ago.
#OnePlaceWednesday showcase: Glamis Castle
Explore the lives & stories of residents in this community through #CollaborativeGenealogy research!
📍 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Glamis_Castle,_Glamis,_Angus_One_Place_Study
#OnePlaceStudy
Explore the lives & stories of residents in this community through #CollaborativeGenealogy research!
📍 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Glamis_Castle,_Glamis,_Angus_One_Place_Study
#OnePlaceStudy
November 11, 2026 at 11:30 AM
#OnePlaceWednesday showcase: Glamis Castle
Explore the lives & stories of residents in this community through #CollaborativeGenealogy research!
📍 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Glamis_Castle,_Glamis,_Angus_One_Place_Study
#OnePlaceStudy
Explore the lives & stories of residents in this community through #CollaborativeGenealogy research!
📍 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Glamis_Castle,_Glamis,_Angus_One_Place_Study
#OnePlaceStudy
I’m going to a secret place to do some research on #Colnbrook #OnePlaceStudy
November 11, 2026 at 10:04 AM
I’m going to a secret place to do some research on #Colnbrook #OnePlaceStudy
The answers to our Remembrance Day #OnePlaceStudy questions: Yes! We have shared several posts with examples already; here is another.
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
The boys and men from #BoatFamilies who gave the ultimate sacrifice in the First World War.
We will remember them.
app.weare.xyz/public/boat-...
We will remember them.
app.weare.xyz/public/boat-...
World War 1 Roll of Honour
We Are [showcasing your family history like never before]
app.weare.xyz
November 11, 2026 at 10:15 PM
The answers to our Remembrance Day #OnePlaceStudy questions: Yes! We have shared several posts with examples already; here is another.
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
To inaugurate my new account, I'd like to share an amazing discovery I came across while researching my Italian #OnePlaceStudy: a couple who had no fewer than 17 children together!
I wonder if anyone else has found a couple on their #familytree who had 18+ children?
#genealogy #SanMarzanoOliveto
I wonder if anyone else has found a couple on their #familytree who had 18+ children?
#genealogy #SanMarzanoOliveto
November 11, 2026 at 7:36 PM
To inaugurate my new account, I'd like to share an amazing discovery I came across while researching my Italian #OnePlaceStudy: a couple who had no fewer than 17 children together!
I wonder if anyone else has found a couple on their #familytree who had 18+ children?
#genealogy #SanMarzanoOliveto
I wonder if anyone else has found a couple on their #familytree who had 18+ children?
#genealogy #SanMarzanoOliveto
Having mentioned manorial records, we should really also share this from last week. If your #OnePlaceStudy research takes you into those records, you may find these video tutorials helpful. #OnePlaceWednesday
Check out our new ‘guide to manorial records’ video tutorial series: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
These three videos are designed to give record keepers the tools and confidence to interpret various types of manorial records.
Send us your feedback at asl@nationalarchives.gov.uk!
These three videos are designed to give record keepers the tools and confidence to interpret various types of manorial records.
Send us your feedback at asl@nationalarchives.gov.uk!
November 11, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Having mentioned manorial records, we should really also share this from last week. If your #OnePlaceStudy research takes you into those records, you may find these video tutorials helpful. #OnePlaceWednesday
Ironic this #AI bot email arrived on Remembrance Sunday, given the parish War Memorial was the start of my study. #OnePlaceStudy.
November 8, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Ironic this #AI bot email arrived on Remembrance Sunday, given the parish War Memorial was the start of my study. #OnePlaceStudy.
Look what I have just received, a lovely old undated photograph of the St Mary Bourne War Memorial. The modern photo I took on Saturday.
#OnePlaceWednesday #OnePlaceStudy #Remembrance #LocalHistory
#OnePlaceWednesday #OnePlaceStudy #Remembrance #LocalHistory
November 11, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Look what I have just received, a lovely old undated photograph of the St Mary Bourne War Memorial. The modern photo I took on Saturday.
#OnePlaceWednesday #OnePlaceStudy #Remembrance #LocalHistory
#OnePlaceWednesday #OnePlaceStudy #Remembrance #LocalHistory
#LestWeForget
Will you be thinking about anyone from your #OnePlaceStudy on this Remembrance Day? Have you written about past OPS residents who fell in battle, or others who served, or ‘did their bit’ on the home front? #WeWillRememberThem
#OnePlaceWednesday
Will you be thinking about anyone from your #OnePlaceStudy on this Remembrance Day? Have you written about past OPS residents who fell in battle, or others who served, or ‘did their bit’ on the home front? #WeWillRememberThem
#OnePlaceWednesday
November 11, 2026 at 10:45 AM
#LestWeForget
Will you be thinking about anyone from your #OnePlaceStudy on this Remembrance Day? Have you written about past OPS residents who fell in battle, or others who served, or ‘did their bit’ on the home front? #WeWillRememberThem
#OnePlaceWednesday
Will you be thinking about anyone from your #OnePlaceStudy on this Remembrance Day? Have you written about past OPS residents who fell in battle, or others who served, or ‘did their bit’ on the home front? #WeWillRememberThem
#OnePlaceWednesday
Not sure how much material you will be able to display, but Heather Etteridge (Great Ellingham #OnePlaceStudy) has mounted a few displays / exhibitions including the one in the post quoted below. Might be worth contacting her to find out more? heather.etteridge@one-place-studies.org
A selection of photos from our member Heather Etteridge, showing her wonderful #OnePlaceStudy exhibition “Great Ellingham through Trades & Occupations.” A superb way to showcase a study to the local community! Why not check out the Great Ellingham OPS🔗 website on #OnePlaceWednesday?
November 9, 2026 at 7:26 PM
Not sure how much material you will be able to display, but Heather Etteridge (Great Ellingham #OnePlaceStudy) has mounted a few displays / exhibitions including the one in the post quoted below. Might be worth contacting her to find out more? heather.etteridge@one-place-studies.org
Hoping to get some advice from the #OnePlaceStudy community. I've been told I can display something about my study at an open day in the area (Im unable to attend) how would others go about this or have done this. Poster form? What to include. Would be grateful for any advice. #Genealogy #Ancestry
November 9, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Hoping to get some advice from the #OnePlaceStudy community. I've been told I can display something about my study at an open day in the area (Im unable to attend) how would others go about this or have done this. Poster form? What to include. Would be grateful for any advice. #Genealogy #Ancestry
Also remembering the men on Dunster war memorial. I researched all those who died in WW1 when I was doing a #OnePlaceStudy of the village, & created a booklet commemorating them.
#LestWeForget 🥀
#ObePlaceWednesday
#LestWeForget 🥀
#ObePlaceWednesday
November 11, 2026 at 10:26 AM
Also remembering the men on Dunster war memorial. I researched all those who died in WW1 when I was doing a #OnePlaceStudy of the village, & created a booklet commemorating them.
#LestWeForget 🥀
#ObePlaceWednesday
#LestWeForget 🥀
#ObePlaceWednesday
The 2nd half of the story of the reservists from St Mary Bourne called up Aug 1914 to the Hampshire Regt, covering Dec 1914-Apr 1920.
#OnePlaceStudy #OnePlaceWednesday #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #MilitaryHistory
#OnePlaceStudy #OnePlaceWednesday #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #MilitaryHistory
Gone but not forgotten (Part 2)
In December 1914, severe flooding and failed artillery doomed the British assault on ‘The Birdcage’, where Edwin Pike was killed. The Christmas Truce briefly united opposing soldiers before fighting resumed. Walter Sims died in January 1915, followed by James Pike at Second Ypres in April. Their deaths devastated St Mary Bourne, which commemorated all five reservists.
thelineagefinder.co.uk
November 11, 2026 at 11:00 AM
The 2nd half of the story of the reservists from St Mary Bourne called up Aug 1914 to the Hampshire Regt, covering Dec 1914-Apr 1920.
#OnePlaceStudy #OnePlaceWednesday #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #MilitaryHistory
#OnePlaceStudy #OnePlaceWednesday #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #MilitaryHistory
A reason for my #OnePlaceStudy was to share my parish history. As well as the #AI info scraping I now get crass iLands AI bot emails. Today’s questions research time involved. Has anyone stopped publishing Wordpress posts due to AI? Is there a (simple) work-round? I’m now considering stopping my OPS
November 8, 2026 at 1:33 PM
A reason for my #OnePlaceStudy was to share my parish history. As well as the #AI info scraping I now get crass iLands AI bot emails. Today’s questions research time involved. Has anyone stopped publishing Wordpress posts due to AI? Is there a (simple) work-round? I’m now considering stopping my OPS
As you may have seen, Jennifer Jones has launched a new #OnePlaceStudy – one based on a ship and its ill-fated 1845 voyage ‘Down Under’. Cataraqui Shipwreck, King Island One-Place Study is now registered with us, and Jennifer has provided an introduction to the OPS on her website. #OnePlaceWednesday
November 11, 2026 at 8:30 PM
As you may have seen, Jennifer Jones has launched a new #OnePlaceStudy – one based on a ship and its ill-fated 1845 voyage ‘Down Under’. Cataraqui Shipwreck, King Island One-Place Study is now registered with us, and Jennifer has provided an introduction to the OPS on her website. #OnePlaceWednesday
A revised and extended version of the other #OnePlaceStudies10 post I wrote for @oneplacestudies.bsky.social in 2023 has now been added to the Waters Upton #OnePlaceStudy website. Featuring Catsbritch – or is that Casprick, Castpit, Catspit or Gaspit – Lane!
One lane, many names
My first blog post for the tenth anniversary of Society for One Place Studies ⇗ in 2023 looked at one of Waters Upton’s lanes. A minor road, it runs from the Northeast end of Waters Upton village …
waters-upton.uk
November 9, 2026 at 11:01 AM
A revised and extended version of the other #OnePlaceStudies10 post I wrote for @oneplacestudies.bsky.social in 2023 has now been added to the Waters Upton #OnePlaceStudy website. Featuring Catsbritch – or is that Casprick, Castpit, Catspit or Gaspit – Lane!
My first story from my #OnePlaceStudy is out! You can read all about the great sheep conflict of the 1790s and my hopes to learn even more about it next year. #Genealogy #Wales genealcymru.com/2026/11/06/w...
"The Mercyless Butcher" - GenealCymru
It was a cool morning high up on Llanfair mountain. Silent, except for the chorus of bleating sheep and the occasional command called out to a trusty sheepdog. Little did Jenkin know that this pleasan...
genealcymru.com
November 7, 2026 at 12:19 PM
My first story from my #OnePlaceStudy is out! You can read all about the great sheep conflict of the 1790s and my hopes to learn even more about it next year. #Genealogy #Wales genealcymru.com/2026/11/06/w...
Marriages of Military Men in Wickhamford during World War 2 is the latest addition to the website of the Badsey Society, which conducts a #OnePlaceStudy of Badsey, Aldington and Wickhamford in #Worcestershire.
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
November 11, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Marriages of Military Men in Wickhamford during World War 2 is the latest addition to the website of the Badsey Society, which conducts a #OnePlaceStudy of Badsey, Aldington and Wickhamford in #Worcestershire.
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday showcase: East Lulworth, Dorset
Explore the lives & stories of residents in this community through #CollaborativeGenealogy research!
📍 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:East_Lulworth,_Dorset_One_Place_Study
#OnePlaceStudy
Explore the lives & stories of residents in this community through #CollaborativeGenealogy research!
📍 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:East_Lulworth,_Dorset_One_Place_Study
#OnePlaceStudy
November 4, 2026 at 11:30 AM
#OnePlaceWednesday showcase: East Lulworth, Dorset
Explore the lives & stories of residents in this community through #CollaborativeGenealogy research!
📍 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:East_Lulworth,_Dorset_One_Place_Study
#OnePlaceStudy
Explore the lives & stories of residents in this community through #CollaborativeGenealogy research!
📍 https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:East_Lulworth,_Dorset_One_Place_Study
#OnePlaceStudy
The church War Memorial was the inspiration for my Batley St Mary of the Angels One-Place Study. It’s First World War. Here’s the details of all those commemorated on it and links to the biographies written to date.
#RemembranceDay #OnePlaceStudy #Batley
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#RemembranceDay #OnePlaceStudy #Batley
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Biographies: The War Memorial Men
This is the area of my site where the mini biographies of the men will be posted. The names of those commemorated on the War Memorial are as follows: Panel 1Herbert BoothFrederick ByrnesMichael Bra…
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November 11, 2026 at 10:23 PM
The church War Memorial was the inspiration for my Batley St Mary of the Angels One-Place Study. It’s First World War. Here’s the details of all those commemorated on it and links to the biographies written to date.
#RemembranceDay #OnePlaceStudy #Batley
wp.me/P4Cet3-1ZO
#RemembranceDay #OnePlaceStudy #Batley
wp.me/P4Cet3-1ZO
The experiences of 5 Army reservists recalled August 1914, by April 1915 all 5 had been killed in action.
#MilitaryHistory #OnePlaceStudy #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
#MilitaryHistory #OnePlaceStudy #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
Gone but not forgotten (Part 1)
Research traces five St Mary Bourne Army reservists—Frederick Day, Sydney Gunnell, Edwin and James Pike, and Walter Sims—who rejoined the 1st Hampshire Regiment after Britain entered the First World War. Drawing on military, genealogical and local sources, it follows their deployment from Hampshire to France, the Retreat from Mons, major battles, trench warfare and the losses of Day and Gunnell.
thelineagefinder.co.uk
November 8, 2026 at 11:01 AM
The experiences of 5 Army reservists recalled August 1914, by April 1915 all 5 had been killed in action.
#MilitaryHistory #OnePlaceStudy #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
#MilitaryHistory #OnePlaceStudy #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
Finally planning out a #oneplacestudy that I've been wanting to do for years now. The "blessing and curse" freedom in planning is really hitting me! How did you narrow down your time/place for your project? What would you do different if you started over? #oneplacewednesday #oneplacestudies
November 4, 2026 at 6:41 PM
Finally planning out a #oneplacestudy that I've been wanting to do for years now. The "blessing and curse" freedom in planning is really hitting me! How did you narrow down your time/place for your project? What would you do different if you started over? #oneplacewednesday #oneplacestudies