This looks really interesting... #OnePlaceWednesday
An event to discover how data, history, and community knowledge can help us better understand the places where we live. No knowledge of data or stats is needed – simply come along and get to know your community!
Friday 6 November, 1.30-3pm
Free tickets: https://uom.link/datastoriesmanchester
Friday 6 November, 1.30-3pm
Free tickets: https://uom.link/datastoriesmanchester
November 4, 2026 at 10:42 AM
This looks really interesting... #OnePlaceWednesday
Adding a #OnePlaceWednesday tag to this!
Why was Ensign Alexander Grant from Finfal #Kildonan #Sutherland and his rather well-connected wife Margaret Gordon, #Griamachary also Kildonan,
living in #NorthWallsAndBrims #Orkney from mid-1820s to at least 1841?
#OnePlaceStudies
www.electricscotland.com/webclans/dto...
living in #NorthWallsAndBrims #Orkney from mid-1820s to at least 1841?
#OnePlaceStudies
www.electricscotland.com/webclans/dto...
www.electricscotland.com
November 4, 2026 at 10:57 AM
Adding a #OnePlaceWednesday tag to this!
Appropriately, it appears that #OnePlaceWednesday this week coincides with a lot of interest in House history in the USA...
November 4, 2026 at 8:15 AM
Appropriately, it appears that #OnePlaceWednesday this week coincides with a lot of interest in House history in the USA...
Looking forward to reading it Dai! #OnePlaceWednesday
November 4, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Looking forward to reading it Dai! #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
This has got me thinking about what the top 10 surnames in #Sudbourne might be 🤔 I might make a prediction, then see how that compares to reality!
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
November 4, 2026 at 10:24 PM
This has got me thinking about what the top 10 surnames in #Sudbourne might be 🤔 I might make a prediction, then see how that compares to reality!
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
I haven’t come across contumacy before. Wilful disobedience of the church authority. The mind boggles. Unsure. Interesting about your ancestors. Nonconformity? #OnePlaceWednesday
November 4, 2026 at 10:43 PM
I haven’t come across contumacy before. Wilful disobedience of the church authority. The mind boggles. Unsure. Interesting about your ancestors. Nonconformity? #OnePlaceWednesday
We’re counting the days until our #OnePlaceStudies conference and AGM! Worth our £10 annual subscription in itself, this event is just part of a fabulous feast of membership benefits. Have we whetted your appetite? If so, join us and join in! #OnePlaceWednesday
As it’s #WorldFoodDay, here are the tasty talks and the wonderful people who will be serving them up at our food-themed 2026 #OnePlaceStudies conference in November. We are really looking forward to this #FoodHistory feast!
November 4, 2026 at 9:15 PM
We’re counting the days until our #OnePlaceStudies conference and AGM! Worth our £10 annual subscription in itself, this event is just part of a fabulous feast of membership benefits. Have we whetted your appetite? If so, join us and join in! #OnePlaceWednesday
A #OnePlaceWednesday reminder for members that the deadline for submissions to the December issue of our #OnePlaceStudies journal Destinations is November 30th. Check out the recent email from Destinations editor Mick Warner for the range of contributions we are seeking.
Members! If you haven’t already done so, be sure to download the September 2026 edition of Destinations, our quarterly #OnePlaceStudies journal. It’s packed with OPS-related articles, including several relevant to the themes of this month’s amazing All About That Place #AATP! #OnePlaceWednesday
November 4, 2026 at 3:15 PM
A #OnePlaceWednesday reminder for members that the deadline for submissions to the December issue of our #OnePlaceStudies journal Destinations is November 30th. Check out the recent email from Destinations editor Mick Warner for the range of contributions we are seeking.
Do you have a vague plan for your #OnePlaceStudy or are you a more focused planner? I’m a combination - I have a focused plan, but then my butterfly brain meanders off along its own winding road…
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
This week I’ve been thinking about planning for my One Place Study haverfordwesthistory.substack.com/p/moving-for... #oneplacewednesday
Moving Forward With a Plan For My One Place Study.
I haven’t been writing much lately, but I have been working away in the background, researching my One Place Study.
haverfordwesthistory.substack.com
November 4, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Do you have a vague plan for your #OnePlaceStudy or are you a more focused planner? I’m a combination - I have a focused plan, but then my butterfly brain meanders off along its own winding road…
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
🆕 New Article! An old hobby is making a comeback—and this time it's more about stories than stickers. Discover how to scrapbook your family history: 🔗 https://familytreemagazine.com/projects/scraps-of-history-scrapbooking-family-history/
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Scraps of History: Scrapbooking Family History - Family Tree Magazine
An old hobby is making a comeback--and this time it's more about stories than stickers. Discover how to scrapbook your family history
familytreemagazine.com
October 28, 2026 at 8:10 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
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
It's #OnePlaceWednesday! Among the posts from us today:
✪ A new OPS in Wales
✪ Our latest blog post
✪ Family Tree Live 2027
✪ A new Rowley Regis OPS blog post
✪ A new #HouseHistory book
✪ Our OPS Conference
✪ #HouseHistory events in Bristol
Contribute your #OnePlaceStudies posts with the hashtag!
✪ A new OPS in Wales
✪ Our latest blog post
✪ Family Tree Live 2027
✪ A new Rowley Regis OPS blog post
✪ A new #HouseHistory book
✪ Our OPS Conference
✪ #HouseHistory events in Bristol
Contribute your #OnePlaceStudies posts with the hashtag!
November 4, 2026 at 7:15 AM
It's #OnePlaceWednesday! Among the posts from us today:
✪ A new OPS in Wales
✪ Our latest blog post
✪ Family Tree Live 2027
✪ A new Rowley Regis OPS blog post
✪ A new #HouseHistory book
✪ Our OPS Conference
✪ #HouseHistory events in Bristol
Contribute your #OnePlaceStudies posts with the hashtag!
✪ A new OPS in Wales
✪ Our latest blog post
✪ Family Tree Live 2027
✪ A new Rowley Regis OPS blog post
✪ A new #HouseHistory book
✪ Our OPS Conference
✪ #HouseHistory events in Bristol
Contribute your #OnePlaceStudies posts with the hashtag!
It has been a while since we last checked on Suzie Morley’s Debenham One-Place Study website. The study now covers, in addition to Debenham in #Suffolk, a dozen places around it, with an on online tree in which there are nearly 25,000 people! #OnePlaceWednesday
October 28, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I think one of The Society’s shared endeavours was about founding families… If it wasn’t a shared endeavour there’s definitely a YouTube video about it in our members area.
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
November 4, 2026 at 8:33 PM
I think one of The Society’s shared endeavours was about founding families… If it wasn’t a shared endeavour there’s definitely a YouTube video about it in our members area.
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
We are pleased to confirm on this #OnePlaceWednesday that we have booked our place at Family Tree Live. We look forward to chatting with show-goers about wonderful #OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite!
Family Tree Live 2027
Family Tree Live returns on 22-23 May 2027 with genealogy advice, exhibitors and immersive history at Statfold Country Park, near Tamworth.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 4, 2026 at 1:15 PM
We are pleased to confirm on this #OnePlaceWednesday that we have booked our place at Family Tree Live. We look forward to chatting with show-goers about wonderful #OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite!
How intriguing..I wonder why she was excommunicated… My ancestors were excommunicated because they refused to conform to strict new High Church regulations imposed by the local bishop. His wife was forcibly carried out of the church & died a few months later
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
November 4, 2026 at 8:55 PM
How intriguing..I wonder why she was excommunicated… My ancestors were excommunicated because they refused to conform to strict new High Church regulations imposed by the local bishop. His wife was forcibly carried out of the church & died a few months later
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
I started by collecting census info, have made a start on births/baptisms, marriages & deaths/burials as a sort of scoping exercise, then started with a mini-project & built out from there. I second the advice above from @oneplacestudies.bsky.social
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
November 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
I started by collecting census info, have made a start on births/baptisms, marriages & deaths/burials as a sort of scoping exercise, then started with a mini-project & built out from there. I second the advice above from @oneplacestudies.bsky.social
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
It might be helpful in the early stages of your #OnePlaceStudy to narrow your focus to a place (or a community) within your place, and/or to a time period, based on what most interests you, or on which records are easiest to access and/or work with. #OnePlaceWednesday
November 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
It might be helpful in the early stages of your #OnePlaceStudy to narrow your focus to a place (or a community) within your place, and/or to a time period, based on what most interests you, or on which records are easiest to access and/or work with. #OnePlaceWednesday
Beda Hazlewood left her mark in Rillington’s marriage register in 1795. Other entries record motherhood, excommunication & penance but what would she have told us?
This week’s ‘A Name in the Records’ follows the fragments of her life.
#OnePlaceWednesday
www.rillingtonhistory.com/beda-hazlewo...
This week’s ‘A Name in the Records’ follows the fragments of her life.
#OnePlaceWednesday
www.rillingtonhistory.com/beda-hazlewo...
Beda Hazlewood - Rillington History
Beda Hazlewood first caught my attention through an entry recording her excommunication. Following her through the Rillington registers brought me to her children, her marriage and a life that ended m...
www.rillingtonhistory.com
November 4, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Beda Hazlewood left her mark in Rillington’s marriage register in 1795. Other entries record motherhood, excommunication & penance but what would she have told us?
This week’s ‘A Name in the Records’ follows the fragments of her life.
#OnePlaceWednesday
www.rillingtonhistory.com/beda-hazlewo...
This week’s ‘A Name in the Records’ follows the fragments of her life.
#OnePlaceWednesday
www.rillingtonhistory.com/beda-hazlewo...
That’s great to hear Jennifer, we look forward to the next #OnePlaceWednesday Live!
October 29, 2026 at 8:22 AM
That’s great to hear Jennifer, we look forward to the next #OnePlaceWednesday Live!
“Focusing on life in one spot opens up a new way of understanding history.” Devon Life visits Time Traveller’s Guides authot Dr Ian Mortimer to chat about his new book about a house in Moretonhampstead and its occupants. Ian Mortimer: Through the Windows of an Ordinary House. #OnePlaceWednesday
Historian traces 1,000 years of English history through one Devon house
Ian Mortimer explores 1,000 years of English history through Mearsdon, a house in Moretonhampstead, Devon, in Through the Windows of an Ordinary House.
www.greatbritishlife.co.uk
November 4, 2026 at 7:15 PM
“Focusing on life in one spot opens up a new way of understanding history.” Devon Life visits Time Traveller’s Guides authot Dr Ian Mortimer to chat about his new book about a house in Moretonhampstead and its occupants. Ian Mortimer: Through the Windows of an Ordinary House. #OnePlaceWednesday
This week I’ve been thinking about planning for my One Place Study haverfordwesthistory.substack.com/p/moving-for... #oneplacewednesday
Moving Forward With a Plan For My One Place Study.
I haven’t been writing much lately, but I have been working away in the background, researching my One Place Study.
haverfordwesthistory.substack.com
November 4, 2026 at 8:12 AM
This week I’ve been thinking about planning for my One Place Study haverfordwesthistory.substack.com/p/moving-for... #oneplacewednesday
3 years ago I wrote 2 #OnePlaceStudy blog posts for the @oneplacestudies.bsky.social website, in connection with the Society’s 10th anniversary blogging prompt #OnePlaceStudies10. I always intended to work on them some more and add them to my own site – the first one is now there! #OnePlaceWednesday
The ‘Top Ten’ surnames of Waters Upton
Back in 2023, in connection with the tenth anniversary of the founding of the Society for One-Place Studies, I proposed the blogging prompt Ten (hashtag #OnePlaceStudies10). One of the ideas I put …
waters-upton.uk
November 4, 2026 at 8:52 AM
3 years ago I wrote 2 #OnePlaceStudy blog posts for the @oneplacestudies.bsky.social website, in connection with the Society’s 10th anniversary blogging prompt #OnePlaceStudies10. I always intended to work on them some more and add them to my own site – the first one is now there! #OnePlaceWednesday
Inspired by our October #OnePlaceStudies webinar, Janet Barrie has explored fictional characters and stories connected to her OPS of the Newlands Valley in the Lake District. The result is the latest blog post to be added to our website: Mrs Tiggywinkle! #OnePlaceWednesday
Mrs Tiggywinkle - Society for One-Place Studies
The television programme ‘All Creatures Great and Small’ is being filmed in Grassington, North Yorkshire. Grassington is the study area of our secretary Jude Rhodes and on the October webinar Jude too...
www.one-place-studies.org
November 4, 2026 at 11:15 AM
Inspired by our October #OnePlaceStudies webinar, Janet Barrie has explored fictional characters and stories connected to her OPS of the Newlands Valley in the Lake District. The result is the latest blog post to be added to our website: Mrs Tiggywinkle! #OnePlaceWednesday