🎉 St Albans Museums has won the Hertfordshire Association of Museums Engagement Award 2026 for our co-produced project with the Black History Research Group! Huge thanks to everyone involved. Explore more community history on our website.
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#OnePlaceWednesday. Image: Photo of Lesser Celandine flowers (half a dozen in all, each flower at the top of a short green stem bearing eight yellow petals and a mass of yellow stamens) growing in short grass, in which there is also a brown leaf from the previous Autumn. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
Kicking off #OnePlaceWednesday with some splendid Spring wildflowers (Lesser Celandines) in my local #OnePlaceStudy, four years ago today. Do join us in using the hashtag to share your pics, news, views, questions, suggestions, links, or general OPS chat, at any time today!
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.
A city council committee is one step closer to renaming Schneider Park to honor those buried there, revealing a rich history that the community has fought to memorialize for years.
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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
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 Oaten Hill & South Canterbury Association supports and protects the heritage and quality of life in SE Canterbury. We review planning issues, run green & history groups, and host social events. New members and committee volunteers welcome! Learn more: ohsca.org #KASSpotlight #CommunityHistory
Can anyone help @xanthh.bsky.social XanthH? It would be fascinating to know if a #OnePlaceStudy or similar project has been done of Simla (or indeed, for us, any other place in #India)! #OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday. Image: Photo of a grassy bank on the edge of a churchyard, with lots of yellow flowers (Winter Aconite). At the top of the bank is a tree trunk, a little further away to theft of that is a gravestone with a cross on top, and to the right is a wall built of stone (part of the church). Above, to the left, a blue sky can be seen - a rarity in February 2026! One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
February flowers (from 2024) in my local #OnePlaceStudy to launch #OnePlaceWednesday! Join in by using the hashtag with posts today about anything & everything relating to #OnePlaceStudies, the brilliant blend of #FamilyHistory & #LocalHistory. News, views, ideas, questions, links, pics? Share ’em!
The recording of Dr Nicholas Dixon's presentation is now available (until February 28th) for members to watch, via the Members' Area of our website.
Not a member? Want to watch this and a host of other recorded webinars on #OnePlaceStudies? Join us and join in, for just £10 a year!
Loudoun County is set to honor its rich Black heritage with the launch of groundbreaking projects that preserve and share the stories of the Willard community and Douglass High School.
Learn more here!
#VA #CitizenPortal #VirginiaBlackHistory #CommunityHistory #CivicEngagement #EducationAccess
Adding the #OnePlaceWednesday hashtag to this! #Tottenville #LocalHistory #CommunityHistory
#OnePlaceWednesday. Image: Photo taken in a churchyard in February, looking across a green field to a large country house and the leafless trees around it. Various gravestones, some recent, some old and covered with lichens, stand in the foreground. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
It’s #OnePlaceWednesday! Wherever you are and wherever you are researching, for your #FamilyHistory, #LocalHistory or #OnePlaceStudy projects, we hope you’re having a great week. Use the hashtag to tell us about the places and communities you are studying, and to share your OPS news, pics, and chat.
If you’re curious about how Local History Hub works, we’re running short, informal info sessions over the coming weeks.
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#LocalHistory #HistoryEducation #PlaceBasedLearning #TeacherLed #HeritageEducation #CommunityHistory
#OnePlaceWednesday. Image: Photo of the view across an icy lake, just before sunset on a Winter’s afternoon in January 2025. We see this view through a gap in the lakeside reeds. On the far side of the lake there are trees and bushes silhouetted against the pale blue sky and the setting sun; both the sun and the sky are reflected on the surface of the lake. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
It’s #OnePlaceWednesday! Join in by using the hashtag to post, at any time today, about #OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite. Questions? Ask them! OPS updates, resources, blog posts, links, pictures? Share them!
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Blogging and Social Media Prompt, February 2026: #OnePlaceNetworks. Image: A diagram featuring 'head and shoulders' views of scores of people, connected by lines to represent social networks. www.one-place-studies.org/blogging-prompts/ One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
New month, new blogging, vlogging and social media prompt! For February we have #OnePlaceNetworks – an opportunity to explore networks involving people in our #OnePlaceStudies, who were linked by a variety of familial, financial, business, charitable, religious, recreational and other relationships.
Littlethorpe One-Place Study. Image: Photo showing a road, on which there is one car heading away and one car approaching, entering the scene from the right and curving round to disappear behind a clump of trees further away on the right. At the middle of the bend, the road is met by a smaller road from the left; in the area enclosed by the roads are houses. The main road has a wide grass verge on the right, and a footpath on the left with a mown grassy area, with a few trees and a sign saying 'Littleborough', to the left of that. The photo was taken during the Winter as the trees are leafless; the sky above is blue with white clouds, and the sun is casting long shadows. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
We announced the registration of Dave Thompson’s #OnePlaceStudy of #Littlethorpe in Leicestershire in September last year. Dave’s OPS website website is coming along nicely do check out the most recent additions to the site on this #OnePlaceWednesday!
#OnePlaceWednesday. Image: Photo of the view across a narrow lake in Winter. On the near shore in the foreground there is grass. Close to the opposite shore are a few large, leafless Oak trees standing at the bottom of a grassy field that occupies the sloping ground rising beyond the water. At the top of the slope, just visible on the left, is part of Fawsley Hall, and on the right, Fawsley St Mary's church with its tower. There are trees in the wide gap between those buildings. Above, the sky is blue; that colour is reflected in the water of the lake along with the trees. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
Welcome to another #OnePlaceWednesday! What’s happening out there in the wonderful world of #OnePlaceStudies? Do you have OPS news, blog posts, links, advice or pictures to share? Do you have OPS questions to ask? Add the hashtag and post away, any time today!
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Great to see more posts inspired by our current #OnePlaceStudies blogging & social media prompt, #OnePlaceAdverts. Info in property sale notices can include owners and occupiers of houses and land, and lists of household goods, farm stock and implements, and tools used in trades. #OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday. Image: Photo of a view across a field, with a few sheep in the foreground looking towards the camera. In the middle-distance, at the bottom of the field's gentle slope, is a lake with a few trees on its near and far sides, and beyond that are more grassy fields and a small woodland. It is a sunny January day, so the trees are bare and sky is blue, a colour reflected by the surface of the lake. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
Welcome to #OnePlaceWednesday! Use the hashtag to post about the wonderful world of #OnePlaceStudies, or to view what others have posted. If you have a #OnePlaceStudy, what what was it about about your chosen Place that made you decide to focus on it? No OPS – what Place fascinates you, and why?
The Mitchell Center for African American Heritage in Wilmington preserves the history, resilience, and cultural impact of Black life in Delaware through powerful exhibits and stories.
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#BlackHistory #DelawareHistory #BlackHeritage #CommunityHistory
Online Workshop: One-Place Studies with Helen Shields. 2.30pm - 5.00pm, 21 March 2026, via Zoom. £5 per person. Please note that this workshop will not be recorded. Image: Devon Family History Society logo (a tree, surrounded by the Society's name, in a white circle). Part of a series of 50th birthday online workshops. www.devonfhs.org.uk
On March 21st Helen Shields @helenshields.bsky.social will present an online workshop on #OnePlaceStudies as part of a series of workshops celebrating the 50th birthday of Devon #FamilyHistory Society @devonfhs.bsky.social. Open to non-members and just £5 – book your place! #OnePlaceWednesday
Adding a #OnePlaceWednesday hashtag to this one – and looking forward to seeing more #OnePlaceStudies making use of National Farm Survey documents when they appear online a little later this year!
#OnePlaceWednesday. Image: Photo of a footpath running down the uneven, grassy slope of a hill. There is a waymark post by the side of the path, a leafless tree to the right, a couple of leafless trees to the left, and a mixture of fields, trees and patches of woodland in the distance, with a pale blue sky above. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
A warm welcome to another #OnePlaceWednesday! Please join us in using the hashtag to share news, views, pics, info, links, resources and general chat relating to #OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory. What places have you been focussing on over the last week?
Riccarton One-Place Study. Image: Photo of Riccarton parish church, described by Scotland's Churches Trust as a classical square-plan church with tower and spire standing conspicuously on a hill. We are looking up at the church on a sunny Winter's day (there are no leaves on the trees growing on the grassy bank below the building) with a beautiful, cloud-free blue sky. The clock on the second stage of the tower, just below the small spire, tells us that the time is about 23 minutes past one. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
New year, new #OnePlaceStudies! Alana Carmichael’s Riccarton One-Place Study is bringing together #LocalHistory and #FamilyHistory to show how the village of #Riccarton changed over time, how its identity evolved, and how it eventually became part of the town of Kilmarnock. #OnePlaceWednesday
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.
A #OnePlaceWednesday reminder of our blogging, vlogging and social media prompts for the first half of 2026. These can be used by anyone seeking ideas for #OnePlaceStudies or place-based #FamilyHistory writing or video creation. This month's prompt is #OnePlaceAdverts.
#OnePlaceWednesday. Image: Photo of an isolated stone-built church, with its tower to the right, and with a cloudy sky above and snow-covered ground all around. Two sets of human footprints can be seen running between the foreground and the narrow doorway into the church. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
Welcome to the first #OnePlaceWednesday of 2026! Tell us about your #OnePlaceStudy activities over the holiday season, and/or your OPS hopes, goals, plans or resolutions for the year ahead. General OPS news, views, links, pics and chat are also welcome, at any time of the day, with the hashtag.
'From closure to preservation'
🖋 Hiba Ahmad | St. Louis Public Radio
📸 Photo courtesy of WashU
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NL artists and artisans spotlight: Jerome Canning, boat builder and instructor
#BoatBuilding #CommunityHistory #CraftTraditions #FishingHeritage #JeromeCanning #LocalArtisans #NewfoundlandandLabrador #Winterton #WoodenBoats #Woodworking
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Fort Lauderdale residents are rallying to save their beloved beachfront basketball courts as the City Commission defers a controversial site plan amidst heated public testimony.
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#FortLauderdaleBrowardCounty #FL #PublicParticipation #ParksDevelopment #CommunityHistory
