In the latest post to be added to our #OnePlaceStudies blog, inspired by our April 2026 blogging and social media prompt #OnePlaceVisitors, Mick Warner looks at The 1921 census and Blackpool. ‘Seasonal adjustments’ to Blackpool’s recorded population did not go down well! #OnePlaceWednesday
Today is Local History Day 2026.
Schools across the UK are exploring local people, places and stories through classroom work, assemblies and links with heritage sites.
Taking part today or in the coming weeks?
Use #LocalHistoryDay and tag us so we can share.
#LocalHistory #TeacherLed
#OnePlaceWednesday. Image: Photo showing part of a ‘Bluebell wood’ on April 22nd, 2025. The trees have burst into leaf, and the woodland floor is covered with the lush green leaves, and pretty blue flowers, of English Bluebells. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
It’s #OnePlaceWednesday! This was the scene one year ago today, just outside my #OnePlaceStudy of Fawsley but within the Fawsley Estate. If you have any OPS pics – or news, views, questions, links or general chat relating to #OnePlaceStudies – share them with the hashtag, at any time today.
Merle Bradford stopped by the museum to pick up our 2025 CCHM History Annual, which features a story about his father written by his brother Lyle. Merle even pointed out the milk truck his dad drove, one he remembers riding in as a kid.
#ClarkCountyHistory #VancouverWA #LocalHistory
Photo showing the River Severn flowing through the town of Shrewsbury in Shropshire. There are trees on either side of the river in the foreground (the deciduous trees have no leaves), a footbridge crosses the river in the near distance (at a point where the river turns to the right and disappears from view) and many houses and other buildings.
Researching #FamilyHistory, #LocalHistory or a #OnePlaceStudy in #Shropshire? Ancestry has just added a new record set, Shropshire, England, Wills and Probate, 1858-1940. These are registered copies of wills held by Shropshire Archives. Very useful following last year’s Probate Search price hike!
Hey! I’m Brad, Executive Director of the Clark County Historical Museum, and I’m at the front desk this morning. Stop by between 11AM and 4PM, explore some local history, and say hello. We’d love to see you! cchmuseum.org
#ClarkCountyHistory #VancouverWA #LocalHistory #Museum
Greetings #AncestryHour! More BlueSky outages today, it seems.
This week I installed Clooz 5, which has a new Analysis tab. It also includes a template for the new #1926Census of Ireland. #OneNameStudies #OnePlaceStudies #LocalHistory #genealogy
clooz.com/release/
Local History Day is tomorrow.
Schools across the UK will be exploring the stories, places and people that shape their local area.
However big or small, it all counts.
We’d love to see what you’re doing.
Use #LocalHistoryDay and tag us so we can share.
#LocalHistory #TeacherLed #PlaceBasedLearning
This is the first time we've seen this #scarce 1952 #history of #WilmotUnitedChurch in #Fredericton, released in honour of its 100th anniversary. The #architect and #builder were from #SaintJohn. $40. #Booksky #NewBrunswick #LocalHistory #church #Methodist #LemuelAllanWilmot
If you are in reach of the Buckinghamshire Archives, this looks very worth attending (in person only - but live archival material included). #Skystorians #LocalHistory
Rural Roots & Digital Memories: The Leicester History Project Wants Your Story wnctimes.com/article/rura... #LeicesterNC #FrenchBroad #BuncombeCounty #WNCnews #Asheville #LocalHistory #DigitalArchive #CommunityStories #AppalachianHeritage #PreserveThePast #RuralLife #YourStoryMatters #PublicLibrary
These #outofprint #LocalHistory #books feature #OralHistory by #Boiestown area residents. $20 each (both for $35). #Booksky #NewBrunswick #Miramichi #SocialHistory #biography
Did you know that we have a blog? We love hearing about your wonderful #Hampshire #LocalHistory #Heritage research and featuring this on our blog 😃 Please get in touch if you have a story to tell
#genealogy #OneNameStudies #OnePlaceStudies #LocalHistory
Clooz 5 is here! V5 includes new analysis tools, including tools for early US and Canadian census records.
Version 5.1.0.0 has a new template for the 1926 Ireland Census and enhanced templates for 1901 and 1911.
clooz.com
Set in 1940s Colwyn Bay, The Fatal Dilemma follows Private Investigator John Morris as he investigates a murder against the extraordinary backdrop of the Ministry of Food’s wartime relocation from London to the North Wales coast. #colwynbay #northwales #film #localhistory #wales
1st run through of my @sogorg.bsky.social Brontë Connections for Family History talk this aft. Overall went really well including timings. And it has made me see their novels in a totally new light #Brontë #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #BrontëSisters #WestYorkshire
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The #Dubai #heritage #site during the night shows the #ambience of the city and has significant #history dating back #thousands of #years and is one of the most #interesting sides of this #moderncity in the #UAE #Architecture #Photography #Traditional #localhistory #localpeople
Poster for the family history fair drop-in session on Monday 20th April at the John Gray centre in Haddington 3.30 to 6.30 pm. Lists experts available. Commonwealth War Graves talk at 5.30pm. Criminal records tours need to be booked. Phone 01620 820680.
Monday 20th April - Family History Fair - drop in and speak to the experts about researching your tree.
Also fun crafts, Victorian dress-up and object handling for all the family.
John Gray centre, Haddington 3.30-6.30pm.
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#LH50 #LocalHistory #FamilyHistory
www.johngraycentre.org/events/
Newspaper style image headed 50th anniversary celebrations. Black and white photos from the archives. Invitation to celebrate our history.
East Lothian's Local History Centre is celebrating 50 years. They're having a series of events at the John Gray centre in Haddington and elsewhere. Each branch library has its own event. 1/2
#LH50 #LocalHistory #FamilyHistory
www.johngraycentre.org/events/
Historic Headstone
The edges of all these old headstones are all different and feature interesting examples of Memento Mori.
#BlueSkyArtShow #Edge
#IsleOfWight #Photography
#EastCoastKin #ECK
#Headstone #Gravestone
#Canon #NightPhotography
#Skulls #LocalHistory
#MementoMori #Graveyard
#NightTime #History
From backyard plots to wartime impact 🌱
Join “V is for Victory Gardens” and explore how everyday people supported the war effort through gardening.
📅 April 20, 2026 | 6 PM
📍 Bedford Public Library, 1321 K Street, Bedford, IN
Will you be there?
#Genealogy #LocalHistory #VictoryGardens
Vintage storefront of Chas. R. Collingwood Wine & Spirit Merchant, Marina Court, Bexhill-on-Sea, c1905, with display of bottles and advertisements
Fab c1905 photo of my 2nd gt-grandfather’s Wine & Spirit Merchant, Marina Court, Bexhill-on-Sea. “Chas. R. Collingwood” across the front, door is open and windows packed with bottles & adverts. Courtesy @bexhillmuseum.bsky.social (via X a couple of years ago)
#FamilyHistory #Bexhill #LocalHistory
Be part of history in the making 📜
Orange County is creating 250 Time Capsule packets. Share your story and be included in a capsule sealed July 4, 2026 and opened in 2076.
Pick up packets at OCCF, county libraries, or Lost River Café. Return by mid-June.
#Genealogy #LocalHistory
Once forgotten, now remembered: fifteen young men named on a rediscovered Second World War memorial in Rochester, Kent. Their stories deserve to be told.
#WW2 #Remembrance #LocalHistory #LestWeForget
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#Scarce 1962 2-volume set about #French #dialects in #Acadia. More then 975 pages! Text in #French. Foldout #map. $150. #Booksky #Acadians #LocalHistory #history #GenevieveMassignon #language #SocialHistory
