Live in or near the City of #Burnside, South #Australia? Interested in carrying out #HouseHistory research? If so, check out History Festival: Researching House History at Burnside Library, an in-person event on Tuesday, May 19! Get the details and book your place via Eventbrite. #OnePlaceWednesday
Interested in researching #HouseHistory in Lawrence, Douglas County, #Kansas? How do I research my house? on the Lawrence Public Library website has an overview of sources that can be used, many of which span the county or state (and which would help with #OnePlaceStudies too!). #OnePlaceWednesday
Contacting the One-Placer who conducts the parish OPS to sound them out might be a good idea. You could also check with Steve Pickthall, who registers new #OnePlaceStudies and, as our webmaster, sets them up on the website, and ask for his thoughts / guidance. #OnePlaceWednesday
We have at least one precedent, a #StreetStudy (of Pateley Bridge High Street) which falls within Pateley Bridge #OnePlaceStudy. I'm not sure how that came about or whether those who registered the studies liaise(d) with each other. Possibly. #OnePlaceWednesday
Photo of York Minster, with various brick-built residential and commercial buildings, plus a few tress, in the foreground.
Two new collections added by #Ancestry, which may help with #FamilyHistory, #LocalHistory & #OnePlaceStudies in (and beyond) #Yorkshire:
● Prerogative & Exchequer Court of York Wills, 1389-1858
● Yorkshire, Bishops’ Transcripts of Baptism, Marriage & Burial Registers, 1558-1912
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A question for #OnePlaceStudy people: what's the etiquette when you want to begin a study that falls within a registered study? In this case, a hamlet within a registered parish. Is that even acceptable as a separate study?
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#OnePlaceWednesday People doing #OnePlaceStudies note, these are wills proved in Yorkshire, not just by people from Yorkshire. I'll be looking for more of my husband's Nottinghamshire people this weekend. (People from those lines came through Sheffield on the way to the US.)
Nursling One-Place Study. Image: Extract from an old, large-scale Ordnance Survey map showing the Western part of the parish of Nursling. The area is mostly open fields, with a river to the West (marking the parish boundary there), other, smaller water courses, some minor roads, and a railway running North-South near the Eastern edge of the map extract. The small number of buildings include the church of St Boniface, the Rectory, a cottage named Meadowview, Manor Farm, and Nursling (Railway) Station. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
The second newly registered #OnePlaceStudy we have for you on this #OnePlaceWednesday is Ivan Hurst’s Nursling One-Place Study in #Hampshire. Ivan’s initial focus is on the 1840s, using Tithe Apportionments and the 1841 census as sources. Our link takes you to Ivan’s Nursling OPS web page.
Thanks to Jane Hough and The Family History Society of Cheshire for the news about this new record set on Ancestry. I don't have a full #OnePlaceStudy, but I am bringing what I learn from One-Placers to the FAN research I'm doing for my husband's family's Yorkshire lines. #OnePlaceWednesday
It’s not shown on the cover, but this issue also has an article on researching your #OnePlaceStudy during the time of the supercontinent Pangea. Everywhere being on a single landmass really puts changes to administrative boundaries, street names and house numbers in perspective. 😉 #OnePlaceWednesday
Time for the Batley St. Mary of the Angels update for 1-31 March 2026. The big news is there’s a new subject area, along with 3 new posts, signposted so you can find them. It means there are now 430 parish history pieces.
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A fabulous #OnePlaceStudy find on #OnePlaceWednesday!
A boost for #FamilyHistory / #OnePlaceStudies in Oxfordshire, and potentially also #HouseHistory research in Oxford itself, as #Oxfordshire Family History Society delivers an Update to the Big Oxfordshire Names Database (BOND) in March 2026. OFHS membership required to access. #OnePlaceWednesday
Excellent news for fans of #FamilyHistory or #HouseHistory (or wider #OnePlaceStudies, which draw on many of the same sources) in #Norfolk!
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I've set myself an impossible challenge! #AprilA-ZBloggingChallenge I'm overstretched, and haven't been able to find suitable entries for all letters, but have decided to share what I've got, starting with 'A'! #OnePlaceStudy #OnePlaceWednesday lynneaboutloughborough.blogspot.com/2026/04/so-w...
Bourne End One-Place Study. Image: Photo of The Walnut Tree, a public house. The main building is a brick-built, whitewashed two-storey and two-bay house, with a red-tiled roof and flanking brick chimneys. There is a small, single-storey extension (also brick-built and whitewashed, with a red-tiled roof) on the left, and a single-storey wooden building which may be a function room. The tops of trees behind the buildings can be seen, and the sky is blue with white clouds. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
The subject of the Bourne End Bucks #OnePlaceStudy Society meeting on 16th April is Bourne End in the Movies. David Wherrell will show films from years gone by of Bourne End, including one of the 1965 Carnival. Starts 8pm. Free for BEBOPSS members, £4 for non-members. #OnePlaceWednesday
An ironic topic for One-Place Wednesday: #BirthrightCitizenship
Setting aside the facts of the case, it’s a reminder of how family stories are carried and lessons every one of us can learn.
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Storytelling #OnePlaceWednesday
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Crystal Lorimor’s #OnePlaceStudy of The Creighton Cabin in Belmont County, Ohio isn’t registered with us but her latest blog post, An Accidental Addition to a One Place Study, in which Crystal notes that “sometimes you solve mysteries in very unexpected ways”, is worth sharing on #OnePlaceWednesday!
Researching places in or near to #Nottinghamshire, in the period before 1800? Benedict may be able to point you in the right direction. #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudies #OnePlaceWednesday
Guernsey baptism record, translation from the French: Judith daughter of Mr William Brock Jnr and Judith de Beauvoir his wife was born 20 Jun 1758 and baptised 23 Jun 1758. Godfather James de Beauvoir her great-grandfather, godmothers Mrs Marthe de Beauvoir and Miss Marie de Beauvoir her aunts. Bailiwick of Guernsey, Parish Baptisms > St Peter Port, Town Church, Anglican baptisms 1724-1761 p336
Still deep in the Guernsey PRs and was confused by “Bisaïeul".
My phone translation app confidently suggested "bisexual", which raised all sorts of questions - good thing my 1968 French-English dictionary confirmed it just means “great-grandfather” 😅
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Another way of looking at #OnePlaceVisitors is to seek out #OnePlaceStudy residents as visitors elsewhere. I have just found the Rev and Mrs Yonge of Waters Upton, as visitors staying at the Colwyn Bay Hotel in June 1905. #OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday showcase: Clam Bay, Nova Scotia Explore the lives & stories of residents in this community through collaborative genealogy research! 📍www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Space:Clam_Bay,_Nov... #OnePlaceStudy #CollaborativeGenealogy
Blogging and Social Media Prompt, April 2026: #OnePlaceVisitors. Image: Part of a Visitors' List from an old newspaper, showing addresses (in Rhyl) and the names of visitors staying at those residences. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
Our #OnePlaceStudies blogging prompt for April is #OnePlaceVisitors. Who were the sojourners, travelling folk, itinerants, holidaymakers and other short-term residents or guests recorded in the records of your Place? Share their info and stories via blogs, vlogs or social media! #OnePlaceWednesday
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Hayton One-Place Study. Image: Photo of the church of St Peter, Hayton, viewed from the North-west with the tower (built in the 14th century) on the right and closest to us. The building is set in a large, grassy churchyard with relatively few gravestones visible, and some mature trees in full leaf. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
We have two newly registered #OnePlaceStudies to tell you about today! First up is @benedictjephcote.bsky.social Benedict Jephcote’s Hayton One-Place Study, in #Nottinghamshire. A history of Hayton from 1765 already exists so Benedict is researching from before 1066 to the 1770s. #OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday. Image: Photo of the West side of an old, limestone-built church with its tower, set in a grassy churchyard with gravestones of various ages, and a few trees (Yew and Hawthorn), on a sunny, blue-skied day at the beginning of April 2023. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
No fooling – it’s #OnePlaceWednesday! Use the hashtag to share news, views, blog posts, pics, ideas or questions about #OnePlaceStudies, the brilliant blend of #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory that we celebrate every Wednesday! 😀
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I'll take a look at that. I'm still working on my OPS on Marrick in Swaledale but got distracted by India
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A #OnePlaceWednesday reminder. Can you share your expertise on the role of place in #FamilyHistory research, through a ten minute live or recorded presentation?
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