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What are one place studies?

A one-place-study (OPS) considers your ancestors in their physical and social context.

By learning about your ancestors' neighbours and studying the historical environment and events, big and small, that took place within a village, you can gain a greater understanding of your own genealogy.

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Region of the Month

May 2013

Old car at Turvey Bedfordshire c1910, image (c) Maurice Michael (flickr/moggerhanger) and licenced under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

Continuing on our tour of one-place studies, we arrive at Bedfordshire. Where did your ancestors go, dressed in their Sunday best? Were they the first on their street or village with a motor vehicle?