Contact Us
By email:
info@one-place-studies.org
By post:
Society for One-Place Studies,
28 St Ronan’s Avenue,
Southsea, Hampshire, PO4 0QE
United Kingdom
Dr. Janet Few
► Step 1 Choose
For more information about choosing a place see:
https://www.one-place-studies.org/articles/choosing-a-place-some-practical-considerations/
► Step 2 Reconstruct
Existing Work
Worldwide
Society for One-Place Studies https://www.one-place-studies.org/studies
Register of One Place Studies http://www.oneplacestudy.org/
Canada
Canadian Research Knowledge Network https://www.crkn-rcdr.ca/en
US
The American Local History Network www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~usalhn/index.html
Preservation Directory www.preservationdirectory.com/HistoricalPreservation/Home.aspx
American Association for State and Local History https://aaslh.org/
UK
Local History Online www.local-history.co.uk/index.html
The British Association for Local History www.balh.co.uk
The Community Archives and Heritage Group www.communityarchives.org.uk
Blatchford, Robert and Elizabeth Blatchford Family and Local History Handbook (Robert Blatchford Publishing Ltd. issued periodically), see www.genealogical.co.uk They also produce an Irish version.
New Zealand
New Zealand Federation of Historical Societies Inc. www.nzhistoricalsocieties.org.nz
► Step 3 Populate
Population Statistics
USA: www.census.gov
Canada: www.statcan.gc.ca
Australia: www.abs.gov.au
New Zealand: www.stats.govt.nz
UK: www.histpop.org
UK: www.visionofbritain.org.uk
UK Neighbourhood Statistics www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk
Ireland C20th : www.cso.ie/en/index.html
Scotland: www.nrscotland.gov.uk
► Step 4 Collect
Sources
Maps
Photographs
Oral testimony, diaries, letters and memoirs
Vital Records of birth/baptism, marriage, death/burial
Gravestones
Newspapers
Directories and Gazetteers
Census records
Tax lists
Records of land ownership
Records of education and occupation
Records relating to the movement of people
Records of local government
Probate records
► Step 5 Connect
► Step 6 Analyse
► Step 7 Synthesise
Some themes that you may wish to explore
Migration
Education
Faith
Occupations
War
Services and Institutions
Your place in a particular time period
► Step 8 Contextualise
► Step 9 Disseminate
► Step 10 Enthuse
For more information you may be interested in one of the following:-
Courses
Organising a One-place Study
A seven week online course from The National Institute for Genealogical Studies http://www.genealogicalstudies.com —Tutor Kirsty Gray
One Place Studies: research from a new perspective
A three week online course from Pharos Teaching and Tutoring http://www.pharostutors.com —Tutor Celia Heritage
Discovering Your British Family and Local Community in the Early Twentieth Century
A five week online course from Pharos Teaching and Tutoring http://www.pharostutors.com – Tutor Janet Few
Book
Few, Janet Putting Your Ancestors in their Place: a guide to one place studies (Family History Partnership 2014) www.thefamilyhistorypartnership.com (The sources referred to are UK based but the methodology described is applicable worldwide.)