Twelve Placenames of Christmas: Partridge in a Pear Tree

Merry Christmas everyone! This is my attempt to find towns and cities across the world with the words from the song The Twelve Days of Christmas in the names. We’re on Day One, and the song eases us in gently with “a partridge in a pear tree”. A great start, as I found two places […]Merry Christmas everyone! This is my attempt to find towns and cities across the world with the words from the song The Twelve Days of Christmas in the names. We’re on Day One, and the song eases us in gently

The Twelve Placenames of Christmas

I had a mad idea to look and see if there were places to fit every line of the famous song The Twelve Days of Christmas. I was actually quite surprised by the results! So armed with the website geotarget.com, I looked up each of the gifts which “my true love gave to me”, and […]I had a mad idea to look and see if there were places to fit every line of the famous song The Twelve Days of Christmas. I was actually quite surprised by the results! So armed with the website geotarget.com,

Finding Treasure in An Unlikely Place

Finding a new artifact to add to one’s One Place Study is something I think we can all agree is exciting! While some “One-Placers” may have an overabundance of civil records, church records, newspaper articles, letters, photographs, etc. at their disposal (depending on where and when they are located), others may have to dig a […]Finding a new artifact to add to one’s One Place Study is something I think we can all agree is exciting! While some “One-Placers” may have an overabundance of civil records, church records, newspaper articles, letters, photographs, etc. at their

News from the Twittersphere, 13 December 2020

My third digest of information from a week in the Twittersphere is a packed one, with lots of links to local and family history goodies which should be of interest to one-placers. As ever, please note that the inclusion of links to commercial websites below does not imply endorsement by the Society of the products […]My third digest of information from a week in the Twittersphere is a packed one, with lots of links to local and family history goodies which should be of interest to one-placers. As ever, please note that the inclusion of

News from the Twittersphere, 6 December 2020

Another week has flown by and it’s time for my second summary of seven days in the Twittersphere. Stand by for another curated collection of the family and local history news and info that has caught my eye, in my capacity as Tweetmeister for the Society. Discounts, offers, and a competition In addition to those […]Another week has flown by and it’s time for my second summary of seven days in the Twittersphere. Stand by for another curated collection of the family and local history news and info that has caught my eye, in my

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