Recently I was contacted by a new DNA match. This is the largest match I (well, technically my mother) has had through GEDMatch, so we were all pretty excited to work out where our trees met up. But we couldn’t. This match did have a missing quarter of her family tree, as after 25 years […]Recently I was contacted by a new DNA match. This is the largest match I (well, technically my mother) has had through GEDMatch, so we were all pretty excited to work out where our trees met up. But we couldn’t.
As you probably know, the Society for One-Place Studies’ annual shared endeavour this year has been about Faith in our Communities. Running along side this is the Family and Community Historical Research Society’s (FACHRS) ‘Communities of Dissent’ two year project and some of our members are participating in both. Earlier this month, FACHRS project participants […]As you probably know, the Society for One-Place Studies’ annual shared endeavour this year has been about Faith in our Communities. Running along side this is the Family and Community Historical Research Society’s (FACHRS) ‘Communities of Dissent’ two year project
Springhill is on the edge of the West Pennine Moors and we are lucky to have excellent moorland walking from the door. As well as natural beauty and wildlife, many of the paths pass near to sites of interest for my one-place studies project. These include places where Springhill residents worked, worshipped, took recreation and […]Springhill is on the edge of the West Pennine Moors and we are lucky to have excellent moorland walking from the door. As well as natural beauty and wildlife, many of the paths pass near to sites of interest for
One-place-studiers often find themselves as the central hub for knowledge about their place. Just as many of our correspondents will be sharing new snippets of information and photos with us as will be asking for our help. Sometimes that information may be more in the nature of family rumour or gossip, or something private and […] One-place-studiers often find themselves as the central hub for knowledge about their place. Just as many of our correspondents will be sharing new snippets of information and photos with us
Recently, a number of buildings were granted listed status to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act 1967, which partially decriminalised male homosexuality. This was an extension of Historic England’s ‘Pride of Place’ initiative. One of the buildings that is now Grade 2 listed is in my North Devon place of Bucks Mills. The […]Recently, a number of buildings were granted listed status to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act 1967, which partially decriminalised male homosexuality. This was an extension of Historic England’s ‘Pride of Place’ initiative. One of the buildings that
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