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This is our tenth anniversary year and some of our members are doing a mini-project with a ‘10’ theme. Ideas in progress include: • Changes in the community in a 10/100/1000 year period • The 10th person in the parish register or in a census enumeration • A family with 10 members • Ten things […]This is our tenth anniversary year and some of our members are doing a mini-project with a ‘10’ theme. Ideas in progress include: • Changes in the community in a 10/100/1000 year period • The 10th person in the parish

One of the ideas I came up with for one-place study blogging on the theme of Ten (for the Society’s tenth anniversary) was ‘the top ten surnames of your OPS.’ Having suggested it, I decided to have a go myself and chose Waters Upton, the largest of my three studies. The first question that arose […]One of the ideas I came up with for one-place study blogging on the theme of Ten (for the Society’s tenth anniversary) was ‘the top ten surnames of your OPS.’ Having suggested it, I decided to have a go myself

For my first blog post on the theme of ‘ten’ (for the Society’s tenth anniversary; social media hashtag #OnePlaceStudies10) I decided to investigate a lane in my Waters Upton one-place study. This minor road runs from Waters Upton village to a tiny settlement in the south-eastern corner of the parish, The Terrill. The name of […]For my first blog post on the theme of ‘ten’ (for the Society’s tenth anniversary; social media hashtag #OnePlaceStudies10) I decided to investigate a lane in my Waters Upton one-place study. This minor road runs from Waters Upton village to

Our 10th anniversary annual conference will take place online on 25th November over Zoom. It is free to members and we feel offers a great programme covering all time zones. The theme is ‘mapping our places’. First up is Miles Meyer who is looking at how researchers can use mapping tools to help analyse our […]Our 10th anniversary annual conference will take place online on 25th November over Zoom. It is free to members and we feel offers a great programme covering all time zones. The theme is ‘mapping our places’. First up is Miles

Did you know that this is the 10th Anniversary of the founding of the Society for One-Place Studies? “All About That Place” is a unique free challenge event celebrating this milestone. It is a joint venture between ourselves, The Society of Genealogists, Genealogy Stories and The British Association for Local History. Are you already doing […]Did you know that this is the 10th Anniversary of the founding of the Society for One-Place Studies? “All About That Place” is a unique free challenge event celebrating this milestone. It is a joint venture between ourselves, The Society