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August's blog prompt, was interpreted widely. Sophie Kay's blog post about soundscapes prompted Julie_G to muse on the evocative soundscape of Long Buckley Warf and the emotions it created whilst Janet Barrie linked an album of sounds recorded at or near Springhill. Helen Shields interpreted noise in terms of accent which in Devon has the […]August's blog prompt, was interpreted widely. Sophie Kay's blog post about soundscapes prompted Julie_G to muse on the evocative soundscape of Long Buckley Warf and the emotions it created whilst Janet Barrie linked an album of sounds recorded at or

In Part 1 of this blog post I looked at the things the Society for One-Place Studies is already doing to support the next generation of genealogists with an interest in one-place studies. As with any endeavour however, there’s more that could be done. I’m going to list those suggestions made by Janet Few which […]In Part 1 of this blog post I looked at the things the Society for One-Place Studies is already doing to support the next generation of genealogists with an interest in one-place studies. As with any endeavour however, there’s more

Last Friday evening (12 November) I watched an interesting and timely online presentation, “Genealogy: The Next Generation.” Delivered by Janet Few as part of the Family History Federation’s Really Useful Show, this tackled an issue of great importance to family historians (and, by extension, one-placers like ourselves): how can we encourage and support young genealogists? […]Last Friday evening (12 November) I watched an interesting and timely online presentation, “Genealogy: The Next Generation.” Delivered by Janet Few as part of the Family History Federation’s Really Useful Show, this tackled an issue of great importance to family

There was a general discussion regarding people in servant-type roles lived near to the big house, particular examples being gardeners, coachmen and laundresses/washer women. It is often unclear who was directly employed and who was self employed and this led to difficulties in numerical analyses. The consensus seemed to be to include those with 'servant' […]There was a general discussion regarding people in servant-type roles lived near to the big house, particular examples being gardeners, coachmen and laundresses/washer women. It is often unclear who was directly employed and who was self employed and this led