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Here are some resources we have found and made which might help you getting started with your One-Place Studies. Some of these resources are Members Only and therefore need you to be logged in to view or use them.
Members have access to a wide range of other resource pages, including techniques (like sources, research methodology, family reconstruction, visualisation, and more), themes to help you structure your research or find new areas to investigate, stories about individual Studies, and news and services from the Society. To access these, visit the Members’ Area and log in.
If you aren’t a Member, why not join us!
Destinations Articles
Books, Articles & Publications
Videos & Podcasts
Websites
Society Pages & Projects
The Inverkip War Memorial Project – Hilary Fyfe
Starting a One-Place Study 100+ miles from home – Sue Burnay
Taking Those First Steps – Dr Janet Few
Internet Publishing – Steve Pickthall
Just Do It! The Backstory to the Stretton OPS – Clare Olver
New Year Resolutions – Steve Pickthall
Scope of a One-Place Study (Parham) – Simon Last
Some Considerations for your OPS – The Society for One-Place Studies
Ten Steps To A One-Place Study – book review – Karen Bailey
Ten Steps To A One-Place Study Trello announcement – Alex Coles
Monthly Blogging Prompts – Steve Jackson
Monthly Blogging Prompts – Steve Jackson
Just Do It! The Art of the OPS To-Do List – Alex Coles
The Beginners Guide to One-Place Studies – Society for One-Place Studies
Family Thickets: Deep Family and Local History – W. Wesley Johnston. For our review of this book, click here.
Ten Steps To A One-Place Study – Dr Janet Few
How to Research Local History – Pamela Brooks, How to Books Limited (2008)
The Genealogist’s Internet – Peter Christian, National Archives (2012)
The Oxford Companion to Local and Family History – David Hey (Editor), Oxford University Press (1998)
Using Census Returns: A Pocket Guide to Family History – Public Record Office, PRO Publications (2002)
English Local History: an introduction – Kate Tiller (2020)
Tracing Your House History – Gill Blanchard, Pen & Sword Family History (2013). For our review of this book, click here.
A Dictionary of British Place Names – A. D. Mills, Oxford University Press (2011)
Beginners’ Guide to One-Place Studies – Kirsty Gray. This is a pdf copy of an article published in Your Family History magazine (now called Discover Your History) in the UK. This article is available here by permission of the magazine.
Choosing Your Place – Society for One-Place Studies
Visiting Your Place – Alex Coles
In at the Deep End: Compiling an In-Depth Report for your Study – Kim Baldacchino
Doing a One-Place Study – Getting organised – Kirsty Gray
All About That Place on YouTube – AATP is a free 10-day online international event focusing on place-based research, with several talks each day. You can view many of last year’s talks on the Society of Genealogists YouTube channel at the link above.
Trace My House – A directory of links to house history guides and resources to be found on the websites of County Records offices.
A Guide to Researching the History of a House – Another directory of links to house history guides and resources, but this one has more of a North American slant (the CAPTCHA system seems a little onerous, but the content is worth the perseverance)
10 Steps to a One-Place-Study – Dr Janet Few
Adopt-A-Parish – Alex Coles
Choosing A Place — Some Practical Considerations – Alex Coles
Tea With The Neighbours – Alex Coles
Til Death Us Do Part — Estate Planning for your OPS – Alex Coles
Twitter – I Think I Get You! – Tessa Keough
First Steps to a One-Place Study – Dr Janet Few. Using examples from her own English one-place studies in Northumberland and Devon, Janet explains what you need to consider when choosing a place to study. She suggests ways in which you can gain an impression of the geographical and man-made features that comprised your place at different times. Finally, Janet takes a brief look at analysing the populations of your place.
Sourcing a One-Place Study – Anna Darelli-Anderson. Using examples from around the world, Anna explains the importance of reliable sources and the collection of data in creating and establishing a one-place study, as well as detail the various types of sources available to researchers and where to find them.
Connecting our Way to a Bigger Picture – Kim Baldacchino. Amazingly early in your research, perhaps with your census or BMD transcripts, you can already start to make the connections between people, places and events that will help you to build an understanding of your place and help others to understand and make use of what you have found. In this presentation, real examples are used to explore the world of possibilities that exist when you begin to analyse your data and pursue those ‘ah-ha’ moments when new knowledge is unearthed. Topics such as population, occupations, migration, religion and many more provide endless opportunities for a voyage of discovery.
Start Spreading The News – Karen Bailey. Publishing and publicising your One-Place Study and your findings might sound very complicated and difficult, but it can be quite easy if you know how! In this talk, you can learn ways to promote and share your research with the world, both online and offline.
More resources
Members have access to a wide range of other resource pages, including techniques (like sources, research methodology, family reconstruction, visualisation, and more), themes to help you structure your research or find new areas to investigate, stories about individual Studies, and news and services from the Society. To access these, visit the Members’ Area and log in.
If you aren’t a Member, why not join us!
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