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#OnePlaceStudies I've already searched newspapers for boatmen wounded and killed, thought I'd try boatman + prisoner as keywords. Just the year range 1910-1919 gave me over 7000 results🤣😭 Changed it to prisoner of war and still got over 2000 results😱

#GenHour Finding #BoatFamilies WW1 men is down to luck and chance, this article from 1940 was enough for me to find Oliver Jones. Very unlikely I'd have found him otherwise as no service record survives.

Another fabulous #OnePlaceStudies resource! thegreatwar.whitchurch-shropshire.co.uk

#OnePlaceStudies Sometimes finding my #BoatFamilies WW1 men looks like this⬇️ There is actually enough here for me to be able to find and name him - Oliver Jones b1893, KIA 24 July 1916. Remembered at Thiepval.

#OnePlaceWednesday Working on tracing my #BoatFamilies WW1 men, lots to find who aren't in the tree currently. Luckily, between the service record and newspapers for the injured/killed men, I'm mostly able to find them. Got a couple of tricky ones who are going to need a process of elimination. Fun!

A big #OnePlaceWednesday update for my #Sudbourne #OnePlaceStudy - I have added my 1841 census transcription to the website!

New #OnePlaceStudies goldmine website! Sadly my chap doesn't seem to be listed on his local war memorial but making a note of this site for future research :)

Thank you! I hope the book lives up to expectations. The challenge is telling those stories - and doing justice to them - while also speaking to the bigger picture. It never gets any easier!

We concur! A #OnePlaceStudy can help you to identify the people your ancestors lived alongside, worked with and for, teamed up with for sports or social events, worshipped with, and associated with in other ways, breaking down brick walls along the way.

This site is amazing, astonishing coverage. Hats off to the Underwood's for their incredible devotion to recording all War Memorials in Bucks, and Clint for his work on the Roll of Honour. buckinghamshireremembers.org.uk/introduction...

#GenHour Lots of research coming up for me. Of my 70+ #BoatFamilies men in WW1, 8 are already on the tree and 5 are part researched. That leaves a lot to find! And will probably create more men who served once I find their brothers, brothers-in-law, and cousins. Definitely a long-term project!

#OnePlaceWednesday Using various convoluted methods I've found around 70 men from #BoatFamilies who served in WW1. I think it's time for a spreadsheet, for analysis & for a research log. Should I have started the spreadsheet at the beginning of my research? - yes, shush!

#UKCanals An ongoing project to record and remember the young men and boys of #BoatFamilies during the First World War.

Thinking about the 130 or so British librarians killed in WW1. Their colleagues raised funds to create a lasting memorial to their sacrifice. Sadly, the tablet they commissioned is now displayed behind the scenes at the British Library, visible only to staff. #fwwhist #PubLibs 💙📚

Ahead of 11am, a re-post for 1 of the Railway Work, Life & Death project's blog posts about railwaymen who fought & died in the #FirstWorldWar. #ArmisticeDay #Remembrance #Railway200 #RailwayHistory The post looks at TH Stearn's life & death:

#RemembranceDay Today I also remember the boys from Long Buckby Wharf, my distant cousins Herbert and Percy George Major, both killed in WW1. Donald Cobb and Rex Hemming Hill were killed during the Second World War. #OnePlaceStudies

#RemembranceDay More men have been added to the #BoatFamilies list of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice during the First World War. #OnePlaceStudies

#BoatFamilies and the First World War - finding these young men who served is proving difficult but so far I have found 20 young men who made the ultimate sacrifice. Their stories will be told, for now I'm just remembering their names. #OnePlaceStudies #RemembranceSunday

My second cousin 3x removed Ethel Mary Atcherley (1884–1971) worked at Queen’s Hospital during (and after) #WW1. For her services in connection with the war she was awarded an MBE in 1920. #FamilyHistory #OneNameStudy #SurnameStudy

The RNLI has a special podcast episode commemorating its work during WW2, presented by Dan Jones and Hayley Whiting. Lots of fascinating stories, some told by descendants of those who served. Perfect for #FamilyHistory and #OnePlaceWednesday!

I recognise these cottages! Previously the Crown and Anchor pub at Long Buckby Wharf, owned by my 5x great uncle Edward Thompson (possibly built by him too) #OnePlaceStudies

#31DaysOfGraves Day 11 Military. The headstone of my great great uncle Major Ernest Valentine Cherry. Ernest died of a brain tumour in service and was buried at Anfield Cemetery in Liverpool. He served during both World Wars at home in a logistics role. Ernest had no surviving children. #Genealogy

Black Wide Awake is a #OnePlaceStudy worth following. Lisa's work is incredibly detailed and I've learnt a lot from her research about an area of history that is very different to my own research. #OnePlaceWednesday

The boatmen who died were: captain Charles Bexon born c1832 Loughborough, married with children William Taylor born c1840, not married Jonathan Holloway born 1856 Oldbury, not married. Jonathan was identified from a photo by his family some days later. #UKCanals #BoatFamilies #OnePlaceStudies

Ohh! 🤗 @romanroads.bsky.social have just landed on BlueSky! Bung them a follow. We can't vouch for the quality of their content, but we can guarantee one thing...

Apparently it is #InternationalCrochetDay so it seems only right to share the gorgeous cabin crochet that decorated the working narrowboats across the Midlands. Deceptively simple patterns that create intricate designs, great fun to work on! #OnePlaceStudies

Thanks, Julie! Had been waiting 'til all 3 eps went live before posting about this one - it was a TERRIFIC @timeteam.bsky.social weekend to be part of 😊 (though admittedly not my first - for that you have to go back to Modbury in June '23!)

I'm featured on the new Time Team episode shot at Norton Disney, which is now online for free. There is a point on Day 3 when Carenza Lewis and I turn over a piece of masonry. Our surprise was real and was caught live. We only shot that once. A real "Time Team Moment"... youtube.com/playlist?lis...

New Time Team video on YouTube! Day 1 of a dig at Norton Disney with a new member of the team - @scientistsoph.bsky.social Can't wait for the next installment Sophie, looks like you had fun! #Genealogy #OnePlaceStudies www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYD3...

Hello, yes I'm still here! I'm doing another bit of collaborative research on one of my Buckby Wharf people. He ended up in Southampton & is buried there. A massive project is underway to research all the people buried here, there are several Southampton #OnePlaceStudies that might be interested?

One of the best things about being in an international server is that if I mention that I live in Bear Country (CO), the Australians all howl about how we need to shut up about Aussie wildlife, because THEIR large carnivores mostly stay in the water, NOT INVITE THEMSELVES INTO THE KITCHEN. (🧵1/?)

This sort of comes into my #OnePlaceStudy as they were remanded at Linslade Court House for trial at Aylesbury. Then in Bucks, the robbery was on the Linslade border, so extra police were stationed there throughout the search. I will be writing about the Court House and Police Station very soon!

I’ve enjoyed looking at the newly-added old maps covering my primary #OnePlaceStudy and will be adding extracts from (and links to) a couple of them to my OPS website’s Maps page. But not the ‘accurate’ map of Shropshire dated 1767, which shows my Place . . . in the wrong place! #OnePlaceWednesday

🚨 The Suffolk parish registers will be online 6 days earlier than advertised - the latest update says they’ll be released on Ancestry on 8 August! 🥳 That’s my weekend sorted out! Great news for my #Sudbourne #OnePlaceStudy #AncestryHour #OnePlaceWednesday #GenHour

So you know what these are, right? Phil has a few of these in his office, which he uses to diffuse camera lights. Yesterday, he took the lights down and left these sitting on the floor, figuring he could put them away later.

Yesterday I came across an interesting pronunciation challenge. It 'looks' like COLCLOUGH may have sounded like COKLEY (Staffs 1800s). Going to need more research to confirm but more of my #BoatFamilies may have just connected together! #OnePlaceStudies

Our next #OnePlaceStudies webinar🔗 for Society members is on Tuesday 12th August, when Joe Saunders @joesaunders1.bsky.social will follow up his presentation at our Conference last year with “Using Social Network Analysis for #OnePlaceStudies.” Not a member? Join up🔗 and join in! #OnePlaceWednesday

I've made the local papers website 😀 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #NewBusiness

#OnePlaceWednesday The Whitehouse #BoatFamilies are so complicated, I now have an entire A4 notebook full of them, trying to work out who belongs to whom. For every question I answer, I create 5 more! They are slowly unravelling, although it would help if they weren't all called Joseph or Thomas🤣

Another Northamptonshire #OnePlaceStudy! I don't think I have any cross-overs with Spring Hill but I'll have to check.... #OnePlaceWednesday

Hello, quite new here, so introducing myself 👋 I’m a historian of #BlackBritishHistory @icws-sas.bsky.social, living in North Wales. My first book was #BlackTudors and my new one #Heiresses, is about nine British women who inherited enslaved people and plantations in the Caribbean.

I found this on the inside of the front cover of the parish register of Therfield, Hertfordshire. In case any of you should be bitten by a mad dog today, you can relax. This will, apparently, not fail! You're welcome! 😏 Paging Mistress Agnes @janetfew.bsky.social [Full transcript in Alt text]

#OnePlaceStudies FreeReg.org.uk helping me out today. Staffordshire marriage records are hit and miss on the main sites. FreeReg is giving me the much needed occupation for #BoatFamilies. Of course, now I have even more Whitehouse boatmen to find 🤣😭

Bliss. Husband left yesterday for a week long Scout camp. Son left this morning for a 3 day trip with his girlfriend. I am all alone in the house!! Music on, chocolate & snacks at hand, ready meals for dinner. Time to deal with the Whitehouse #BoatFamilies 💪 #OnePlaceStudies

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NEW BUSINESS!!! Hampshire, UK based Genealogist. Please see my website thelineagefinder.co.uk for more info. If you could help me spread the word, I'd be most grateful and if you're looking for some research to be done drop me a message 😀 #Genhour #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

Ok, wee tech problem going on here 😭 Try this link instead to read about Charles' illustrious career! #OnePlaceWednesday #OnePlaceCourtCases #BoatFamilies