Society for One-Place Studies
For excellence and enjoyable engagement in #OnePlaceStudies – where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite. Studying and celebrating places, their people, and their shared histories. Post about your OPS on #OnePlaceWednesday! www.one-place-studies.org
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Organisations/Others relevant to One-Place Studies
Projects / organisations / businesses engaged in family / local history, or other historical research or record preservation/provision etc, and likely to be of interest to people engaged in one-place studies. Worldwide. DM or @ us with requests/suggestions for additions/removals.
One-Place Studies Starter Pack
Use this Starter Pack to find & follow one-placers, house historians, local historians, & family historians with an interest in place-based research, plus useful Feeds. Message or @ us to be added/removed. Make sure your account has a profile pic & bio before following people!
@uniwalespress.bsky.social
Publishing Wales and the World since 1922. 🏴 📚 Cymraeg: @gwasgprifcymru.bsky.social 🔗 www.uwp.co.uk
@artemiskellogg.bsky.social
Colorado based nature photographer and fine artist, inspired by Colorado's watersheds, wild places, and natural history. Photos and poetry are my own. Tap ALT for location, gear, & descriptions. 📸 Save our National Forests 🌿
@parkwaysprojects.bsky.social
A reconsideration of Appalachia 55 years later in this dedicated project series: Photography, Digital Collage #EastCoastKin #ArtYear A PhotoEssay, Patreon & Substack by Tom Ogburn on the Great Smoky Mountains NP, Blue Ridge, Skyline Drive & Shenandoah NP
@familytreemag.bsky.social
Discover, preserve and celebrate your family history. #familytreemag #familytreemagazine Bimonthly magazine (published six times per year) with print and digital subscriptions. Monthly podcasts. Daily and weekly e-newsletters.
@diggydiaspora.bsky.social
@casfox.bsky.social
Mother, grandmother, great grandmother, Family and local historian, gardener, reader of historical fiction especially medieval crime fiction, politician
@ilfordhistory.bsky.social
The Bluesky account for the Ilford Historical Society. Posts by @ColinRuneckles Website: https://ilfordhistoricalsociety.weebly.com/
@memoryplace.bsky.social
Led by Professor John Sutton and Deputy Director Professor Paula Reavey, the Centre is a dynamic, collaborative, interdisciplinary research project advancing knowledge in relations between place and memory - placememory.net
@heinessight.bsky.social
Fabric surface design artist, genealogist, writer, cat herder, and lover of leaves and irises.
@thelondonarchives.bsky.social
The London Archives is a free public archive focusing on the history of London from 1067. Visit today and explore 1000 years of history. About us - https://www.thelondonarchives.org/ Events - https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/the-london-archives-2913691059
@juliesmart909.bsky.social
Early retired project manager now with more time to explore the hobbies that I love - genealogy and history, reading, theatre, cooking and gardening, needlepoint and knitting, walking and narrowboating.
@adrianpgibson.bsky.social
Ex-Luxury Department Store Buyer now newly qualified Lambeth Tour Guide working in the heritage sector. Twitter/adrianpgibson Instagram/adrianpgibson lambethtourguides.org Fashion Editor At Large for The Cultured Traveller Magazine
@herstorymaps.bsky.social
A citizen-science project at Aix-Marseille Université: come and help us map the sites of feminist memory! https://framacarte.org/fr/map/sites-of-suffrage-memory-a-herstory-maps-project_82076#2/-21.1/130.8
@tvedt.bsky.social
My pronouns are she/her; my hashtags are music, genealogy, photography, slow-travel; and my future is Scotland, Ireland, Norway.
@valerawlings.bsky.social
Writing about forgotten trade unionist Vale Rawlings and the ‘flycatcher girls’ strike. #LabourHistory #SocialHistory #tradeunions #Staffordshire Posts by Elaine Pritchard of Burton-on-Trent.
@redhen90.bsky.social
Chelsea FC ST Holder. Co-founder @strikemap.org. @organisenow.bsky.social. Red Tourists. @iassc.bsky.social Board. National Piers Society. Views my own.
@judyking.bsky.social
Family historian (Dip Fam Hist UTAS), retired librarian, grandmother, AFOL, Australian, photos my own
@fabulatrix.bsky.social
Professional storyteller, author. Folktales, mythology, epics. Tabletop role-playing games. Minerals and non-fiction books. Comics. Women's history. Hyperfocusing on niche topics. Old English Sheepdog. Hungarian.
@delphinejb.bsky.social
Development & Membership at the Heritage Alliance. Trustee at The Maritime Heritage Trust. Director at Hild. Nichiren Buddhist and SGI Member. Talk in footnotes. Views my own.
@noorhashmi.bsky.social
**Looking for prospective PhD supervisors**MA Early Modern History student at The University of Sheffield, specialising in Caribbean slavery in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. BA research - examining medicine and diseases in the Middle Passage.
@azwvgsorg.bsky.social
Established in 1972, WVGS aims to assist individuals in researching and preserving their family histories. We welcome both novice and experienced researchers, emphasizing education and collaborative research. https://m.mtrbio.com/azwvgs
@frontiers2025.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary conference on frontiers, 11-12 July 2025 @tlrhub.bsky.social, @tcddublin.bsky.social. Organised by @pduffy1.bsky.social. Call for papers deadline 31 March 2025. Abstracts and enquiries to pduffy1@tcd.ie.
@bbarclay9.bsky.social
Back in Australia but still interested in all things 19thC Ireland/Australia | Genealogy | Family History https://mayoorphangirls.weebly.com/
@hannahbooth.bsky.social
Historical linguist | Northumbrian in the Netherlands | Writes about connections between Britain and its North Sea neighbours Website: https://hannahmarybooth.com Substack: https://northseanexus.substack.com
@bee79.bsky.social
Historian (19th century gender and crime) teacher (Head of History NPQSL & former SLT T&L) nerd, food & wine lover. Sailer and reader. Lover of all things Italian. Depressing support for teams with bird mascots 🏉🦆 ⚽️🦉🏏🦅. Yorkshire girl now an Essex girl. UK
@openhistoricalmap.org
Explore the world throughout time, mapped in minute detail by people like you & dedicated to the public domain. OHM is a charter project of @osmus.bsky.social and cousin of @openstreetmap.bsky.social. #oldmaps #dh #hgis https://www.openhistoricalmap.org
@wollastonmuseum.bsky.social
Village Museum, operated by Wollaston Heritage Society (est 1970). Site includes the between-the-wars Curiosity Cottage and Beacon Hill, a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
@scottishindexes.bsky.social
Professional Scottish genealogist and co-founder of scottishindexes.com. Regularly to be found in the National Records of Scotland untying Sheriff Court records. I also organise the Scottish Indexes Conferences.
@stevebrownauthor.bsky.social
Author of eight books on British Army topics for the period 1793 to 1815. Family historian. Sometime muso. Builder of small WW2 planes. Touchstones: Zappa. XTC. Richard Thompson. King Crimson. Morale commensurate with the fortunes of the Baggy Greens.
@pfdnarchive.bsky.social
Preserving and sharing the archives and heritage of Princethorpe College, Crackley Hall School, Crescent School and their predecessor schools. Explore our collections at https://archives.princethorpe.co.uk/
@carmenmangion.bsky.social
historian of 19th and 20th gender&religion; currently writing about feminist Catholics; religious communities in the inner city; lay sisters, female medical missioners
@drandrewsneddon.bsky.social
Historian of medicine, religion, and the supernatural, especially ghosts, magic and witchcraft. Senior Lecturer in History at Ulster University. https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/persons/andrew-sneddon w1711.org
@billyrough.bsky.social
Art Historian/Lecturer at University of St Andrews. 19th & 20th century British Art, Music Hall, and Theatre. Occasional folkie / concertina player. Instagram: roughs_drafts
@refugeesinrhyl.bsky.social
All about the Belgian Refugees who came to North Wales during the First World War. Find us at: www.refugeesinrhyl.wordpress.com
@historykate.bsky.social
Pacific legal/gender/smell/ocean historian @waikato Lindy & blues, artist/jewellery maker, mainly a lurker here. she/her, Pākehā, views my own
@tkmaidment.bsky.social
PhD History candidate at Selwyn College, Cambridge. Research interests include: Conservatism, Fascism, and visions of united Europe.
@dgb-history.bsky.social
Academic books, journals and news from the History department at De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Posts by our editors.
@samuelguthrie.bsky.social
Public/oral historian, working with community & placemaking in Belfast. Former projects inc. British Red Cross, Ionad na Fuiseogie, St Matthew's 150th, & Mid Ulster Council. Currently researching & writing about postmemory & identity thru rugby league.
@kfbullen.bsky.social
Researcher/Project Manager focusing on place-names, heritage, and community engagement. PhD July 2024 @UoNEnglish explored place-names on the Isle of Axholme. https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/77421/
@doc-herber.bsky.social
Mild mannered IT sysadmin by day, even more mild mannered historian by night. History: PhD in early modern Europe focusing on power, performance, and pop culture. "So kind and millennial-funny." (she/her) https://www.courtneyherber.com/
@jennscott1485.bsky.social
Historian, writer, re-enactor. Interested in Scots clothing and sometimes battles from 1450-1750. https://www.helion.co.uk/military-history-books/the-men-of-warre-the-clothes-weapons-and-accoutrements-of-the-scots-at-war-1460-1600.php
@drsalspong.bsky.social
Medievalist. First gen. Obsessed with all things 1050-1250. Political, cultural, social history, England & France. Currently researching women and rebellion. #churchcrawling. Annoyed by (VERY) Long Covid. Owned by a mini wire-haired Dachshun
@pavementgeology.bsky.social
What is your city built from? This account is all about building stones and accessible geology in the built environment. londonpavementgeology.co.uk
@sarahabendall.bsky.social
Material Culture & Gender Historian | Trade, Production & Consumption of Fashion, 1500-1800 | Recreation & Making |📖 Shaping Femininity (Bloomsbury) | Co-I AHRC Making Historical Dress Network | 👩🏻🏫Senior Lecturer | sarahabendall.com