OPS List?

[Neil Reynolds]

Is there a list of One Place Studies like there is for One Name Studies?

I ask because there are two places that I possibly have enough information to at least make a start on, but wouldn't want to duplicate the efforts of others. I guess the ideal is a GOOPS to go with the GOONS!

Neil

[John]

Is there a list of One Place Studies like there is for One Name Studies?
Neil

That's an interesting one Neil, I've never heard of one but can see the use.
Perhaps time for you to set up "gOOPS"

Or could it perhaps be associated with the OPC scheme in some way? They would seem natural bed-fellows.

John

[Rod Neep]

We touched on this on the mailing list a few weeks ago (since which I have been a bit busy with other things), but what I did do, is register the domain names one-place.org and one-place.org.uk (although as yet, neither are attached to real web pages).

What I would foresee, is a web page with:

1. Information on how to go about conducting a one-place study, things to be included, etc.
2. A list of exisiting one-place study web sites, with links to them.

It needn't be anything at all complicated. Just a menu system with countries / counties / places.

And erm... all it needs is someone (or some people) to maintain the site and add new places as and when they come up.

By the way, I don't see any need whatsoever for a "formal" membership.

Regards
Rod

[John]

By the way, I don't see any need whatsoever for a "formal" membership.

Regards
Rod

Heavens no, it needn't be anything very different from a surname interest list, place and contact, maybe web address as well and that would do it.

John

[Lesley Robertson]

Is there a list of One Place Studies like there is for One Name Studies?

I ask because there are two places that I possibly have enough information to at least make a start on, but wouldn't want to duplicate the efforts of others. I guess the ideal is a GOOPS to go with the GOONS!

Neil

There is a list on John Palmer's web site here. However, I suspect that there's probably more going on that people haven't registered.

[Lesley Robertson]

We touched on this on the mailing list a few weeks ago (since which I have been a bit busy with other things), but what I did do, is register the domain names one-place.org and one-place.org.uk (although as yet, neither are attached to real web pages).

What I would foresee, is a web page with:

1. Information on how to go about conducting a one-place study, things to be included, etc.
2. A list of exisiting one-place study web sites, with links to them.

It needn't be anything at all complicated. Just a menu system with countries / counties / places.

And erm... all it needs is someone (or some people) to maintain the site and add new places as and when they come up.

By the way, I don't see any need whatsoever for a "formal" membership.

Regards
Rod

Like Rod, I've been a bit busy (collection of deadlines all at once plus a massive amount of new Whitsome data) since that came up, but if I remember rightly, we even had an offer of a web master...
I'll check the list archives and see who that was.

[Neil Reynolds]

Thank you Lesley. With the information you've provided, plus your example of Whitsome I now have a much better idea of where to start. Just need to get up and do it now. I'll let this forum know how I get on... but don't hold your breath!

Then there's Rod's open challenge about his domain names to consider... but one thing at a time I feel.

Regards, Neil

[Lesley Robertson]

Thank you Lesley. With the information you've provided, plus your example of Whitsome I now have a much better idea of where to start. Just need to get up and do it now. I'll let this forum know how I get on... but don't hold your breath!

Then there's Rod's open challenge about his domain names to consider... but one thing at a time I feel.

Regards, Neil

It all takes more time than we think - I'm still sorting out data gathered in a frantic week in Edinburgh in the summer when I actually managed to transcribe a census a day!

[Patrisia]

Hi all,

Just to add that I am still lurking and collecting stuff about Smalley, DBY.
The website is still an embryo

Patrisia

[Guy Etchells]

What I like about a one place study is the way that it connects local history and family history.
I have often felt that it is virtually impossible to study family history without undertaking a certain amount of local history the two walk hand in hand.
Cheers
Guy