Hi There has been a lot of talk on the list recently about one name studies, but i was intersted to know if anyone has/is carrying out a one place study or has used inforomation form one? It seems that all my ancestors have originated from one tiny little village, with about 800 drewllings so of course lots of cousins marrying cousins and the same surnames cropping up time and time again... Only problem is, its one of those parishes that has not given permission to have its PRs filmed by the LDS and therefore does not appear on the IGI unless the record has been submitted by a LDS church member. Therefore, I thought it would eb easier to look at the pRs and just write everything down,...i can put all thsi information into a gedcom and then try and work out how I am related to everyone I liked Roberts suggestion of keeping it as a casual thing...but is there a society like GOONS for one place studies?? KInd regards Tezz >From: tesmith40@comcast.net >Reply-To: ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com >To: ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [HRT] Re One Name Study >Date: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 21:29:04 +0000 > >Robert, > >Thanks for all your great advice! Where do you have your gedcom? Could I >take a look? > >From the response I've gotten both on the list and off list. I will be >continuing my one name study on the surname PEGRAM and all variations. I'm >going to do my own thing as you say, to stay in my comfort zone. >I'm presently using the LDS microfilms of Parish Records and also the LDS >microfilms for the 1841 & 1851 census and Ancestry.com for the 1861, 1871, >1881, 1891, 1901 censuses. > >I will more than likely see about adding the gedcom to the Rootsweb site >(World Connect Family tree). >My only hesitation is that I have already found other family trees online >which I feel have mistakes in them. I'm just afraid of doing the >same...having mistakes and possibly leading someone down the wrong path. >So far no one else has contributed to the project, but I'm more than >willing to accept help or advice and corrections. > >And as to the last comment, this has already helped me to find more in my >line. > >Thanks again! >Theresa E. Smith >Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA >-------------- Original message -------------- > > > Theresa , and anyone else contemplating a one-name study , I can >recommend > > running the study as an informal one-name study , and declaring it as >such in > > postings to lists . That way you can include what you want and not feel >obliged > > to take on more than you are comfortable with . The crucial points as >far as > > I'm concerned are: > > > > Publicise your project on relevant lists > > > > Make a version of your database available online as a gedcom ( using > > GenCircles or some other freely accessible website ) . If you drop out >of online > > genealogy , at least your work and the contributions from others who've >helped > > you > > will remain accessible for others . > > > > Put a good , full introduction to your database on your online version - >this > > way it will be found by Google ( the database entries don't get Googled >, but > > your introduction will be found and lead others to it > > > > Always include your data , its sources and your own helpful comments in >your > > gedcom database . > > > > Backup , backup , backup . > > > > Put out requests for info on lists - repeat this from time to time > > > > When you are provided with info by others , credit them and ( if they >want ) > > give their contact details in your database notes > > > > Lastly , plug your project from time to time -eg mine is the >Hertfordshire > > BIGG Project , covering 19th century and earlier BIGG and BIGGS families >. > > > > You should find that your original idea , to help you sort out your own > > family from other namesakes , is likely to meet with success . In any >case , > > such a > > project is FUN . Do it ; enjoy it . > > > > Best wishes to all listers, > > Robert Hillier > > > > > > ==== ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE Mailing List ==== > > Hertfordshire FHS: > > http://www.btinternet.com/~hfphs/index.htm > > > > >==== ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE Mailing List ==== >TRY to keep quoting to a minimum. "Quoting" is repeating text of the >message you are replying to. Some quoting is necessary to remind other >readers what the thread is about but do try to use good judgement. > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Messenger 7.5 is now out. Download it for FREE here. http://messenger.msn.co.uk

Tezz wrote: > Only problem is, its one of those parishes that has not given permission to > have its PRs filmed by the LDS and therefore does not appear on the IGI > unless the record has been submitted by a LDS church member.< I remember certain Roman Catholic clergy not wanting anything 'to do with Mormons' 40 years ago, but attitudes have changed a lot in recent times. I wonder if the parish in question might be more amenable now? The LDS has teams photographing/filming old records all over the world - and at the India Office Collection in the British Library constantly (Thank goodness!) It's always worth asking. Re the one place study: I know some people do these, but I haven't come across a society for them as such. I'm a GOON, and I've often wished my lot had stayed put! Regards, Ruth in Brum.

> -----Original Message----- > From: Ruth Croft [mailto:ruth@croft2002.fsnet.co.uk] > Sent: 07 September 2005 10:52 > To: ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HRT] Re One Name Study - Or One Place Study?? > > > > Re the one place study: I know some people do these, but I > haven't come > across a society for them as such. I'm a GOON, and I've often > wished my lot > had stayed put! That's because they're most likely called local historical societies! The one I belong to has been busily researching local residents of all periods and indexing local sources, including the 1841 census, the local parish registers, the tithe awards, various manorial sources, collections of old deeds, records of local industry, the oral history of elder residents, and so on, so if this ain't a one-place study I don't know what is! Furthermore, a fair number of our members are family rather than local historians; in many cases they joined the Hist Soc merely to have a chinwag with other local residents descended from old local families. I moved on to local history from genealogy (or rather, as well as genealogy), when I was faced with a dead-end on one of my trees and started looking through local wills and tax records for genealogical clues, ending up by constructing quite a large and complex picture of the goings-on of a widespread yeoman farming community spread across NE Herts and NW Essex. Still couldn't break the dead-end though - but I am 99% certain that the birth record I need would be in Clavering Congregational chapel's register - if it ever gets found again! Lawrence, Waltham Abbey, Essex (just about).

> -----Original Message----- > From: Family History [mailto:genealogy101@hotmail.com] > Sent: 06 September 2005 23:32 > To: ENG-HERTFORDSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HRT] Re One Name Study - Or One Place Study?? > > > ...but is there a > society like GOONS for one place studies?? To pick up pointers and learn how to research a community, try joining the local historical society nearest where you live, even if you have no ancestral ties there; you'll soon pick up on what sources are being researched or indexed and the methods involved, and before long you'll probably be more than ready to tackle the place you're really interested in! Of course, there may well already be a group researching its history. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Ha Haa! Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/91 - Release Date: 06/09/2005