Her latest post is in my to-do pile as she mentions a boatman! Quite a few of her names are familiar to my research so her work is going to be invaluable for me. Thanks Glenys! #OnePlaceStudies

Oh no. Sadly he was far from the only boatman to do that! I've got several that managed the same thing, if it wasn't wobbling along the towpath then it was making the wrong decision to cross the lock gates, usually in the dark as well. Occupational hazard!

2 Walley families, both with sons named George & Richard who served in Cheshire Regt WW1. Oh boy, this has taken some untangling! Got 'my' George, I've been chasing the wrong Richard🤦‍♀️Time to start again... #OnePlaceStudies

I started ordering in bulk when they threatened the price rise - still had plenty to get though in the final week! Also got a load for family. Probably best not to work out the total number🤣 #OnePlaceWednesday

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!

Matt's thoughts also struck me as the perfect description of what we do in #OnePlaceStudies, bringing the "ordinary" folks back to life and telling their stories. His book is also on my wishlist!

Fantastic, thank you!

On 28 March 1880, Revd A O James of St Lawrence, Long Buckby, baptised 25 children of varying ages! He was a man on a mission to ensure every person in his parish was baptised and kept the pace up during his tenure. #OnePlaceStudies

Excellent, thank you Tony!

Oh and looking at his birth reg, he may have been born at Buckby Wharf so hits for both of my #OnePlaceStudies!

Turns out that none of the WW1 names are matching up with anything I've got, however your list of WW2 names has given me one, thank you! George Dorsett KIA 5 June 1944 is the son of boatman Mark William, and mum Susan Halford comes from a boat family too. Not in my tree yet but working on them!

You star! Thank you, just having a quick look at your site and I can see some likely surnames. So far I've got mostly Staffs, Worcs, Cheshire, Warwicks Regiments for the 25 deaths that I know of. But there are going to be so many more...

I have a folder titled Wills to Sort 🤣 It's complicated because there's Buckby Wharf, #BoatFamilies, & my family and some Wills fit into more than 1 category! I started buying Wills when the report first came out because of the threat of rising costs, so I have a nice little back-log 😆 #Genhour

I haven't even tried looking for the War Memorials yet - they could be recorded anywhere or nowhere! I need to find the families first to narrow down to a county, hopefully. #GenHour