Society for One-Place Studies
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www.one-place-studies.org – 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!
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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
November 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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
Yes! Since finding, via FamilySearch Full Text Search, the will of a man in Cheshire who owned land in my Waters Upton OPS parish in Shropshire, I have been very keen to see the likes of Ancestry and FMP add similar search functionality to some of their record sets based on images of wills etc!
November 20, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Yes! Since finding, via FamilySearch Full Text Search, the will of a man in Cheshire who owned land in my Waters Upton OPS parish in Shropshire, I have been very keen to see the likes of Ancestry and FMP add similar search functionality to some of their record sets based on images of wills etc!