Liz
@willsmanonename.bsky.social
Tracing my #FamilyHistory in 🏴 & 🏴 Passionate about #OnePlaceStudies, #LocalHistory & cats. Practicing my photography skills.
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My websites & socials 👉🏻 https://linktr.ee/WillsmanOneNa
Usually only follow history accounts!
My websites & socials 👉🏻 https://linktr.ee/WillsmanOneNa
Steve urges us to think about the impact of the coming of the railways to your place. There may well have been accidents locally. If you find any, do contact Steve. He’s also happy to answer any questions by email #OPSconf25
November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Steve urges us to think about the impact of the coming of the railways to your place. There may well have been accidents locally. If you find any, do contact Steve. He’s also happy to answer any questions by email #OPSconf25
Steve Pickthall’s railway deaths project focuses on deaths of staff. He recommends these 3 websites for researching railway deaths #OPSconf25
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Steve Pickthall’s railway deaths project focuses on deaths of staff. He recommends these 3 websites for researching railway deaths #OPSconf25
Now talking about vehicles used on country estates especially for shooting eg dog cart & game van. This summer I saw the #Sudbourne game van at The Food Museum. The game van would keep game cool until it was taken back to the house #OPSconf25
November 22, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Now talking about vehicles used on country estates especially for shooting eg dog cart & game van. This summer I saw the #Sudbourne game van at The Food Museum. The game van would keep game cool until it was taken back to the house #OPSconf25
10 minute warning! The zoom room is open & the conference will be starting soon! #OPSconf25
November 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
10 minute warning! The zoom room is open & the conference will be starting soon! #OPSconf25
I’ve spent most of my week panic-buying English & Welsh 1858+ wills before Monday’s price hike. I’ve done most of them, just a few more for my #OnePlaceStudy & inspect the rest of the list for my own family tree. I’m going to have a lot of filing to do! #GenHour
November 13, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I’ve spent most of my week panic-buying English & Welsh 1858+ wills before Monday’s price hike. I’ve done most of them, just a few more for my #OnePlaceStudy & inspect the rest of the list for my own family tree. I’m going to have a lot of filing to do! #GenHour
This sums up my #OnePlaceWeenesday! I ordered all the wills I identified for my #OnePlaceStudy & need to download those that are ready. I created a spreadsheet of people in my #FamilyTree who died 1858+ & am deciding which of those wills to buy. Will then look at possible other #OnePlaceStudies!
November 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM
This sums up my #OnePlaceWeenesday! I ordered all the wills I identified for my #OnePlaceStudy & need to download those that are ready. I created a spreadsheet of people in my #FamilyTree who died 1858+ & am deciding which of those wills to buy. Will then look at possible other #OnePlaceStudies!
Welcome to #GenHour! Some silent fireworks in honour of the UK’s Guy Fawkes/bonfire night yesterday 🎇 Anyone else madly ordering post-1858 wills?
November 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Welcome to #GenHour! Some silent fireworks in honour of the UK’s Guy Fawkes/bonfire night yesterday 🎇 Anyone else madly ordering post-1858 wills?
All 1858+ wills for those buried in #Sudbourne before 1942 have now been ordered 🥳 Just hope Iron Mountain can find them all 🙄 I’ve screenshotted every will I’ve ordered in case they quibble. Now to check my family tree (hopefully have most of those) & various other projects 😫
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
November 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
All 1858+ wills for those buried in #Sudbourne before 1942 have now been ordered 🥳 Just hope Iron Mountain can find them all 🙄 I’ve screenshotted every will I’ve ordered in case they quibble. Now to check my family tree (hopefully have most of those) & various other projects 😫
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
Apologies for the delay, it is indexed by a variety of subjects including place. As soon as it arrived I honed in on ‘my’ diarist!
November 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Apologies for the delay, it is indexed by a variety of subjects including place. As soon as it arrived I honed in on ‘my’ diarist!
I was so excited to receive this book last week - it's about life on the home front in Devon in #WW2, & features diaries from someone in my #OneNameStudy! The book is by Todd Gray, who used diaries from the #MassObservation Archive to bring this interesting period of history to life #GenHour
October 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I was so excited to receive this book last week - it's about life on the home front in Devon in #WW2, & features diaries from someone in my #OneNameStudy! The book is by Todd Gray, who used diaries from the #MassObservation Archive to bring this interesting period of history to life #GenHour
I was thrilled to find this book on school log books by @fachrs.bsky.social! I wish I’d been a member during this project, as I’d have contributed my #Sudbourne school log books transcriptions
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
October 29, 2025 at 12:16 PM
I was thrilled to find this book on school log books by @fachrs.bsky.social! I wish I’d been a member during this project, as I’d have contributed my #Sudbourne school log books transcriptions
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
On Monday I start the Pharos course ‘ Education and Childhood 1820 to 1920’ - I'm excited to to discover some background & context for my research into #Sudbourne school. While checking my personal library for books on the reading list, I found this one, which I’d forgotten about
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
October 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
On Monday I start the Pharos course ‘ Education and Childhood 1820 to 1920’ - I'm excited to to discover some background & context for my research into #Sudbourne school. While checking my personal library for books on the reading list, I found this one, which I’d forgotten about
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
Don’t forget to look at the county information in the front pages of Kelly’s, White’s & Pigot's directories. They can contain useful information about ancient history, geography & agriculture, as these images of pages from the 1855 White´s Directory show
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
October 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Don’t forget to look at the county information in the front pages of Kelly’s, White’s & Pigot's directories. They can contain useful information about ancient history, geography & agriculture, as these images of pages from the 1855 White´s Directory show
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
Today I’m at The National Archives - once of my happy places! I’m researching 1910 Valuation Act records for my own #FamilyHistory & another one-placer & some Ordnance Survey Object Name Books, amongst other things
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
October 29, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Today I’m at The National Archives - once of my happy places! I’m researching 1910 Valuation Act records for my own #FamilyHistory & another one-placer & some Ordnance Survey Object Name Books, amongst other things
#OnePlaceWednesday
#OnePlaceWednesday
October 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 25: graveside ornament
Ok…not strictly a graveside ornament as it wasn’t left there for the occupant of the grave, but - after giving me a fright - it did make me smile
Day 25: graveside ornament
Ok…not strictly a graveside ornament as it wasn’t left there for the occupant of the grave, but - after giving me a fright - it did make me smile
October 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 25: graveside ornament
Ok…not strictly a graveside ornament as it wasn’t left there for the occupant of the grave, but - after giving me a fright - it did make me smile
Day 25: graveside ornament
Ok…not strictly a graveside ornament as it wasn’t left there for the occupant of the grave, but - after giving me a fright - it did make me smile
One piece of genealogical excitement for me this week is finalising my document order for a trip to The National Archives on Wednesday. I’m copying 1910 Valuation Act records for another one-placer, & some for villages adjoining my study in case I need them #GenHour
October 23, 2025 at 7:22 PM
One piece of genealogical excitement for me this week is finalising my document order for a trip to The National Archives on Wednesday. I’m copying 1910 Valuation Act records for another one-placer, & some for villages adjoining my study in case I need them #GenHour
Hope everyone has had a good week. We had a fun weekend - visited #Southsea Model Village! Residents of my #StreetStudy would have been familiar with it, as it was built in the 1950s. Several local businesses & artists are featured #GenHour
October 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Hope everyone has had a good week. We had a fun weekend - visited #Southsea Model Village! Residents of my #StreetStudy would have been familiar with it, as it was built in the 1950s. Several local businesses & artists are featured #GenHour
This stone marks the burials of 40 parishioners of #Horsford innNorfolk, believed to have lived in the 14th century
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 19: social group - nuns
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 19: social group - nuns
October 19, 2025 at 7:31 PM
This stone marks the burials of 40 parishioners of #Horsford innNorfolk, believed to have lived in the 14th century
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 19: social group - nuns
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 19: social group - nuns