Jane Chapman
@janechapman.bsky.social
Interested in #Genealogy and assorted other things ... I have been researching #FamilyHistory since the early 1990's and incorporating #DNA evidence since 2013. In 2024, I started working on a #OnePlaceStudy.
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As America, our 250th has had me thinking about better highlighting the extraordinary array of posts added to the Projectkin’s #Stories250 effort.
Why not roll all posts and talk recordings into a new page: Projectkin.org/stories250
Stories: Around the world 👀
#GenHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Why not roll all posts and talk recordings into a new page: Projectkin.org/stories250
Stories: Around the world 👀
#GenHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Projectkin | Stories250
Bringing together Projectkin’s diverse Anglophone genealogy community to share stories about our ancestors’ roles at the time of the American Revolution.
Projectkin.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
As America, our 250th has had me thinking about better highlighting the extraordinary array of posts added to the Projectkin’s #Stories250 effort.
Why not roll all posts and talk recordings into a new page: Projectkin.org/stories250
Stories: Around the world 👀
#GenHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Why not roll all posts and talk recordings into a new page: Projectkin.org/stories250
Stories: Around the world 👀
#GenHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
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Wills to increase dramatically in price from 17 November! If you want any for your #OnePlaceStudy, order them soon. I hope the quality of the service improves by the same percentage as the vast increase in cost. Posting early for #OnePlaceWednesday
Probate price shock: What it means for family historians — and how to stay ahead
From 17 November the fee for a copy of a will increases from £1.50 to £16. Read on for practical advice from Fraser & Fraser to help you plan and budget.
www.family-tree.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Hello #GenHour I DNA tested autosomal way back in 2013 but put off any other type of testing until now. Just got an email (opened 2 minutes ago) from FTDNA to say my mtDNA results are in. So ... Don't think I will get much else done today! 🧬 #Genealogy #GeneticGenealogy
October 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Hello #GenHour I DNA tested autosomal way back in 2013 but put off any other type of testing until now. Just got an email (opened 2 minutes ago) from FTDNA to say my mtDNA results are in. So ... Don't think I will get much else done today! 🧬 #Genealogy #GeneticGenealogy
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And the full recording of Karen de Bruyne's talk for All About That Place, is now posted to both YouTube and Substack.
You'll find the Substack link at Projectkin.org/aatp25
The YouTube link is at youtu.be/X44dTdIaPFY
Join us tomorrow: Projectkin.org/aatp25-events
#AATP25 #GenHour
You'll find the Substack link at Projectkin.org/aatp25
The YouTube link is at youtu.be/X44dTdIaPFY
Join us tomorrow: Projectkin.org/aatp25-events
#AATP25 #GenHour
September 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
And the full recording of Karen de Bruyne's talk for All About That Place, is now posted to both YouTube and Substack.
You'll find the Substack link at Projectkin.org/aatp25
The YouTube link is at youtu.be/X44dTdIaPFY
Join us tomorrow: Projectkin.org/aatp25-events
#AATP25 #GenHour
You'll find the Substack link at Projectkin.org/aatp25
The YouTube link is at youtu.be/X44dTdIaPFY
Join us tomorrow: Projectkin.org/aatp25-events
#AATP25 #GenHour
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I’ve been writing & recording a talk ready for this year’s #MiniAATP - All About That Place is an online conference on place-based research, & while it’s paused this year, there will be a social media version, with @oneplacestudies.bsky.social releasing a video each day #GenHour
September 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
I’ve been writing & recording a talk ready for this year’s #MiniAATP - All About That Place is an online conference on place-based research, & while it’s paused this year, there will be a social media version, with @oneplacestudies.bsky.social releasing a video each day #GenHour
This week-end I need to do a bit of preparation for the next #GenClub recording #GenHour. Here is the last one ... open.substack.com/pub/genealog...
GenClub Episode 1
Ancestory - Griffintown 1861: Molton Metal
open.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
This week-end I need to do a bit of preparation for the next #GenClub recording #GenHour. Here is the last one ... open.substack.com/pub/genealog...
Hello #GenHour I am not sure where the past week disappeared to 🙃. I have been trying to tidy up some of the profiles in my family history archive on theweare.xyz platform (entailing further research a bit of rewriting) but have had lots of interruptions.
theweare.xyz
September 18, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Hello #GenHour I am not sure where the past week disappeared to 🙃. I have been trying to tidy up some of the profiles in my family history archive on theweare.xyz platform (entailing further research a bit of rewriting) but have had lots of interruptions.
Good morning #GenHour. I would like to know why my 2nd great grandmother, Annie, left her husband and small child and what happened to her? open.substack.com/pub/bjnlsgen...
William, Annie & Some Unanswered Questions
A family mystery concerning Annie [Hicks] Pratt (1862-?) and William Pratt (1862-?). Why did Annie leave William and their daughter? Where did she go? What happened to William?
open.substack.com
September 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Good morning #GenHour. I would like to know why my 2nd great grandmother, Annie, left her husband and small child and what happened to her? open.substack.com/pub/bjnlsgen...
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We’re really looking forward to our #OnePlaceStudies Conference and AGM in November! The conference theme this year is transport, and we have some great talks by brilliant speakers lined up. Free for Society members – why not join up🔗 and join in with this excellent event! #OnePlaceWednesday
September 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
We’re really looking forward to our #OnePlaceStudies Conference and AGM in November! The conference theme this year is transport, and we have some great talks by brilliant speakers lined up. Free for Society members – why not join up🔗 and join in with this excellent event! #OnePlaceWednesday
Hello #GenHour. I haven't managed to get much family history research done this week but I did post this: open.substack.com/pub/bjnlsgen...
Cards from James to Winnie - Correspondence from the First World War
The Treasure Box Series : Cards sent by James Patrick Lowry (1892-1967) to Winnie Darcy [later Coop] and her mother, Emma Mumford [born Veale; previously Darcy].
open.substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Hello #GenHour. I haven't managed to get much family history research done this week but I did post this: open.substack.com/pub/bjnlsgen...
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Our member Lilian Magill has registered the Kootingal-Moonbi General Cemetery One-Place Study🔗 in New South Wales, #Australia, taking the number of registered #OnePlaceStudies to 425!
Visit our Registered Studies🔗 page to begin your exploration of our members’ study places.
#OnePlaceWednesday
Visit our Registered Studies🔗 page to begin your exploration of our members’ study places.
#OnePlaceWednesday
August 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Our member Lilian Magill has registered the Kootingal-Moonbi General Cemetery One-Place Study🔗 in New South Wales, #Australia, taking the number of registered #OnePlaceStudies to 425!
Visit our Registered Studies🔗 page to begin your exploration of our members’ study places.
#OnePlaceWednesday
Visit our Registered Studies🔗 page to begin your exploration of our members’ study places.
#OnePlaceWednesday
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... and now I do. Fascinating story. I have tried to sum it up here: xanthh.substack.com/p/infiltrati...
#OnePlaceWednesday #KarlKunger
#OnePlaceWednesday #KarlKunger
Infiltrating the AEG during the Third Reich
Karl Kunger, 1901-1943
xanthh.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
... and now I do. Fascinating story. I have tried to sum it up here: xanthh.substack.com/p/infiltrati...
#OnePlaceWednesday #KarlKunger
#OnePlaceWednesday #KarlKunger
This week, I have been thinking about some oral family history. #GenHour open.substack.com/pub/bjnlsgen...
Emma's Story - Left Behind in Dunedin
Oral family history: A story passed down from Emma [Veale] [Darcy] Mumford (1873-1954) to her daughter and granddaughter. How accurate is it? Did it really happen? What happened next to Emma?
open.substack.com
August 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This week, I have been thinking about some oral family history. #GenHour open.substack.com/pub/bjnlsgen...
Your #OnePlaceStudy looks interesting @cathyclarke77.bsky.social
I've been making progress on the website for my one-voyage #OnePlaceStudy of the Woodlark 1874 London to Wellington, NZ #GenHour
app.weare.xyz/public/the-w...
app.weare.xyz/public/the-w...
The 'Woodlark' Passengers 1874
We Are [showcasing your family history like never before]
app.weare.xyz
August 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Your #OnePlaceStudy looks interesting @cathyclarke77.bsky.social
Good Morning #GenHour. This week, I have been exploring a box of treasures with a view to researching and writing about some of its contents in the future open.substack.com/pub/bjnlsgen...
Our Treasure Box
From the Treasure Box : An introduction to our treasure box and its past owners - Shirley [Coop] Chapman, Winifred [Darcy] Coop, and Mary Emma [Veale] [Darcy] Mumford.
open.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Good Morning #GenHour. This week, I have been exploring a box of treasures with a view to researching and writing about some of its contents in the future open.substack.com/pub/bjnlsgen...
Thank you for mentioning this @oneplacestudies.bsky.social
Do check out parts 2 and 3 of @janechapman.bsky.social Jane Chapman's Kyeburn Diggings #OnePlaceStudy story, Tragedy on Mt Nobbler:
Part 2 – The Tragedy Unfolds🔗
Part 3 – Two Inquests and a Funeral🔗
#OnePlaceWednesday
Part 2 – The Tragedy Unfolds🔗
Part 3 – Two Inquests and a Funeral🔗
#OnePlaceWednesday
Tragedy on Mt Nobbler - #3 Two Inquests and a Funeral
On 1 August 1891, Alphonso Philip Beer, Robert Blanchard, and James Meikle, died in an avalanche of snow on Mt Nobbler while trying to rescue Thomas Bulger Meikle who was stuck on the mountain.
kyeburndiggingsops.substack.com
August 7, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Thank you for mentioning this @oneplacestudies.bsky.social
I would really like to make it to this if I can get up in time ... I may be in my pyjamas with the video camera off if I do manage it! #OnePlaceStudies
Our next #OnePlaceStudies webinar🔗 for Society members is on Tuesday 12th August, when Joe Saunders @joesaunders1.bsky.social will follow up his presentation at our Conference last year with “Using Social Network Analysis for #OnePlaceStudies.” Not a member? Join up🔗 and join in! #OnePlaceWednesday
July 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I would really like to make it to this if I can get up in time ... I may be in my pyjamas with the video camera off if I do manage it! #OnePlaceStudies
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Our next #OnePlaceStudies webinar🔗 for Society members is on Tuesday 12th August, when Joe Saunders @joesaunders1.bsky.social will follow up his presentation at our Conference last year with “Using Social Network Analysis for #OnePlaceStudies.” Not a member? Join up🔗 and join in! #OnePlaceWednesday
July 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Our next #OnePlaceStudies webinar🔗 for Society members is on Tuesday 12th August, when Joe Saunders @joesaunders1.bsky.social will follow up his presentation at our Conference last year with “Using Social Network Analysis for #OnePlaceStudies.” Not a member? Join up🔗 and join in! #OnePlaceWednesday
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It's #OnePlaceWednesday! Do join us in sharing posts, with the hashtag, about #OnePlaceStudies – a brilliant blend of #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory – at any time during the day. News, views, questions, suggestions, pics, links and general chat relating to this fab field of study are all welcome!
July 16, 2025 at 6:30 AM
It's #OnePlaceWednesday! Do join us in sharing posts, with the hashtag, about #OnePlaceStudies – a brilliant blend of #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory – at any time during the day. News, views, questions, suggestions, pics, links and general chat relating to this fab field of study are all welcome!
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NEW BUSINESS!!! Hampshire, UK based Genealogist. Please see my website thelineagefinder.co.uk for more info.
If you could help me spread the word, I'd be most grateful and if you're looking for some research to be done drop me a message 😀
#Genhour #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
If you could help me spread the word, I'd be most grateful and if you're looking for some research to be done drop me a message 😀
#Genhour #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
July 24, 2025 at 7:37 PM
NEW BUSINESS!!! Hampshire, UK based Genealogist. Please see my website thelineagefinder.co.uk for more info.
If you could help me spread the word, I'd be most grateful and if you're looking for some research to be done drop me a message 😀
#Genhour #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
If you could help me spread the word, I'd be most grateful and if you're looking for some research to be done drop me a message 😀
#Genhour #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
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#GenHour By the way, Newspapers dot com has a sale on right now (saw the news at Genealogy Bargains & in the latest Lost Cousins newsletter). I have it as part of an All-Access sub.
#OnePlaceWednesday #OnePlaceStudies
Did you know you can set alerts at Newspapers dot com to send you an email about new search results for your #OnePlaceStudy?
I had forgotten I had set these alerts, so it was a nice surprise to see news from Devon in Irish newspapers.
Did you know you can set alerts at Newspapers dot com to send you an email about new search results for your #OnePlaceStudy?
I had forgotten I had set these alerts, so it was a nice surprise to see news from Devon in Irish newspapers.
July 24, 2025 at 7:08 PM
#GenHour By the way, Newspapers dot com has a sale on right now (saw the news at Genealogy Bargains & in the latest Lost Cousins newsletter). I have it as part of an All-Access sub.
Good morning from Friday #GenHour ... This week, I have been trying to tidy things up a bit in my #FamilyHistory and #OnePlaceStudy archives on weare.xyz #Genealogy
We Are a genealogy, family history and ancestry archive website builder
WeAre.xyz: a genealogy, family history and ancestry archive website builder
weare.xyz
July 24, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Good morning from Friday #GenHour ... This week, I have been trying to tidy things up a bit in my #FamilyHistory and #OnePlaceStudy archives on weare.xyz #Genealogy
Thanks for posting this @oneplacestudies.bsky.social Yesterday I posted part #2. There is now a link to it at the end of part #1 #oneplacewednesday
ICYMI: Tragedy on Mt Nobbler: #1 Setting the Scene🔗. In 1891, four men from Kyeburn Diggings, New Zealand, died on Mount Nobbler. This is the first of a three-part series of #OnePlaceStudy posts by @janechapman.bsky.social Jane Chapman. #OnePlaceWednesday.
Tragedy on Mt Nobbler: #1 Setting the Scene
On 1 August 1891, Alphonso Philip Beer, Robert Blanchard, and James Meikle, died in an avalanche of snow on Mt Nobbler while trying to rescue Thomas Bulger Meikle who was stuck on the mountain.
kyeburndiggingsops.substack.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Thanks for posting this @oneplacestudies.bsky.social Yesterday I posted part #2. There is now a link to it at the end of part #1 #oneplacewednesday
Good Morning #GenHour This week I published the first of a 3-part series about the 1891 tragedy on Mt Nobbler on my #OnePlaceStudy Substack Publication. Otherwise, I have generally been trying to tidy up my #FamilyHistory Archive - kyeburndiggingsops.substack.com/p/tragedy-on...
Tragedy on Mt Nobbler - #1
On 1 August 1891, Alphonso Philip Beer, Robert Blanchard, and James Meikle, died in an avalanche of snow on Mt Nobbler while trying to rescue Thomas Bulger Meikle who was stuck on the mountain.
kyeburndiggingsops.substack.com
July 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Good Morning #GenHour This week I published the first of a 3-part series about the 1891 tragedy on Mt Nobbler on my #OnePlaceStudy Substack Publication. Otherwise, I have generally been trying to tidy up my #FamilyHistory Archive - kyeburndiggingsops.substack.com/p/tragedy-on...
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Society for #OnePlaceStudies members - don’t forget our editor Colin’s request for articles for Destinations. The deadline is strictly the last day of August but it is helpful for him to know, in advance, if he is to expect something from you. #OnePlaceWednesday
July 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Society for #OnePlaceStudies members - don’t forget our editor Colin’s request for articles for Destinations. The deadline is strictly the last day of August but it is helpful for him to know, in advance, if he is to expect something from you. #OnePlaceWednesday