Liz Craig
@willsmanonename.bsky.social
Tracing my #FamilyHistory in 🏴 & 🏴 Passionate about #OnePlaceStudies, #LocalHistory & cats. Practicing my photography skills.
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Usually only follow history accounts!
My websites & socials 👉🏻 https://linktr.ee/WillsmanOneNa
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
Gravestone commemorating several nuns in #HighlandRoadCemetery in #Southsea #31DaysOfGraves
Day 19: social group - nuns
Day 19: social group - nuns
October 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Gravestone commemorating several nuns in #HighlandRoadCemetery in #Southsea #31DaysOfGraves
Day 19: social group - nuns
Day 19: social group - nuns
Gravestone commemorating several nuns - the other side ofthe gravestone i just posted but forgot to attach this image #31DaysOfGraves
Day 19: social group
Day 19: social group
October 19, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Gravestone commemorating several nuns - the other side ofthe gravestone i just posted but forgot to attach this image #31DaysOfGraves
Day 19: social group
Day 19: social group
October 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 17: Relocated. This is #Glanamman, where one of my earliest Jones ancestors is buried. Unfortunately I don’t know exactly where in this churchyard he is, as all the graves - including his - have been relocated to the edges. But I’m very glad they’re still there!
Day 17: Relocated. This is #Glanamman, where one of my earliest Jones ancestors is buried. Unfortunately I don’t know exactly where in this churchyard he is, as all the graves - including his - have been relocated to the edges. But I’m very glad they’re still there!
October 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 17: Relocated. This is #Glanamman, where one of my earliest Jones ancestors is buried. Unfortunately I don’t know exactly where in this churchyard he is, as all the graves - including his - have been relocated to the edges. But I’m very glad they’re still there!
Day 17: Relocated. This is #Glanamman, where one of my earliest Jones ancestors is buried. Unfortunately I don’t know exactly where in this churchyard he is, as all the graves - including his - have been relocated to the edges. But I’m very glad they’re still there!
Oh yes! Definitely!
October 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Oh yes! Definitely!