#oneplace10 — Public Fediverse posts

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Hellen Nicholson was born on 17 September 1861 in Brims #Orkney youngest child of Ralph Nicholson, fisherman, and Helen Ritch. She married Alexander Groat, baker & grocer, in 1885 (2nd wife). They had nine sons. She died at Northrow, South Walls in 1911 from TB. Her descendants still run the local shop. #OnePlaceStudy #OnePlace10 #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

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Barbara Swanson was baptised on 13 Sept 1830 in Walls, #Orkney, #Scotland, daughter of William Swanson and Elizabeth Sandison, from the Rinnigill area. In 1855, Barbara married William Melvin, a ship’s carpenter from Cava, Orkney, who died in 1861. They had two children, William and Elizabeth (died in her teens). Barbara then lived with her brother George in Rinnigill where she died in 1900. #OnePlaceStudy #OnePlace10 #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Geneadons

#OnePlace10 ideas? How about Ten Things about your place? Ten favourite pictures / documents relating to your #OnePlaceStudy. The Top Ten occupations, or surnames, and how they changed over time. A #HouseHistory of number 10 in your #StreetStudy (or a street in your wider OPS). Ten interesting people from your place, or a family can follow for ten generations. If your study has been going for ten years or more, what has changed in that time? Or look ahead to what the next ten years might bring!