My one-place study of Dunster is registered with The Society for One-Place Studies and The One Place Studies Directory. Both have an active social media presence, and are extremely supportive and helpful to anyone who is, or is thinking of, undertaking a one-place study. In case you’re wondering what a one-place study is, The Society for One Place Studies says “A one-place study (OPS) considers people and families in their physical and social context in any location across the globe.” It’s where family history and local history come together. By studying the physical, social and historical environment in which your ancestors lived, you can really find out what their day to day lives were like.

Those of us on Twitter tweet about our progress every Wednesday, using the hashtag #OnePlaceWednesday. It’s an all day event, drop in when you can. To encourage people to share stories from the places they are researching, Steve Jackson of The Society for One-Place Studies came up with the wonderful idea of blogging prompts. These are the prompts for the next 6 months, starting in January:

So, if you’d like to learn more about Dunster and its historical inhabitants, look out for updates here, or follow me on Twitter. I will also be adding more information to the website to help you research your own Dunster ancestors. Transcribed records will form part of that content. But in this blog, I would like to try to bring historical Dunster to life for you.