By way of explanation ...
A new publication focused on my one-place study
Some background …
For those of you who subscribe to my other publication, you may recall me posting on 20 November 2024 about how, in addition to my family history research, I had recently started a one-place study. In that post, I told you about what prompted me to start the one-place study. In case you missed it or want to refresh your memory, you can find it here:
Like with my Family History Archives, I am building my One-Place Study Archive on the WeAredotxyz platform … An excellent place to pull together trees, research, media, etc. etc. … Well everything really!
[If you want to know more about that platform check out here for Family History Archives and here for One-Place Study Archives].
The way I see things:
My Archives serve as a shareable repository for all my research and personal family memories - everything pulled together in one place where it can be preserved for future generations and shared with family.
Substack serves as a complementary platform that enables me to push my research out to a wider audience - firstly in the hope of engaging readers who are interested in what I am writing about, and secondly, potentially to make connections with people who have research interests in common with me.
Why a second publication?
At the moment I have two Family History Archives (one for my husband and my biological family and one for my adoptive family). It is the information from these Archives that I share in my publication BJNL’s Genealogy. That publication is about our family history.
My One-Place Study Archive is “a different kettle of fish” (as the saying goes!). While there is an overlap with my husband’s family history1, my one-place study is not predominantly about his or my family history. It’s about a place and the people who had an association with that place - the Kyeburn Diggings. I decided that my one-place study needs a separate publication of its own.
What will the posts be about?
My one-place-study is very new and very much a work in progress.
As I work to add information, documents etc. to the Archive, I will write up narratives about the people and events associated with the Kyeburn Diggings and post them here.
I hope to write here regularly but, at this stage, I am not sure how often.
Where are the Kyeburn Diggings?
The Kyeburn Diggings are located in Central Otago, New Zealand.
The Diggings began not long after the discovery of gold there in 1861 and, for a time, the area was populated by many miners and their families. Coal was also mined there. My research aims to build a picture of the social fabric of the place over time through the lives and interactions of those individuals and families who lived and worked there or had some association with the place.
You can read more about the Kyeburn Diggings and my One-Place Study here
His 2nd great grandparents lived at the Kyeburn Diggings for a few years and raised a family there.
I’m really pleased to see that you’ve decided on this approach. I’ve been thinking about doing same…and overthinking it. You’ve inspired me to stop thinking and just do it.
I really think this is a brilliant approach that leverages the best of each platform, Substack, and the WeAre [xyz] archive. I'm thrilled to see you dive in and your explorations will help others build from your example. Well done, @Jane Chapman.
If I can get it together, I hope to mention this in today's Projectkin LIVE session in the context of the conversion I've planned with @Janet Barrie of the Society for One-Place Studies and the talk she's giving for Projectkin.substack.com later this week.
Our Live session starts at the top of the hour. 😉