This will be my eleventh year of the April A to Z Blog Challenge, where participants post every day of the month except Sundays: 26 times, with a post for every letter of the alphabet.
This year, 2024, I will be writing about the parish of Whitmore in Staffordshire, England, in the mid-nineteenth century, when my 4th great grandfather Rowland Mainwaring (1782–1862) lived there.
I was inspired to look at Whitmore by a series of presentations given last September by the Society for One-Place Studies to celebrate its 10th anniversary.
For me in Ballarat, Australia, Whitmore is on the far side of the world. Fortunately, a great many of its records have survived, and I can visit—virtually—the home of my 4th grandfather as it was two hundred years ago.
I look forward to sharing what I have learned.
PAST A TO Z CHALLENGE POSTS
Wikitree:
- Whitmore, Staffordshire One Place Study
- Rowland Mainwaring (1782 – 1862), my 4th great grandfather
Anne's Family History 
I look forward to a busy April following and learning from your excellent and working on my entries.
I’ll be joining you on the challenge this year.
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Looking forward to following along again at https://ballau.blogspot.com/
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I’m looking forward to following through from AtoZ on your One Place Study Anne. I love the lithograph of Whitmore.
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Looking forward to following along your Haverfordwest study too https://haverfordwesthistory.com/
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This should be interesting as I lived in Staffordshire for a year in 2004 and look forward to learning about Whitmore.
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Look forward to following along of another year of your writing at https://argonautsite.wordpress.com/
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Great theme. I admire people like you, who take time to dig into their family’s history.
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Thank you for visiting – I am very excited to read about the lost generation in your posts this year at https://theoldshelter.com/category/blog/
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Stopping in to take a look at your theme and wish you a happy March and a wonderful April. Can’t wait to read more during April! ♥
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Looking forward to seeing you again this year.
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I know it will be interesting to follow your family via engravings and records. Looking forward to it.
https://findingeliza.com/archives/42540
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Good luck!
Ronel visiting for Theme Reveal for A to Z Blogging Challenge 2024
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Good luck on the challenge. See you in April
Debbie
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One Place study sounds interesting. Good luck.
<a href=“https://nydamprintsblackandwhite.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-to-z-2024-theme-revelation.html”>A-Z Challenge: Magical Botany</a>
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How wonderful that you have many records to research, as you said in your post. Looking forward to reading about Whitmore. I’ll have to learn more about One-Place Studies.
https://karenaboutgenealogy.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-to-z-challenge-theme-reveal.html
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Great theme choice for the A to Z challenge! Looking forward to the rest of your alphabet journey!
My topic (here: https://gritandgrace2015.blogspot.com/2024/03/atozchallenge-theme-announcement.html ) may not have as much appeal for everyone, but I’m going to give it a try 🙂
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Looks like a good theme. I look forward to reading along and learning some tips and tricks for researching from afar. What would we do without the Internet?
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Here we are again and I am looking forward to your investigation of Whitmore – any one subject view is a lense on the wider history but in a novel way…
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I’ve never had the opportunity to visit England (or Australia, though I have family there), but I look forward to learning more about Whitmore and what you’ve learned about your 4th great-grandfather.
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Fantastic theme you’ve chosen for the A to Z challenge! Can’t wait to see what you have in store for the next letters of the alphabet.
https://whiskeyandwhispers.blogspot.com/2024/03/unveiling-my-atozchallenge-theme-genre.html
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Fantastic theme reveal! I can’t wait to explore your posts during the A to Z challenge in April. Wishing you all the best as you embark on this creative journey. Here’s a link to mine – https://hellfireandchaos.blogspot.com/2024/03/atozchallenge-theme-announcement.html
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Thanks for visiting. Good luck with the return to blogging and the challenge
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Exciting theme reveal! I’m looking forward to following your A-to-Z journey throughout April. Best of luck with the challenge. I’ve restarted my blog and deleted all the old content since I’ve been away for about 10 years and am coming back with the A-to-Z Challenge, hopefully it’ll give me some blog theme motivation and some dedicated readers. My theme is here: https://illusionsofchaos.blogspot.com/2024/03/hello-again-atozchallenge-theme-reveal.html
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thanks for visiting. Good luck with the challenge,
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What an interesting topic! I’m keen to see what you write about.
I’ll be doing my A to Z of me and my inspirations – hopefully I’ll be giving people some ideas about what I’m doing and why I’m writing what I do. And shedding a bit more light on something that happened to me in October.
https://kaiberie.com/blog/2024/03/15/atoz-challenge-2024/
Kai
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Thanks for visiting – it sounds as if you have a busy month of writing planned.
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Looking forward to seeing your One Place Study posts. Mine too is a One Place Study blog
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Thanks for visiting – really looking forward to following along with another one place study. My husband had forebears from the Cuckfield area. https://cuckfieldcompendium.blogspot.com/
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