Snowdrops and Hellebores at North Cerney House Gardens. #Nationalsnowdropday.

No wonder the orange toddler is unhinged once again. The Obamas are competent, classy, loving, Harvard and Princeton graduates, loved by many, not on the Epstein files, got the Nobel Peace Prize, and gave us a steady economy to boot. Repost this if you agree they are AMAZING and an inspiration!

Grace. Respect. Love.

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory Do you have Ancestry's new "Ideas" feature in beta, which uses AI to offer research suggestions? What do you think? I tried it with 2 #ancestors, will test on more ancestors. My initial reaction: climbingmyfamilytree.blogspot.com/2026/01/ance... #GenHour #AncestryHour

If you’re searching for people on the 1939 Register, I notice that Find my Past is ahead of Ancestry on opening redacted entries. #Genealogy #Family

Went to my local library this morning to do a bit of research for my current book project and my goodness such a life-affirming space! There was an adult being taught to read on the next table, children enjoying story time, countless people taking out books. So grateful for our libraries ❤️

As you may be aware, Peter Calver, who ran the Lost Cousins #genealogy website, died on Monday. He hoped that Lost Cousins members would “add a few more ancestors to the database” rather than send condolences. If you have a #OnePlaceStudy, you could add your OPS residents by following this guidance.

Did you know our nursing history collection holds nearly 5,000 pamphlets - many over 100 years old? We are working to make them easier to access for members and researchers by: 🔍 Improving search records 📜 Checking each pamphlet’s condition 📷 Identifying digitisation opportunities #HistNursing

New to the @heritagewshc.bsky.social Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre blog: A new dating technique for historic buildings. When dendrochronology failed and carbon-14 dating didn't match what was known about certain roof truss features, another technique was tried... #OnePlaceWednesday

This #MapMonday we're taking you back in time ⌛ We've just added over 9,000 out of copyright Ordnance Survey maps published in 1975 to our Map Images website. What did your neighbourhood look like fifty years ago? 🗺️ 🔗: maps.nls.uk/additions/#191 #MoreMaps

The remains of an Anglo- Saxon pony buried alongside 2 people at Leiston, Suffolk found in an excavation ahead of the building of the Sizewell C nuclear power plant. 👇 BBC News - Princely burial with horse unearthed at Sizewell C excavation - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A busy start to the year. Yesterday I wrote a piece for @familytreeplus.bsky.social and today I'm preparing for my first talk of 2026. I'm proud to be delivering the opening session of the @sogorg.bsky.social course on Crime and Punishment portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/1... It's not too late to book

They’ve arrived.

Food for thought!!!

The first new stories of 2026 are now available - 7 Ulster Linen Workers #FamilyHistory #WomensHistory #SocialHistory #Genealogy www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/new-sto...

A Snow Bunting running across the field for #BirdOfTheDay #Snowy

Ordered and looking forward to it.

In 1847, James Y. Simpson became the 1st surgeon to use chloroform as an anaesthetic during childbirth. Indeed, the 1st baby born under the drug’s influence was nicknamed Anaesthesia! Duncan Flockhart & Co. Ltd were the 1st British manufacturers of chloroform. #histmed #medicalhistory #skystorians

New TV programme about #railwaystations starts this Thursday on #More4. First one features York, when I'll have a few words to say. www.channel4.com/programmes/b...

Sure to be of interest to #LocalHistory / #OnePlaceStudies folk! At Grassington on Saturday 2nd May 2026 from 9.30am to 4pm. Speakers: Esther Rutter, Jude Rhodes, Sally Robinson and David Cant.

As we welcome in the #NewYear2026, a reminder about the Railway Work, Life & Death project. Looking at accidents to British & Irish railway staff before 1939, last year we added 69,000 more records to our free project database! More here:

Great to hear.

Sad news: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0...

William Parr, the electrician from Wigan who went down to the engine room of the Titanic & kept the lights on & the lifeboats davits working as it sank. 👇 BBC News - Titanic hero who kept the lights on as doomed line sank - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

As well as publishing the December issue of Destinations today, our website has been updated with the first 6 of our #OnePlaceStudy blogging, vlogging and social media prompts for 2026. These prompts are for anyone seeking inspiration for their OPS-related blog and social media posts—and videos too!

Emily Brontë died on this day 1848 at Haworth. Solitary and reclusive, the most mysterious of the Brontës.

A hearty thank you to @adultadoptee.bsky.social for letting me speak to their members about the work we do at @projectinfant.ie in trying to restore the names of those who died in mother and baby homes, industrial schools & Magdalene Laundries around Ireland… watch here! ⬇️ youtu.be/eJJ9TjeauJU?...

With thanks to our excellent guests, who can be found on Bluesky here! 🙌 @scientistsoph.bsky.social @miagen.bsky.social @janetfew.bsky.social @whoamiftr.bsky.social @cherrytreeheritage.bsky.social @chiddickstree.bsky.social @janehamlett.bsky.social @researchdogsbody.bsky.social

An hour ago, on Sunk Island in East Yorkshire, the sky lit up with #aurora. Dancing pillars and vivid reds to the naked eye, despite the almost full Moon! Welcome to winter! 💃

Prices going up everywhere! www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/tna-fee...

Someone had to start somewhere!

This is great! @pharostutors.bsky.social are featured in the FamilyTreeDNA Gift Guide! I LOVE being a Pharos Tutor 🥰

Nature in action!

The variation in dialects, even within counties, is one of the best aspects of our country. So interesting.

She is largely forgotten because the Titanic sank the day before. Harriet Quimby was the first woman to make a solo flight across the English Channel from Dover to Boulogne on 16th April 1912 using a plane borrowed from Louis Bleriot. /1 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Well worth coming along to this public lecture if you can make it - from my @uophistory.bsky.social friend & colleague, @karlbell.bsky.social! 👇

Where there’s a Will - there IS a way! If you need a guiding hand researching or deciphering a Last Will and Testament - help is at hand. Why not let your fingers do the talking and tap a message to [email protected]? #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

A landmark moment. Supervisor Connie Chan led a unanimous San Francisco Board of Supervisors resolution honoring the #InternetArchive & establishing Internet Archive Day. archive.org/embed/establ... 🧵 More ⤵️ blog.archive.org/2025/11/03/s... #Wayback1T

We’re still checking transcripts of Hearth Tax lists for Yorkshire North Riding before publishing them on Hearth Tax Digital. There are about 11,000 entries on my rough calculation. So checking them all is taking a while. We’ll keep posting tidbits here to whet appetites.

If anyone's curious about WeAre.xyz collaborative archiving platform, I'm presenting to GeneBloggers Sun 9th at 3pm ET. Will meander over ancestral country lanes, Kansas creeks & WW1 trenches; support from Kevin the drone #FamilyHistory #Genealogy Free, register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

We are deeply saddened by the loss of Greg Newby, who led Project Gutenberg ( @gutenberg.org ) with passion and purpose. Greg’s belief in free and open access to knowledge continues to inspire us and so many others working to preserve our shared culture online. gutenberg.org/about/newby....

Not all knocker-uppers were men. Mrs Bowers, of Sacriston, County Durham, was a familiar sight with her dog Jack. She got up at 1am each day to wake miners, starting in world war one and continuing for many years (Beamish Museum).

That well known place in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire! Thanks Ancestry for the good laugh. Nil points for accuracy.

In 1848, railroad worker Phineas Gage survived a 13-pound iron rod blasting through his skull. He lived, but his personality was never the same. His accident would change how we understand the brain forever. 🧵/1

Are you exhausted by the world? Come take refuge in my weird and wonderful corner of #Bluesky - where I post medical history content that will make you happy to live in 2025! Medieval urine wheels! Opium toothpaste! Cemetery guns! I got it all. I love sharing my passion for this niche subject.

What a fabulous day we’ve been having, chatting to people about Pharos courses, meeting some of our students and catching up with old friends #TheFamilyHistoryShow #Genealogy