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

Holy SHIT they've identified an actual biomarker!!!

Thanks to everyone who tuned in to my Legacy webinar last month. ☺️ If you missed it, it’s in the Legacy library along with my two other talks!

Chuffed to be one of the top ten Legacy webinars for September with Ancestors on the Margins. You can listen to it and loads of other great #FamilyHistory webinars here familytreewebinars.com/top-10-genea...

Absolutely. Life does not move in convenient straight lines.

Shame there aren’t a few more to list thanks to Mr Beeching. Not much forward thinking was there…

I’ve not come across the label ‘sheroes’ before. I like it.

136 years ago, on the 28th of September 1889, the length of a metre was defined by the General Conference on Weights and Measures. States participating received not only new prototype metres but also thermometers to guarantee measurement at the correct temperature. #otd #history 🗃️

From our blog archive: T is for Timetables, or perhaps more accurately, T is for Timetables Past. Steve Pickthall provides a quick guide to tracking down timetables for travel services that people in some of our #OnePlaceStudies might have used, including stagecoaches, buses, and of course – trains!

Today is the 200th anniversary of the 1st steam-hauled passenger journey on the Stockton & Darlington Railway! Find out more about railway work, the people who did it, & the risks they faced in our thread. 👇 #Railway200

Essential reading for genealogists, whether you have Scottish ancestry or not… scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2025/09/ance...

A great resource.

Just had a very interesting tour of the Metropolitan Police Museum, which included the toilet door from Rillington Place, the bath from the Brides in the Bath murder and various other artefacts which have helped shape police procedures over the years. Worth a visit if you’re in the area!

Today my computer told me it was hibernating. I know how it feels.

Nothing changes!

Looking forward to reading this.

The weather tells me it’s definitely autumn and so does the TV schedule. Tonight is the Last Night of the Proms, which includes a special performance of Bohemian Rhapsody to mark its 50th anniversary

Slightly diminish a book: The Lion, the Witch and the Garderobe.

Will you be one of our volunteers? #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #WomensHistiry #SocialHistory #UlsterHistory www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/forgott...

This from a few days ago in the @ft.com.web.brid.gy - but surely the headline should read ‘von der Leyen saved by paper maps - and a pilot who could still use them’!

Rip was a stray dog adopted by the Poplar ARP (Air Raid Precautions) in East London during the Second World War. During the Blitz, he helped locate people and animals buried in the debris after an air raid. He's pictured here in August 1941. A furry frontliner!

Beautiful sculptures.

Exciting news to share here - I've been appointed as the inaugural Scientist in Residence at The Mixed Museum! My work will centre around the use of #DNA testing to unite #science and #history, in particular through parent & grandparent tracing #scicomm mixedmuseum.org.uk/news/the-mix...

Just listening to Earth Song by Michael Jackson as I work and a spider gently abseiled down on its silk from above and then went back up again. Discerning creature.

Cirencester, Gloucestershire #BenchmarkMonday

I’m so excited that my very good friend Jude has joined the Pharos team 🥰🎉 If you have Yorkshire ancestors, this course is a must! #Yorkshire #YorkshireAncestors #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

Can never have too many maps.

We’ve all done it!

A fantastic achievement. Well done Gloucestershire Archives! #Archives

@thegenealogist.bsky.social releases over half a million #clergy records from 1890–1952, covering Anglican (Crockford’s) and Methodist ministers, plus London Diocesan Succession - Diamond subscribers. #ancestors

Looking for a professional genealogist or archival researcher in England and Wales? Look on our Directory to find an AGRA Member or Associate. agra.org.uk/memberbrowse

This is my 17th blogiversary! I've written more than 1900 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory blog posts and connected with so many cousins and readers through my blog. Looking forward to more blogging and more connections! #Blogger climbingmyfamilytree.blogspot.com/2025/08/cele...

It’s always such a privilege to help families uncover hidden chapters of their history. This kind feedback truly means the world to me. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #WWIIHistory #MilitaryResearch #FamilyStories #WeWillRememberThem

And another precious piece of history on the brink… www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Extraordinary that, although Grade 1 listed, a building such as this can be so neglected. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Bottom of a Stink Pipe, one of two found in Lechlade on Thames, Gloucestershire. Set above sewers, they were put there to vent gases. Most date from the Victorian period. #Familywiseltd

Monday Motivation 💜 This week’s spotlight is shining on Ancestral Enquiries, who shares a photograph of a rare old mileage sign!  #Genealogy

Key European leaders rallying around Zelensky, traveling with him to DC, is what leadership looks like.