Donate to Free UK Genealogy's FreePRO project and have your donation matched - only for the next nineteen hours! FreePRO aims to provide a free-to-search probate index (1854-1943). #familyhistory #genealogy donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

Great talk by Susannah Coster via @sogorg.bsky.social today. She made tracing post office ancestors and their history interesting whilst also providing helpful resources and knowledge. #GenHour

TNA will be increasing certain fees on 2nd February next year, particularly requesting military service records. #AncestryHour www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/t...

A man's mission to identify hundreds of unmarked grave plots at New London Road nonconformist cemetery, Chelmsford, Essex. 👇 BBC News - Man's mission to locate graves at old Chelmsford cemetery - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Census enumerators either wrote like calligraphers or like they were being chased. There’s no middle ground. #genealogy #FamilyHistory

Skimming across the ice #1870s style did not have to be a dull affair. Imagine this absolute cluster of colour whizzing by, on some frozen lake past. Movement was absolutely possible too, just check out YouTube for the proof via various makers #FIDMMuseum #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

#GenHour #AncestryHour I think (hope) everyone on here would get a kick out of this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_xV...

Waiting for those cheap cheap wills... Don't mess with me on this gov.uk! #AncestryHour

A teenage fashion fad I could totally get behind. Lead the way, kid!

CA endemic bird Yellow billed magpies, very limited range. Gorgeous, vocal and intelligent Corvids. I hung out with about 20 of them in the oak studded wine country of Paso Robles a few days ago. Always a treat. Lots of interactions with Acorn woodpeckers also, each doing their own thing. 🪶🌿

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp New data sets for UK/Ireland from Ancestry 🚩𝐒𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐤, 𝐆𝐚𝐨𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝟏𝟕𝟗𝟏-𝟏𝟖𝟕𝟖 🚩𝐔𝐊, 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟗-𝟓𝟗 🚩𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐬 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐱 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟔-𝟑𝟏 🚩𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫,𝐖𝐖𝐈𝐈 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 Full list of ALL updates in sceenshot with #AltText as always

It's getting tense watching the wills price hike approach whilst I still haven't had time to even collate a list of what I need! #GenHour

If you're in the vicinity of the British Library this winter, go visit their Secret #Maps exhibition, open until late January. It looks fascinating! #History #FamilyHistory theconversation.com/secret-maps-...

I can only hope this will backfire somehow and a compromise will be made. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

Ah yes, ice cream, that most spooky of autumn treats. #strictly #SCD

Happy Hallowe'en, Merry Samhain - I hope you're enjoying the third and final harvest of the year. #halloween #samhain

Other commitments have kept genealogy at arm's length recently, but the transcriptions continue. I did a happy lil wiggle when I realised I'd have to make another letter chart... I'm fine being odd, yes. #AncestryHour

The new, more accessible #FreeBMD website is up! Check out the About page for all the improvements. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory www.freebmd2.org.uk

Not been able to do much genealogy lately unfortunately, although I did complete a transcription project. Also, my computer is finally fixed! A shiny new C-drive and Windows install means some setup is required, but almost there :) #AncestryHour

Feeling pretty rough from a dentist visit today so couldn't face deciphering my 3x great-grandfather's army service record. I did however notice that he never rose from the rank of Private in nineteen years. #AncestryHour

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

I should be there! #Devon #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

Comparing new #Ancestry ethnicity estimates with old. I miss my Scots already... #Genealogy

Good evening #AncestryHour . I've been ruining my eyes with a document that is ever so slightly blurred, enough that my eyes are constantly trying to bring the words into focus. 😵 I'd take difficult handwriting over this any day.

Question two, just for fun: What are your favourite surnames from your tree? I have to hand it to Bliss, with special mention to Frost, Rose and Fox. #GenHour

Two questions for #GenHour, starting with the referencing. At @strathgenealogy.bsky.social I learned to write out all repeat references in full unless they immediately followed the same reference, in which case 'ibid' was permissible. What method do you prefer when writing citing the same source?

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Today I learned that #Hampshire is also known as Southamptonshire. Although, with more ancestors popping up there, I may need to know a tad more about the place. #AncestryHour

Since upgrading to #FamilyTreeMaker 2024, the software no longer recognises any British place name above county level - is anyone else experiencing this? Do you have any ideas as to why this has happened? I wonder if I've missed a checkbox somewhere... #familyhistory #genealogy

I'm off to a talk soon, so I'll leave my question here: Does anyone know of a good book about 19th century British fashion? With a focus on images. Not detailed construction, just styles and how they changed over the century. #AncestryHour

A golden (belated) #AutumnEquinox to you all. Have some blurry seasonal photos xD

Evening all. During my research today I had the creeping suspicion that my 'due diligence' was actually a rabbithole in disguise... Time to take a step back and write up what I have so far. #AncestryHour

I have very little experience with historical illegitimacy; does anyone know how likely would it have been to send your errant daughter away to gestate/give birth? This was the 1870s. Sorry if that's phrased weirdly, I'm a bit cross-eyed from this research dive. #genealogy #familyhistory

Today I wrote up my current findings on my 2x great-grandmother project to monitor gaps, justifications and strength of evidence. Interestingly, the 'three birthplaces' issue may have more credence than I first expected. She may well have been born in Torquay but raised in Bradford Parish! #GenHour

Hello #GenHour, just got home, into dry clothes and under a blanket with a big cup of tea after getting caught in the storm. I wonder when tea became the favoured beverage of our ancestors...

Good evening #AncestryHour. I had to pry myself away from research today because I was making good headway on my 2x great-grandmother. I had a breakthrough at the weekend of the 'disproved theory' kind, which sounds disappointing, but it was such a relief to clear the way ahead.

Good choices all around.

Learn from the best! #genealogy #familyhistory

Hello #AncestryHour. Internet has improved and a new C-drive should arrive on Thursday, so normal service has almost been resumed. Glad to have made it to #ManuscriptMondays yesterday with only a few technical glitches.

Congratulations to the wonderful @juderhodes.bsky.social on her new appointment! #Yorkshire #genealogy #familyhistory @pharostutors.bsky.social

My C-drive packed in on Wednesday and we lost internet on Thursday. Only able to pop online briefly using mobile data right now. Thankfully, I have cloud saves and an external drive I export to regularly, but working is tricky at the moment. Hoping to have more stable internet sorted by by Tuesday.

I've given my professional genealogy site a new look to better reflect my work in the mill towns of Greater Manchester and Lancashire: cottontownsancestry.com Do drop me a line using the site links if you need a researcher. #genhour #genealogy #familyhistory #ancestry #manchester #lancashire

Missed #GenHour due to internet hiccups, but I wanted to share my happy progress one last time. #genealogy #familyhistory

Whether you're looking to learn or keep up with best practices, Karen is a wonderful teacher. I'll be attending, buffing my methodology to a seamless shine! #Genealogy

A mini milestone 🥳 #AncestryHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

My business is now two months old! I'm really enjoying it. I'd very much appreciate you helping me spread the word: My services include 18-19th century #palaeography, #Devon focused British research and preliminary Swedish #genealogy. Sub-contracts especially welcome. More info: rowenagenealogy.com

7C and raining last night. I guess #autumn? I had to put the heating on - in August! Crazy considering the start of the week was 25C and blazing sun. #BritComplainsAboutWeather

Late to #GenHour this evening: I've been creating spreadsheets covering the 1871-91 England censuses to pinpoint my ancestor Mary Elizabeth PARISH. I was fairly certain of '81 and '91', but there was a wobble in '71 regarding her father's name...

Good evening #GenHour. Nothing to report since #AncestryHour; I've been getting the garden and house in order after some lazy days. Booked a SoG talk, did some businessy reading and started fiddling with a logo is all really.

The latest on my #genealogy reading wishlist: 'Words from Wills and Other Probate Records 1500-1800' by Stuart A Raymond. Currently out of print to my knowledge.