Did someone in your family serve in the Merchant Navy? Simon Wills reveals how you can trace them in the surviving crew lists: www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

The Society for One-Place Studies supports and promotes Studies and their owners, and educates the public about the benefits of running One-Place Studies. www.familyhistoryfederation.com/societies-th...

The first historical reference to ‘Ros Venych’ was in a charter of 1230 in which Llywelyn sanctions the purchase of the land by Ednyfed. The name was changed to Llandrillo during the reign of Henry VIII. #rhosonsea #llandrilloynrhos #bryneuryn #northwales #wales #localhistory

Today would have been Richard Burton’s 100th birthday Did you know that he was invited to appear in pantomime at Porthcawl in 1971? The invitation came from entertainer Stan Stennett. You can read more about it on our blog: bit.ly/49U00dG

If you missed our October #OnePlaceStudies webinar—or if you want to watch it again—a link to the recording is now available in the Members’ Area of our website. Access to recordings of many past webinars and conference presentations is one of the benefits of Society membership, a bargain at £10!

#WorldRadiographyDay & back in the day we had an X-ray dept. Bill Sutherland, Head of medical physics, identified by his daughter over on Insta (a few yrs back) thank you Who remembers the X-ray dept & where it was? #XRayDay #HistNursing #MentalHealthHistory #RadiographyDay

We’re improving access to important #digitalcollections - whether it be a volunteer nurse’s reaction to a declaration of war, a poignant letter from a child to her father on the front-line during #WWI or a handwritten diary by a nineteenth century British socialite! 🎉 #digitalarchives #WDPD2025 🎉

Rydym yn gwella mynediad at gasgliadau digidol pwysig - p'un a yw'n ymateb nyrs wirfoddol i ddatganiad rhyfel, llythyr ingol gan blentyn at ei thad ar y rheng flaen yn ystod y Rhyfel Byd Cyntaf neu ddyddiadur mewn llawysgrifen gan gymdeithaswr Prydeinig o'r bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg! 🎉#WDPD2025 🎉

For this month’s #ExploreYourArchive theme of #religion, we have an extract from the 1913 issue of The Swan talking about their #ChristianUnion. The Swan was the college magazine for the Swansea Training College. #UWTSDlib #EYAReligion

Happy #WorldDigitalPreservationDay! 🎉 We harness the exceptional knowledge of individuals across Wales – and beyond - to help improve information about, and access to, historic collections 🎉 #digitalarchives #volunteerproject #WDPD2025 #preservation🎉

Diwrnod Cadwraeth Ddigidol y Byd Hapus! 🎉 Rydym yn manteisio ar wybodaeth eithriadol am unigolion ledled Cymru - a thu hwnt - i helpu i wella gwybodaeth am gasgliadau hanesyddol, a mynediad atynt 🎉 #Archifaudigidol #Prosiectgwirfoddoli #WDPD2025

🎉 It’s World Digital Preservation Day! 🎉Watch a brand new #WDPD2025 vlog and hear directly from the Modern Records Centre at the University of Warwick on why they preserve their digital records👉🏼 👀 buff.ly/jOW1WZq #WhyPreserve #LetsCelebrate #digitalpreservation #DigitalPreservationCoalitio

Discover your #Yorkshire ancestors as millions of Doncaster family history records go online: www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

It's World Digital Preservation Day down under and soon everywhere else in the world! #WhyPreserve? This video explains. youtu.be/81H1nZzO3SA?... #WDPD2025

The documentation associated with the poor laws often provides valuable key information for family historians; in particular, information which relates to an ancestor's parish of birth. www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/settlement-a...

Our 2025 #OnePlaceStudies Conference and AGM is just two and a half weeks away! Don’t miss out on this excellent event – for just £10 you can join us as a member, join in with this and our monthly webinars, and enjoy our other membership benefits! #OnePlaceWednesday

#OTD 1839 • The Chartist Uprising at Newport 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Reports suggest that some seven or eight thousand men marched on the Westgate Hotel. It is thought that around 50 were injured and some 22 of the Chartists were killed. www.peoplescollection.wales/content/newp... #Wales ##History

Are you an archaeologist in the UK? Please fill out this survey for BAJR @bajr-badger.bsky.social for reporting on economic conditions for archaeologists! survey.app.do/archaeologis...

Lots of #WikiTreeWeek2025 recordings are accumulating on YouTube, including New Member How-To presentations which you might find useful if you have been considering @wikitree.bsky.social as a potential online home for your #OnePlaceStudy. Check out the playlist on #OnePlaceWednesday

Rising through the fog the Tees Transporter Bridge seems half dream, half memory, a ghost of the industrial age suspended above the river. Linking Middlesbrough and Port Clarence, it is both monument and machine: Image: Middlesbrough Transporter Bridge, The Joy of All Things CC BY-SA 4.0

💫 New Theme! 💫 The new #ExploreYourArchive monthly theme for November is #EYAReligion / #EYASpirituality ✨ We can’t wait to see your posts for this theme - make sure to tag us and use the hashtags! 😊

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"Plan of proposed Smithfield at Menai Bridge" Dyddiad/Date: d.d. / n.d. PN/VIII/5660

#PostcardTuesday From my husband’s grandad to his wife from the trenches #WW1 We have dozens of them in an album

Great to see that people can also attend Ian Mortimer's talk online. One for south west folk too: the lecture examines how life would have appeared to the people who lived in his house in Moretonhampstead, on the edge of Dartmoor, from the Middle Ages to now. #EarlyModern 🗃️ #Dartmoor #Devon

Registration for our 'New Approaches to Writing Women's Histories' event is now LIVE! Please do join us next Wednesday, 5 November 2025 at 4pm GMT for a fascinating discussion with Kaia Alderson and Gráinne Lyons. More details here: womenshistorynetwork.org/sign-up-now-...

Roedd hi’n hyfryd ymweld â Llyfrgell Aberpennar y bore ma y gyflwyno sgwrs ar gasgliadau glo Archifau Morgannwg. Diolch yn fawr i bawb ddaeth draw i wrando.

The 1905 show included “competitions in butter, eggs, trussed poultry and table decorations, the latter being for the benefit of domestic servants”. The 1910 show set subjects for children “desirous of encouraging nature study”. #colwynbay #northwales #wales #localhistory #gardening

It was great to visit Mountain Ash Library this morning to give a talk on the coal collections at Glamorgan Archives. A big thank you to everyone who came along.

Are you adopted, or trying to trace an adopted child in your family history? Here's how you can find adoption records: www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

🎞️ New talk available online! Eating with the Tudors: Dietary Changes in Tudor England by Brigitte Webster @tudorfoodrecipe.bsky.social is now available to watch on our YouTube channel youtu.be/dN4RSI1X4w0 #eatingwiththetudors #brigittewebster #tudordiet #norfolkrecordoffice

🚨 Amelia King, volunteering for the Women's Land Army in 1943, was rejected by Essex farmers. This week's Substack post on John Scurr House in Stepney looks at the racial discrimination suffered by residents and its later redevelopment. municipaldreams.substack.com/p/john-scurr...

Brilliant news! So pleased for Aber, and for everyone who helped make this happen.

If you enjoy reading my historical ramblings, subscribe to my Substack ✍️🏻 IT'S FREE! Here's a brilliant testimonial I received from one of my subscribers 😀 hellohistoria.substack.com #Wales #History

Listen to our new episode with Dr Jessica Young on #assisteddying in #NewZealand #Aotearoa #Academsky #Healthsky podcasts.apple.com/fi/podcast/t...

The BBC will be celebrating the life and times of Welsh icon Richard Burton this Autumn, marking 100 years since his birth with the debut of the feature film, Mr Burton

Did someone in your family work for the Post Office? Here's how to find their employment record online: www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

Do you have Scottish ancestors? Discover how to trace their lives online with our research guide 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

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This coming week (Tuesday 4 November), we look forward to meeting all those attending #HistDay25 @ihr.bsky.social and @senatehouselib.bsky.social: bit.ly/4nvfl9v We'll be bringing badges and our new set of postcards #Skystorians

We’ll be attending #HistDay25 on Tuesday 4 November at @senatehouselib.bsky.social. Come visit us to find out more about Amelia B Edwards and what our collections reveal about the early days of British Egyptology. ℹ️https://buff.ly/OIC0ba8 @ihr.bsky.social #LGBTQ #History #QueerHistory

www.bbc.co.uk/cymrufyw/ert... #Aberystwyth #Ceredigion

The Book of Secrets, winner of the Gold Dagger for best crime novel of 2025, is 99p on kindle for a limited time. Sorcery, mystery, sisterhood. Based on a real poisoning case from 17th century Rome. www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Secrets...

“Plan of Treban and Penrhiw in the parish of Llanbeulan. Includes sketch of the front prospect of Treban” Surveyor : J. Thomas Dyddiad / Date: 1828 MC/3/119

The best of times for many women in the War - independent, a purpose in life, friendship, decent wages and not a skivvy - but often at a great price. #womenshistory #RemembranceDay #LestWeForget www.facebook.com/groups/14689...

I'm very much looking forward to giving this #public #lecture at CCCU in #Canterbury on Wednesday 26 November. All very welcome - book your free place via the link: www.canterbury.ac.uk/events/2025/... @cccubookshop.bsky.social #history #book #event #free

The Chester to Bangor railway opened for passengers in 1848 and the original station for the town was in Old Colwyn. The opening of the railway made possible the development of the coastal resorts of Rhyl, Colwyn Bay and Llandudno. #colwynbay #rhyl #llandudno #northwales #railways #localhistory

Nos Galan Gaeaf: the traditional Welsh celebration being eclipsed by modern #Halloween 🎃👻 theconversation.com/nos-galan-ga... #CalanGaeaf #NosGalanGaeaf #Folklore #Wales

Heddiw yw Calan Gaeaf! Sut byddwch chi’n dathlu? Dyma boster yn hysbysebu Dawns Fawreddog Calan Gaeaf yn Neuadd y Gweithwyr, Cwm Ogwr, ar Ddydd Gwener 31 Hydref 1969. Darparwyd bar trwyddedig, bwffe cyw iâr, a chludiant adref hwyr! Yr oll er fudd Cronfa Adeiladu Sgowtiaid Cwm Ogwr.

Today is Halloween! How will you be celebrating? Here’s a poster advertising a Grand Halloween Dance at Ogmore Vale Workmen’s Hall, held on Friday 31 October 1969. There was a licensed bar, a chicken buffet, and late transport home was provided! All in aid of the Ogmore Valley Scout Building Fund.