#MeetTheTutors Janet Few @janetfew.bsky.social‬ completed her doctorate at the University of Exeter, researching migration patterns in nineteenth century North Devon. Find out more about Janet: www.pharostutors.com/janet-few

To me the sign that Christmas is coming isn't the advertisements, songs on the wireless, or holiday cards... It's me having to tell people that Coca Cola didn't invent or dress Santa 98342 billion times a day... ;) More here; fakehistoryhunter.net/2021/12/03/c...

On this day in 1861 Maria Cardell nee Withenbury died. Was she my 3x great Grandmother? www.grannystales.co.uk/marysparents #FamilyHistory #BrickWall #Genealogy

My grandfather was born 137 years ago today. Here's just a snippet about him www.grannystales.co.uk/albanyswatch #FamilyHistory

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4 more linen worker stories #WomensHistory #FamilyHistory #Genealogy www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/two-sar...

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Some Buckinghamshire ancestry and carpentry on Granny's Tales this month #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Heirlooms www.grannystales.co.uk/post/this-mo...

Always have fun being part of one of these podcasts - I'm on Heirlooms this time.

Good #genealogy news in the U.K.

Another #SpeakerSaturday and this week it is Sue Swalwell in the spotlight. Sue’s presentation will be Five Girls in the Attic: glimpses of the childhood of the five female caretakers of the family archive. Still a few conference places left www.devonfhs.org.uk/devon-fhs-co...

What’s all the Black Friday Lark? contains family history related offers Today may or may not be Black Friday. I can confirm it is a Friday for all you retired types who aren’t quite sure. Black Friday now seems to last several weeks so if it is THE Black Friday is debatable. It is something that…

Currently available in the Black Friday Sale - this course is always fun to lead

Today's challenges thehistoryinterpreter.com/2025/11/24/t...

Technological Challenges and Other Frustrations So the day began with attempting to download my long awaited copy of Nathan Dylan Goodwin’s latest Morton book to my Kindle (other ereaders are available). Not totally straightforward as I deliberately purchased it in a new way, thus avoiding too…

Fancy joining my Heirlooms Workshop 10 January £5? What makes an heirloom’? Why are certain items passed on? What impacts on the creation, curation * preservation of the family archive? Participants will put together the story of an heirloom of their own. www.devonfhs.org.uk/product/heir...

Loads of good courses out there - including some from me

This #SpeakerSaturday we are spotlight Mia Bennett @miagen.bsky.social . Mia is a professional genealogist specialising in DNA and a well-known speaker. Her presentation title is still to be announced but is being sponsored by @thegenealogist.bsky.social

New entry to the Ancestors Lost by Suicide Project talking abt what little is known of the life of Timothy Davies of Lampeter. He's the last of 3 from his family included in the project. Also links to resources on how to support youth having a rough time. #Genealogy genealcymru.com/2025/11/14/a...

Continuing the occasional series of vintage and strangely inappropriate greetings cards for Thanksgiving... I would suggest that perhaps "For a Happy Thanksgiving" you should not issue your small child with a large axe and tell them to forage for their own dinner.

Just deleted my account at the other place having not used it for a year. Sense of satisfaction in doing so. Have almost as many followers here as there now and really didn't want to continue to support it.

Latest Granny's Tales additions www.grannystales.co.uk/post/this-mo...

Day 4 Huskies I knew I’d regret consuming so much of the complementary champagne, especially as I rarely drink - only had a glass but it prevented me from sleeping, except of course when I should have been awake Northern Lights spotting! Breakfast in the igloo is a challenge. It is a lovely…

A mixture of #FamilyHistory Christmas cooking and bathroom renovations thehistoryinterpreter.com/2025/11/15/c...

Christmas Cooking, a Little about Family History and a Bathroom Blitz Traditionally in my house stir-up whatever day of the week it is is in October half-term. This year was no exception and I was joined on Zoom by some descendants for synchronised cake making. Said descendants don’t make pudding,…

This #SpeakerSaturday we are highlighting Pamela Vass who will be speaking at next year's conference on Reason or Rebellion? Women’s Campaign for the Vote in Devon. Just 20 rooms and 15 day delegate places left www.devonfhs.org.uk/devon-fhs-co...

My Elusive Ancestors @pharostutors.bsky.social online course starts Monday, still room for more - Come and find those pesky mobile ancestors. Sledge-hammer at the ready to break down #genealogy brick walls www.pharostutors.com/elusive-ance... #familyhistory

Three rare Bronze Age & Iron Age boats unearthed at Must Farm, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire go on display for the first time at Peterborough's Flag Fen Archaeology Park. 👇 BBC News - Rare Bronze Age log boats on display in Peterborough first - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Tomorrow evening, still time to register! 👇 #genealogy

We've been adding more stories of Ulster linen workers #WomensHistory #FamilyHistory #SocialHistory www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/bumper-...

This week on the podcast, Grace Beattie, creator, host and producer of Wicked Women: The Podcast, discusses how we perceive and depict famous women in real time and in retrospect. Listen: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/... Transcript: www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/u...

#SpeakerSaturday and we are highlighting @joesaunders1.bsky.social @pharostutors.bsky.social are sponsoring Joe's presentation 'Migration and early modern England'. Remaining conference places are limited, pay a deposit now to secure a place www.devonfhs.org.uk/devon-fhs-co...

New #ForgottenWomenFriday call for volunteers www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/new-for...

Looking forward to leading the first session of @devonfhs.bsky.social 's Beginners' Family History course today and then a talk about Women's Work to Seattle tonight

Starting on 17 November, Janet’s course ‘Elusive Ancestors: Migration within the British Isles’ - useful if you’re thinking about tracing migration in/out of your #OnePlaceStudy #OnePlaceWednesday

I'm running this beginners' and slow starters #FamilyHistory Course starting next week - still a few spaces suitable for those with English/Welsh ancestry www.devonfhs.org.uk/product/trac... Stage 2 in the New Year

It is still Saturday somewhere in the world so this week's #SpeakerSaturday features local author Liz Shakespeare who will give the Peter Christie Memorial Lecture 'From Exploration to Illumination: using local history to tell stories of the past' Book now www.devonfhs.org.uk/devon-fhs-co...

Yesterday we launched our #Oakworth #Remembrance #Trail. We installed 96 boards on lamp-posts around our village, next to, or close to the homes of the Oakworth men who died in the first and second world wars. A QR Code guides visitors to their biographies on our website: www.menofworth.org.uk/trail

“At Samhain, people believed the veil between this world and the other grew thin, when fairies moved through the land, and the dead drew near.” Prof Aidan O’Sullivan @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social 📷 Filmed at @experimentarchaeol.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/aCnDu...

I've been adding to my Granny's Tales website again. This time, the story of the Few family from 'the other side' & some #memories of my voluntary work over more than 5 decades. This includes tales of my foray in the Neolithic era. #FamilyHistory #AutoBiography www.grannystales.co.uk/post/more-fr...

Still a few places left on our stage 1 online #FamilyHistory course held on 8 & 22 November. Suitable for all those at or near the start of their #genealogy journey (not just in Devon) Details www.devonfhs.org.uk/product/trac... Tell your friends.

11 more #ForgottenWomen have their stories told #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #WomensHistory #UlsterHistory www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/eleven-...

Tales of a few days in Shrewsbury thehistoryinterpreter.com/2025/10/26/a... #Holidays #Heritage #FamilyTime

A Few Days in Shrewsbury We've just returned from a few days in Shrewsbury. We were staying on a very posh-for-us caravan site because the same complex also had 'barns' where caravan-less members of the family could stay. I was a fail at this kind of location from the start. We checked in and were…

This week's #SpeakerSaturday features Australian genealogist Helen Smith whose presentation at next year's conference will be 'Convicts' Voyages to Freedom'. Still a few places left www.devonfhs.org.uk/devon-fhs-co...

BBC News - Four WW1 soldiers found during hospital build www.bbc.com/news/article...

Today Mistress Agnes and Master Christopher will be seeing if the ladies of Okehampton would have survived the C17th - spoiler alert - probably not. photo Jo Rutherford #FamilyHistory #SocialHistory

The first stories from yesterday's #ForgottenWomenFriday are now available www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/the-fir... Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers, #FamilyHistory #WomensHistory #UlsterHistory

Today's roundup of #FamilyHistory mayhem thehistoryinterpreter.com/2025/10/18/r...