My advent calendar is reminding me to wind up my projects for the year which is fine by me as I'm feeling festive and ready to go! 🎄🎄🎁🎁

The 2026 RQG Conference promises to be a great day with inspiring presentations. The keynote speakers have already been announced and we will soon publish the names of the other speakers. For tickets, please visit our website. www.qualifiedgenealogists.org/2026-confere... #genealogy #familyhistory

As the Genealogist who worked on the Family History and DNA analysis research for Dave, I could not be happier for him. I wish more families would be open to such reunions from diaspora-separated relatives. #Genealogy #genhour #Cyprus #Cypriotresearch cyprus-mail.com/2025/12/14/b...

#GenHour - Aged 16–35 and passionate about genealogy? Proposals are open for NextGen 2026, SoG + @federationfhs.bsky.social online conference. Submit by 12 July 2026: [email protected] Free workshop to help you prep: From Passion to Presentation, 7 July, 8pm BST. More info: sog.org.uk/nextgen2026

And that's a wrap! 1 week, 25 cemeteries, 11574 photos taken, 2 State Archive trips and very sore legs! Time to get ready to go home 🏡

There were lots of possible pics I could have taken on the road today. The view from the troodos mountains being one. But if I'd stopped each time I'd wanted to take a pic, I would have got no work done!! 8 Cemeteries completed today in Limassol. ##genealogyresearch #cic #cemeteriesincyprus

Ok I thought only doing a quarter of this cemetery plus the aglantzia one was a bit of a fail. Then I checked and ideologies done over 1700 photos - the equivalent of 5 cemeteries on a good day and i can it was just fine!!!

In today's news. I think I underestimated how large the Constantinos and Eleni cemetery in Nicosia was.... I've also been bitten alive. Might need to move on and come back to this one! #genealogy #cemeteriesincyprus #cic

5 Years of Study and I am now fully graduated with a Masters Degree from @unistrathclyde.bsky.social. I'm so happy about what I have achieved and this whole journey. I've met some amazing colleagues whom I consider friends and the future looks very bright. #Genealogy #Graduation2025 #Strathclyde

The Price of purchasing a copy of a will will increase from £1.50 to £16 this month. What will this mean for family historians? #genealogy www.family-tree.co.uk/news/probate...

Nostalgia nowadays is: Waiting daily for the Royal mail postman to deliver BMD certs when they were posted out on the 21st... reminds me of waiting for letters every day when I was young. #genealogy #wheresmycertificates

#GenHour - have you tried boosting your family history research with Mind Mapping? Join genealogist Linda Hammond (author of Mind Mapping Made Easy for Family Historians) online on Sat 25 Oct 2025 | 14:00–15:00 💻 Book now: portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/1...

I guess I could use this for #genhour too! #catchthehatch

My new game is Hatchment spotting on tv programmes. Today's catchment is from How are you? It's Alan (Partridge) S1 Ep4. #catchthehatch #genealogy

The British Newspaper Archives in partnership with @britishlibrary.bsky.social and @findmypast.bsky.social recently added Jackie to its' library, a weekly teens mag that ran from 1964 to 1993. This includes the popular Cathy and Claire' pages, an agony aunt page offering some questionable advice!

This is quite concerning from Ancestry. Although I'd love it all NRS records to be available, this could have a huge impact on them. What do you think? #genealogy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Early bird tickets are now available for the RQG Conference via Eventbrite and open to everyone, including non-members #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #RQGConf26 #Birmingham rqg-conference-2026.eventbrite.co.uk

Evening #GenHour Today I'm working on a welsh project on the paternal side and for once it's not about Williams, Smiths or Jones's! #Genealogy

Military records provide excellent insights into heroic efforts countrymen went to in service, but files can sometimes report on the misdemeanours as well. This record shows this chap consistently being reported, but what might 'committing a nuisance in his bed' have referred to? #Genealogy

Excellent tour @ Curious Cures: Medicine un the medieval world exhibition at @theul.bsky.social with the CHFHS. What an absolutely fascinating collection highlighting changes and ideologies around how to heal people over the centuries. #Genealogy #Cambridgeuniversitylibrary #history

HMS Nottingham found after being sunk in WWI 110 years ago in the North Sea. ##genealogy #history #hmsnottingham BBC News - Divers find WW1 ship 109 years after it was sunk www.bbc.com/news/article...

🚨🚨Ancestry related Klaxon!! 🚨🚨🔍🔍🔍 Ancestry has just released over 4 million entries relating to Cambridgeshire & Huntingdonshire! www.ancestry.co.uk/search/colle...

Regeneron buys 23andMe. Thoughts? www.reuters.com/business/hea...

Why can't Meta have an actual support function when you can't log in? Swapped sim to new handset & all verification methods failed to get into FB. Codes are invalid. Old recovery number is out of date. So now suspended and in limbo with no way of raising a support ticket. Had the account 18 years!!

When during your research you come across someone's tree where one of the great grandparents has 62 siblings.... #thingsthatmakeyougohmm #genealogy

In 1964, a documentary took some 7 year olds and decided to follow them through their lives every 7 years. From 7Up to 63Up - the latest edition is now available! www.youtube.com/watch?v=CESo... #63UP #Documentary

This doesn't work in patronymic naming communities sadly. Nice thought though... #genealogy #rootstech www.familysearch.org/en/connect/9...

1861 Census for Borough Gaol in Gorton, Lancs.Those marks.... Is this...? Could it be....? Is there an explanation for this other than what it looks like? #genealogy #bloodyjails #censusrecords

BBC News - Iron Age remains found in bog may have been sacrificial www.bbc.com/news/article...

I do like coming across hand drawn Victorian adverts in publications. The 'Wye' Boots from the Directory of Herefordshire, 1902. You can Shoot AND walk in them! #genealogy

Being quiet on social media whilst I plough through case studies for my Dissertation. I'm wondering why a nephew would be called an 'adopted son' in the 1951 census, only to be called 'nephew' in the next 3 census records. He's not my main focus though so will have to keep guessing! #genealogy #msc

Yes Nino, you have been an incredibly helpful associate in the workplace today. #catsofbluesky #genealogy

Back to a little Cypriot research for a couple of days and I found this photo of my Bapou (grandfather - centre) from when he was a chef at a posh French restaurant in central London. Poss. late 40's? Dad thinks it was called 'La vie' or similar. Any ideas? #genhour #genealogy

Call for Action Regarding Access to New York State Vital Records www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/blog/call-ac... #Genealogy #GenealogyNewsFlash

The books for my Dissertation literature review are piling up and taking over my desk. Not including the online resources and printed papers, I'll be glad to reclaim my desk for a while! #genealogy #dissertation #UniversityofStrathclyde #allconsuming

Some facts about the Tuskegee Airman who flew in WWII. Keeping History alive and available is important. #Genealogy #BlackHistory www.tuskegee.edu/support-tu/t...

The Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American flying unit in the U.S. military. Altogether, 992 pilots graduated from the Tuskegee Air Field courses, and they flew 1,578 missions and 15,533 sorties, destroyed 261 enemy aircraft, and won more than 850 medals.

#FindtheOwnerProject. Several years ago, I bought a few collections of photos with the intention of finding the owners but things got crazy busy. I just found one folder so i thought I'd try this route and post a few to see what might happen. No markings on the back. #genealogy #photography

It feels quite progressive to find a death record in Scotland from 1940 where the informant of the 72 year old single gentleman who died is described as their 'intimate friend' rather than anything more denigratory. #genealogy #loveislove

📢 February Talks Line-Up at the Society of Genealogists! 🌟 We're thrilled to announce our fantastic speakers for February, bringing you an incredible variety of genealogical insights, research techniques, and inspiring stories. Here's who's joining us: @elsesoggenealogist.bsky.social

American Ancestors is officially open to the public! 🎉 Come visit us at 97 Newbury Street and start your research! Learn more: www.americanancestors.org/about/visit

Disaster! Wordpress.com killed my website without notifying me my subs were due. Paid for Premium as per last time, & all themes removed, site scrubbed and can't do anything unless I pay for business or commerce plan. So sorry that my site is in tatters. I'll have to rebuild from scratch I think :(

What was the 1798 Aliens Act? 4 Laws signed into law by President John Adams to let the president during wartime detain/deport male citizens of a hostile nation. Enforced selectively, primarily against critics of the Adams admin, they serve as a cautionary tale. catalog.archives.gov/id/5641586

Jack the Ripper inquest looks imminent with the discovery of a shawl from one of the victims being subject to DNA analysis www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...

"George Brewster, 11, became trapped in a chimney of a former Victorian pauper asylum in Fulbourn, Cambridgeshire. He was the last "climbing boy" to die in England in 1875." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #blueplaque #genealogy

One of many such cases of Landlord's using force to evict families of servicemen during WWI in the path towards rent controls being introduced in 1915 through the actions of Mary Barbour. Credit: The Forward, 30th Jan 1915 via #GlasgowCityArchives #genealogy #dissertation

Curious question of the day: 1851 Baptism in Fife. 2 out of the 6 baptisms on this page use this eloquent phrasing - does this suggest the other births came about by some other method? 🤔 #Genealogy

Amazing work done by all and kudos to @richard-holt.bsky.social for his work behind the scenes! #genealogy #originalwills

Stocktaking time at Cambridgeshire Archives. I'm not sure how much help I was whenever I found fascinating items to squeal at, like these documents with seals still attached and an old pre-Beck London underground map! #genealogy #archives

Archives services have to have independent leadership. Political leaders shouldn’t be able to influence retention of archives through service leadership. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/06/u...