Delighted to host the great @emmadarwinwriter.bsky.social on the Writer's Bookshelf this week talking about the books that have inspired and influenced her. mathewlyons.substack.com/p/the-writer...

🍂 The September Genealogy Gazette is here! Packed with Society news, community updates, What’s On the Box, special offers & a book competition. Perfect reading for autumn days indoors 📖 👉 www.sog.org.uk/news/...

#MeetTheTutors Emma Jolly @emmajolly.bsky.social‬ holds an MA and BA in History. She has written four books dedicated to different aspects of genealogical research and is a regular contributor to family history publications. www.pharostutors.com/emma-jolly

Hi #GenHour! 🧬 Are you new to DNA testing? If so, @debbiekennett.bsky.social will guide you through autosomal DNA this Sat 21 June at 14:00. Understand cM, cousin matches, and what DNA can and can’t tell you. Register: portal.sog.org.uk/Ev...#GenHour!#GeneticGenealogy #FamilyHistory

Methodology talk with Jude Rhodes Get back to basics—or sharpen your research strategy. Join @juderhodes.bsky.social this Saturday 21 June at 10:30 for ‘Dipping into Methodology’, covering FAN technique, records, and how to avoid common pitfalls. 🎟️ Book here: portal.sog.org.uk/Ev... #GenHour

Join us on Thurs 3 July at 14:00 with @janetfew.bsky.social to learn more about women who worked from home—how they earned & how to find them in the records. Book now: portal.sog.org.uk/Ev... #WomensHistory #Genealogy #SocialHistory #GenHour

Coming up this week at @SoGGenealogist: 🧭 Methodology for researchers 🧬 Intro to DNA matches 🏕️ FREE panel on Romany & Traveller family history AND coming soon . . . 👩‍🧵 Hidden lives of home-working women 🎟️ Book now: portal.sog.org.uk/ev... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #DNA

New Gazette alert! 🚨 The June 2025 Genealogy Gazette is packed with insights to boost your family history research. Get tips, Society news, and a chance to win our #BookOfTheMonth! Find the competition question inside: www.sog.org.uk/news/the-gen... #Genealogy #SoGNews #FamilyTree

💬 Family History & Dementia: Sparking Connections 🗓️ Thu 22 May | 🕑 14:00 (UK) | 💻 Zoom Can family history support those with dementia? Join @juderhodes.bsky.social for insights, tips & meaningful ways to connect. 🔗 members.sog.org.uk/e... #DementiaSupport #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

🇬🇧 #GenHour join is to Trace Your WWII Military Ancestors this Saturday! 📅 17 May | 🕥 10:30–17:00 | 💻 Zoom Explore RAF, Navy, POWs, Home Guard & more with top experts. Includes The Few DB, IBCC Archive & live Q&A 🎥 Recording to 31 May 💷 £60 Members | £75 Non-Members 🔗 members.sog.org.uk/e...

🎖️ Military History Special Offer! Join our expert talks: 📅 22 Mar – Women in the Military 📅 17 May – World War II 📅 14 June – World War I 📅 9 Aug– Pre-1914 Military Ancestors ✨ Book 3, get the 4th FREE! Enjoy a free talk or book each day 🔗 Book now: tinyurl.com/36evh58n

📢 Join Our Free #RootsTech2025 Watch Parties on Zoom! 🎉 Why watch alone when you can experience RootsTech together? Chat with fellow genealogists, staff, and volunteers while watching top sessions live. 💻🗣️ 📌 See members.sog.org.uk/events for Watch Party Lineup!

Having older generations test is so important—especially for people who live or have ancestors from outside the U.S.! I love that the North of Ireland Family History Society is offering free FTDNA tests to those who qualify from the North of Ireland. Such a great opportunity! ☘️

🎖️ Women in Military & Wartime – Full-Day Online Event 🎖️ 🗓 Sat, 22 March 2025 | ⏰ 10:30 – 17:00 GMT | Live on Zoom 📚 Includes a copy of My Ancestor Was a Woman at War by @emmajolly.bsky.social (UK postage incl.) Explore the vital roles women played in wartime with expert talks on:-

DNA analysis of skeletons unearthed in Dorset show that women passed on wealth & land to their daughters in Iron Age Britain with women wielding quite a lot of influence 👇 BBC News - Women held keys to land and wealth in Celtic Britain www.bbc.com/news/article...

If you'd like to join a knit and natter friendly virtual session to chat #genealogy and share crafts, please DM me for Zoom link. I've planned the first #StitchStory to take place on Tuesday 21st Jan at 8pm UK time.

🥁 Announcing the Public Domain Image Archive! 🥁 We are v excited to share our new sister-project, the Public Domain Image Archive (PDIA), a curated collection of 10k+ out-of-copyright historical images, all free to explore and reuse: pdimagearchive.org @pdimagearchive

#GenHour 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Begin Scottish Research with @dunedingenie.bsky.social! 12-Weeks| 30 Jan–17 Apr 2025 Learn to navigate Scottish records & uncover your heritage 📖 Parish Records & Kirk Sessions 🏠 Valuation Rolls ⚖️ Legal Records 🌍 Emigration & more! 🔗 Book now: ow.ly/AYlL50UgBCy

If anyone is in touch with Richard Holt, please give him a pat on the back for the work he did helping raise awareness of this.

My latest blog post, inspired by a question at the recent Scottish Indexes conference, is about a Victorian Londoner moving to Glasgow and his involvement with the temperance movement. #GenHour #FamilyHistory #Ancestry #Genealogy scotsancestors.blogspot.com/2024/12/henr...

Which family history software would suit you best? Find out more in this preview of my upcoming article in Family Tree magazine, out Dec 13: https://buff.ly/41rvTIb #GenHour #Ancestry #FamilyHistory

Is anyone still writing Christmas cards? Here are just a few of the old cards I found in this Christmas pudding box. Not sure of dates, although one of them says 1913. There are nearly fifty altogether. #familyhistory #vintagechristmascards

BREAKING: A "smoking gun" has been found in the Princes in the Tower case The first trace of the boys' possessions has been found Edward V's chain has turned up in a 16th century will And it belonged to the sister-in-law of one of his alleged killers #history www.thetimes.com/article/0a66...

It’s a shame the author of this piece didn’t realise the full potential of her 23andMe DNA test. For a broader understanding of the pros & cons of testing, I recommend The Gift on BBC Sounds. 🧬 www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #ancestors

Cecily Mary Barker who drew The Flower Fairies www.wattsgallery.org.uk/blog/who-was...

Our Small Grants Programme is now live! If you have a project that supports the study, enjoyment and dissemination of local history we'd love to hear from you. Find out more: ow.ly/cVKf50TUhP2 #WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

🎉 Celebrating 40 years of Family Tree magazine! 🎉 To mark 4 decades of family history, we're giving you the chance to read our very first issue! Read it here: www.family-tree.co.uk/news/read-th... Here’s to the next 40 years of discovery! 🎂✨ #genealogy #familyhistory

Aha. Amazing. This is the picture Steve McQueen told me about when I interviewed him here – the one that unlocked the whole idea for the film Blitz… www.bigissue.com/culture/film...

The photo that inspired Steve McQueen to write Blitz. Now available on Apple TV. ♥️🎥

The mysterious Anne Summer (pictured on the front of her memoir) #privatedetective in the late 1960s. If her cover was blown, she simply replied - 'Of course I’m following you, you have been doing such interesting things’.' #femalesleuths #womenshistory #privateinquiries lnk.to/privateinqui...

If you have Holocaust survivors or their children at your Thanksgiving table, please encourage them to get a free DNA test. It can be an incredibly powerful tool for connecting families that have been severed. We also provide free genealogical consults to build back. holocaustreunions.org/dna-test/

The “Great Freeze of London” in 1947.

Fabulous day with @chrismpaton.bsky.social, @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social, @acspring.bsky.social and all our other presenters. If you missed this Scottish genealogy extravaganza, you have a day or so to catch up here: www.facebook.com/groups/scott...

Yesterday I posted about some soldiers’ medical records now on FMP. As a historian of women in #ww1 I tried a search. Over 500 women’s names came up. I cross checked the 1st name on the national archives and found a 123 page record and it is amazing. Hilda Mary Lascalles JENNER. Deeply affected 1/2

The @tolkiensociety.org's celebration of the life and legacy of Christopher Tolkien is happening today and tomorrow! Fully online, fully free. I won't be able to make most of the events in real-time, but I hope YOU will!

Excited to discover Nancy Drew in my family tree :) 🔎📚 (4th great grand-aunt, apparently. Her diminutive + her married name.) #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

Do you want to trace your family history earlier than 1750? If so, an understanding of some unfamiliar terms will help you. Join the Scottish Indexes conference to advance your research skills: Saturday, 23 November 2024.

St. Andrews Cathedral

This would work well as a #genealogy retreat.

Grandma and her brother in Stoke Newington in the 1920s - as animated by @myheritageofficial.bsky.social’s new LiveMemory feature. Not sure what’s going on with the flowers!

I was never able to conclusively determine where Jack Pairos, identified in this 1936 article as a "man without a country" was born. It is likely that he himself didn't know, which is how he evaded being deported from the UK. 1/7

For all musicians and composing mortals, Britten and Auden's Hymn to St Cecilia in this exquisite rendition by Voces8 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViSQ...

Artwork done in the trenches by my husband’s granddad.He says how much better they would be if he had water colours! To be done in such harsh conditions..all dated in 1917.of “Sarah'he says it would have been better in watercolours "but you know what roses mean" #WW1 #art

After a considerable amount of research I can now bring you the story about the life of Clara Harrison who ran a girls school from 14 and 17 St. John's Square in a blog for my #OnePlaceStudy which is based on St. John's Square, Wakefield. www.ancestralenquiries.co.uk/post/14-17-s...

🍽️ Join @theregencycook.bsky.social for a delicious dive into Regency London’s food scene! 📅 Fri 29 Nov, 14:00-15:00 💻 Explore taverns, oyster rooms, & tripe shops as you uncover dining habits from 1790-1815. 👉 Book now: ow.ly/T7wA50UahCv #RegencyLondon #FoodHistory #Genealogy

I've just watched Look At Life Counting Heads, all about the 1961 census. Fascinating little documentary, though I dispute that every single man, woman and child was enumeratored. There were always a few missed!

My talk for the Open University on Court Records in the National Records of Scotland is now online. #Genealogy #LegalHistory www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rv3...

I paused on my walk to the station this morning to take this picture of a frost-covered car. Isn’t nature wonderful?

🌟 Free Talk This Saturday! 🌟 Join @scientistsoph.bsky.social for Making Genealogy Accessible 📅 Sat, 23 Nov 🕑 14:00-15:00 Celebrate #UKDisabilityHistoryMonth with practical tips to make family history research inclusive. Don’t miss it! 🎉 Book now! 🔗 ow.ly/9AH150U5q2O #Genealogy