The FHF will be attending the ICHF Creative Craft Exeter on 25-27th September. Come along and meet some of the team! www.creativecraftshow.co.uk/exeter-2025/

Join a family history society - they exist for your benefit! #FamilyHistory #Genealogy www.familyhistoryfederation.com/join-fhs

The Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) Service Database can be searched by name. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #DidYouKnow www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/voluntary-ai...

1. Continuing the series of Men who were Shot at Dawn WW1: Alfred Leonard Jeffries was born in 1886, Bristol. He was the son of Leonard George Jeffries and Georgina White. Alfred joined the 6th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry. Rank Private. Service No. 9970. #WW1 #shotatdawn

1. Continuing the series of men who worked at The Doncaster "Plant" and served in the military: Walter Edwards was born in 1897, Chelsea, London. He was the son of William Henry Edwards and Kate Hurd. In 1901 the family were living in Mexborough, Yorkshire. #WW1 #doncasterplantworks

A steady stream of enquiries here at Bridgerule Local History Day - our magic wands seem to be working today with plenty of delighted visitors.

#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social 2 x Discussion Groups [MAC users & Family Historian 3 x Helpdesks - #Chester #Tameside #Wallasey 1 x Zoom talk 𝐄𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐡 𝐆𝐚𝐬𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐥’𝐬 #𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐲 Registration required 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/.../313-fhsc.... How to join FHSC 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk

It’s that time again! #WestMiddlesexFHS are holding their monthly talk.Thursday 18 September sees is Linda Hammond’s talk “Help! What do I do before 1837?” Hybrid meeting on Zoom and at St John’s Centre Isleworth. Doors open 7.30. All welcome. Zoom joining details on www.west-middlesex-fhs.org.uk

If you’re missing summer fun, try something new for autumn! Come and visit #WestMiddlesexFHS at #theFamilyHistoryShow at #KemptonPark on Saturday 4 October. Stalls, talks, expert advice, cafe - and if you fancy a bit of exercise, there’s a paddock to run round! thefamilyhistoryshow.com.

Save the date! Saturday 25 October. #OxfordshireFamilyHistoryFair is being held at #CherwellSchool in Oxford. #WestMiddlesexFHS will be there. Come and visit us - were there to offer help and advice wherever your ancestors came from!

1. Our Next Help Desk Day is on Wednesday 24th September 10.00am - 2.00pm at Sprotbrough Library. You will be able to access Find My Past and Ancestry websites for free plus the 1921 census for free. #familyhistory #genealogy

Latest Lost Cousins newsletter Link 👉 www.lostcousins.com/newsletters2...

Sculpture unveiled paying homage to 42 men & boys coal miners who died in Neston Collieries based in Neston & Little Ness, #Cheshire between 1759 & 1927. Link 👉 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

20 September 10am to 1pm Drop-In at Bexley Central Library Free Drop-In Family History Session Join volunteers from the North West Kent Family History Society at the Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre. #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy

Bury Group next meet on both 24 & 25 Sep at 19:00 both days. Carl Mustoe will present the Story of 3 Surnames: Bowring, Jeffs, Nunn, & Some Suffolk Connections. Church of Latter Day Saints, Symonds Rd, Bury St Eds, IP32 7DZ. Free parking & entry, refreshments .

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp Nothing new records wise at @findmypast.bsky.social this week, but both FMP and the BNA have the newly digitised 𝐓𝐕 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 - with over 72,000 pages spanning 1955-1980 Link to the FMP blog for more details 👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/tv-...

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp @thegenealogist.bsky.social have reached #Sussex with the Lloyd George Domesday Land Records News release 👉 www.thegenealogist.co.uk/news/ and the connected blog Rudyard Kipling:The Man Behind the Stories 👉 www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarti...

During September we are asking you to share your favourite #FamilyHistory resources. This week, books! Which volumes are must-haves for #Genealogy?

Are you working on some #FamilyHistory at the moment? Share with us!

Unit war diaries cover hostilities and post-war operations from 1914 – 1922. Most of the diaries are held at the National Archives in series WO95. Some regimental museums have copies or transcripts. Many are available online. www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/world-war-on...

Sign up to the Family History Federation newsletter for the latest Really Useful Bulletin, into your inbox every month. www.familyhistoryfederation.com/subscribe-to...

Lots of fantastic online talks being run by #FamilyHistory Societies all the time. Have a look at some upcoming ones here: www.familyhistoryfederation.com/news-and-eve...

World War One war diaries contain a wealth of information of far greater interest than the army could ever have predicted. They provide an unrivalled insight into daily occurrences on the front line. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #DidYouKnow www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/world-war-on...

Over the coming weeks we are asking you to share your favourite #FamilyHistory resources. This week, education! Where are the best places to learn #Genealogy?

Bet you can’t guess what mine is 😏😁🥰 I’ll give you a clue, it starts with ‘Ph’ and ends with ‘aros’ 😆 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #FamilyHistoryCourses #Education

Over the coming weeks we are asking you to share your favourite #FamilyHistory resources. This week, education! Where are the best places to learn #Genealogy?

Interesting new database on #Ancestry 𝐔𝐊 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐅𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐚𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬, 𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟗-𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟓 portraits of prisoners of war drawn by British Army Chaplain Fred Stallard while he was held prisoner of war by the Japanese during WWII Direct link 👉 www.ancestry.co.uk/search/colle...

What is on your #FamilyHistory wish list?

Workshops, Special Interest and Discussion Groups - for Members Only www.nwkfhs.org.uk/events/overv... There are dozens of Workshops and Discussion Groups via Zoom to cater for members who cannot get to our Library - which is the venue, on Wednesdays, for our in person workshops. #NWKFHS #Kent

Sevenoaks Branch September Talk: They Dared to be Doctors: the story of women who struggled to survive in a man's world with Toni Mount Sat 13 September meeting starts 11am The fascinating story of the first Victorian ladies to succeed in a man’s world. #NWKFHS

1. Our next Hybrid Members Meeting will be on Wednesday 24th September 7.30pm - 9.00pm at the Earl of Doncaster. Our Speaker will be Peter Rudd giving a talk about The In Laws at War. Registration for this events will open 2 weeks before online. #RAF #familyhistory

Servicemen who made the ultimate sacrifice are buried in a variety of places; we have all seen photographs of cemeteries in Belgium and northern France... But some were buried in other places and you may see military graves in your own local churchyard. www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/their-name-l...

Waltham Forest Family History Society caters for all those with ancestry from north-east London and south-west Essex, as well as for those who live locally but whose ancestors came from elsewhere. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy www.familyhistoryfederation.com/societies-wa...

TONIGHT : ANOCHT @ 20.00hrs (UTC+1) (Irish Time) via Zoom. All welcome. Please share #archaeology #geneticgenealogy #dna #archaeochemistry @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social @nmireland.bsky.social @experimentarchaeol.bsky.social @federationfhs.bsky.social @isogg.bsky.social

For those who attended my talk on Writing #Genealogy Client Reports at the Society of Genealogists this week, here is more detail on my upcoming book, Genealogy Methods and Techniques - A Practical Guide to Research. Sign up for updates too. www.professionalfamilyhistory.co.uk/writing-on-g...

Extract from a nuncupative (i.e. word of mouth) will from 1740. "My Wife shall have all that ever I have in the World..." "Is this your Will & Desire? If it is, give me yr hand on the same. On which He gave R. Bygrave his hand & repeated that that was his Desire & shook R. Bygrave by the hand..."

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundup All about #Somerset this week at @findmypast.bsky.social 🚩𝐁𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐬: 10,440 new records 🚩𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬: 8,472 new additions 🚩𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬: 7,811 new records Link to blog with full details 👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/new...

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp At the #BNA this week there have been a lot of new and updated #Shropshire titles from - #BishopsCastle #Bridgnorth #Clun #Ludlow #MarketDrayton #Newport#Oswestry #Shrewsbury #Wenlock #Wellington Full list in screenshots below with #AltText as usual

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp @thegenealogist.bsky.social have released a major new database of 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 which spans publications from 1890 to 1952 Full details here 👉 www.thegenealogist.co.uk/news/ Blog based on the database here 👉 www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarti...

Our Haverhill Group have their next meet on 11 Sept Edel Pinnock will talk on "The History of Art" Haverhill Old Independent Church Hall at 7.30pm, Members £2.00 Visitors £3.00 incl. refreshments. EVERYONE WELCOME

1. Remembering the men from Yorkshire who went to Passchendaele WW1: Vernon Asquith was born in 1891, Barnsley, Yorkshire. He was the son of Joseph Asquith and Helena Rylance. #WW1 #yorkshire

On this #SpeakerSaturday we feature @researchdogsbody.bsky.social & Prof Dave Day with 'A Victorian Aquatic Family: the Beckwiths in conversation' - a presentation with a difference. Join us 9-11 October 2026. 100 attendees who have already booked can't be wrong. www.devonfhs.org.uk/devon-fhs-co...

September's Zoom Talk: Posted in the Past with speaker Helen Baggott Thursday 11 September 7.30pm Based on the books Posted in the Past and Posted in the Past – Second Delivery, this illustrated talk reveals the true stories behind postcards sent in the early years of the 20th century. #NWKFHS

1. Women of the Empire: Nurses who Joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment, V.A.D. Margaret Cameron Young was born in 1892, Northern Ireland. She was the daughter of Thomas Young and Amelia Cameron. #WW1 #VADnurses

#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social 2 x F2F meetings: #𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐆𝐫𝐩 have a talk on #Knutsford Prison #𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐰𝐞 & 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐆𝐫𝐩 will be hearing all about Foden's Ladies Football Club Helpdesks this week at #Chester and #Wallasey Full details 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/events.html

1. A series of Men & Women at War: Special Operations Executive (SOE): Muriel Tamara Byck was born in 1918, London. She spoke very good French and joined the French Section of the special Operations Executive (SOE) in 1943. Her nickname was Michele Violette. #WW2 #SOE

10 September 10.30am Library DNA and General Family History Discussion Group with Pam Goddard www.nwkfhs.org.uk/events/overv... #NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy

1. Our Next Help Desk Day is on Tuesday 16th September 10.00am - 2.00pm at Doncaster Archives. You will be able to access Find My Past and Ancestry websites for free plus the 1921 census for free. #familyhistory #genealogy