Escaping the football! Lovely quiet evening walk

Do you want to shape the future of archive services in Buckinghamshire? We're recruiting for a County and Diocesan Archivist to lead our service! For more information and to apply, head to the link below. jobs.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/job_detail/3...

Reporting today's client research has shown that my Latin is fine but apparent I can't spell 'Bolsover' 😂

From afar I assumed ‘Brother Walfrid’ was Anglo Saxon, maybe early medieval…apparently not!

LOVE a local research case where my lunch break involves finding MIs in Canterbury churches @ihgs.bsky.social

Free online lunchtime talk this Thursday 25th June 12pm Getting the Most from FamilySearch and Text Based Searching with FamilySearch UK Ambassador Lucy Reynoldson. www.ihgs.ac.uk/tutorial-get...

Do you have a story to share about Kent’s fascinating history and archaeology? The Kent Archaeological Society welcomes articles, news, events and letters for our Summer magazine. Submit your contribution by 26 June 2026. Guidance: www.kentarchaeology.org.uk/guidance/mag...

There are four major providers of courses for those who wish to learn more about English and Welsh genealogical sources. Three of these offer advanced courses leading to qualifications that are recognised by AGRA as fulfilling some of our admission requirements. www.agra.org.uk/join-education

1597 will - testator leaves a ewe and a 'tegge' to his daughter. A 'tegge' is a young sheep - every day is a school day! @ihgs.bsky.social

Migrant ancestors like Joe Swash? Get started with research today @ihgs.bsky.social www.ihgs.ac.uk/researching-...

A quick image quality comparison... Image #1 is Ancestry's version of a page taken from a WW1 British Army Service Record Image #2 is the same page from Findmypast I'll leave it up to you decide which you prefer...

Volunteer Iona has completed an index of the Yarmouth gaol register 1838-50 — 3,965 entries. She found prisoners from Europe, the US, Canada, India, Yarmouth and Norfolk; ages 7-82. Offences range from pickpocketing to murder. #VolunteersWeek

Happy #Kent Day to all who celebrate. 😛 abcounties.com/featured/ken...

New WDYTYA? returns next week! @ihgs.bsky.social www.ihgs.ac.uk/new-wdytya-r...

The Society is deeply saddened to hear of the death on 16 May of Michael Gandy FSG, aged 76. A long-standing member, Chairman and Fellow of the Society, Michael served as editor of The Genealogists’ Magazine from 2000 and was a much-valued friend and supporter of the genealogy community.

New to Latin and old handwriting (Palaeography?) in your archival work/family history/historical project? Rusty with these skills or looking to improve them? Not sure how to get started properly? Then this series of summer schools in Birmingham are for you. #Skystorians

#FamilyHistory #CatholicGenealogy A thorough priest! Edward Barron was born and baptized in 1902. In 1935, he married my cousin, Mary McGarrity. Mary died in early 1946, and Edward remarried later that year. All the details are cross-referenced on Edward's baptismal record. #AboveAndBeyond

Happy 100th Birthday to Sir David Attenborough! Did you know that his grandfather Samuel Clegg (pictured in the middle here in 1924) lived in Derbyshire? He was the first headteacher of Long Eaton Higher Elementary School and helped architect George Widdows to design the Tamworth Road school.

Note to self: do not try to search for a 'Branch' family of 'Selling' in newspapers, searches simply do not work with these names!

Ancestry adds 1926 Irish Free State census scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2026/05/ance... #genealogy #Ireland

1926 Irish census is now available @ihgs.bsky.social www.ihgs.ac.uk/1926-census-...

🇮🇪 The 1926 Census of Ireland is now available to delve into for free over at The National Archives of Ireland. Who will you be searching for first? 🔗 https://bit.ly/4vRyQyr

Join our lunch time Zoom - Interpreting Historical Documents with Caroline Adams Wills & Probate Mon 27 April 12.30 Practical examples will help to familiarise you with the handwriting & terminology & gain valuable experience in understanding the documents www.ihgs.ac.uk/live-tutoria...

Unexpected reference to Roger Bannyster in a will from 1564 today....I wonder how fast he could run...

Unexpected reference to Roger Bannyster in a will from 1564. I wonder how fast he could run?

Podcast recommendations with a DNA theme from @ihgs.bsky.social this week! www.ihgs.ac.uk/dna-focused-...

Ann Ballard's series of popular & practical Tutorials continues. Heraldic Sources 4: Blazoning & Papworth & other sources - Thursday 23 April 6:30pm It will demonstrate further heraldic identification & the sources to use. For those with some basic heraldic knowledge www.ihgs.ac.uk/live-tutoria...

Still time to book on to tomorrow's 'Writing a Professional Research Report' online @ihgs.bsky.social zoom tutorial www.ihgs.ac.uk/tutorial-wri...

Book now for my 'Writing a Professional Research Report' zoom tutorial on 22nd April! @ihgs.bsky.social www.ihgs.ac.uk/tutorial-wri...

Have you come across the forename Baden in your family? Almost certainly this commemorates the Relief of Mafeking, in May 1900, led by Robert Baden-Powell (of later Scouting fame). www.ihgs.ac.uk/do-you-have-... @ihgs.bsky.social

Postdoc Alert! The archaeology department here at Exeter are looking for a Research Fellow for Biocultural HIVE, part of the AHRC RICHeS Infrastructure Portfolio. The role (0.8 FTE for 5 years) involves managing our digital, lab and collections resources: jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

Street addresses in a banns registers (but not the marriage register)? Yes please! www.ihgs.ac.uk/the-use-of-b... @ihgs.bsky.social

Yesterday the BBC revealed their Who Do You Think You Are? spring 2026 line-up. Looking forward to the new series! bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/... @lizyule.bsky.social

I've never seen 'Refugee' stated on the 1939 Register. A sobering reminder about the historic context in which this register was compiled.

Well I've never seen a carpet left in a will! @ihgs.bsky.social www.ihgs.ac.uk/the-intrigui...

Join us this Wednesday 25 March 6.30 for Advanced Pedigree Construction Zoom Tutorial with Ann Ballard This popular & practical tutorial will include guidance on how to compile complex charts from multiple marriages to large extended families www.ihgs.ac.uk/7 @lizyule.bsky.social

Transcriber clearly couldn't decide between 1625 and 1626 so went with...no year of course!

Dr Williams's Trust Library Bursaries for Mid-career Researchers of the British Protestant dissenting traditions of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. £3,500 each. #Skystorians

Double Dating in registers after 1752? Apparently the clerks of this Yorkshire parish continued using it up until 1811! @ihgs.bsky.social www.ihgs.ac.uk/double-datin...

Researching Ancestors in Kent zoom tutorial - tomorrow! Book your place here www.ihgs.ac.uk/tutorial-res...

'In Summer & the weather fine a fair congregation, in winter only a small number; a Cold Chapel.' A telling comment from the 1851 religious census from a Chapelry in the Lake District! www.ihgs.ac.uk/the-1851-rel...

Unmissable zoom session for anyone with ancestors in Kent! www.ihgs.ac.uk/researching-...

We are excited to announce our new course Starting Your Scottish Ancestry Journey: Foundations for Family History Designed for beginners learn how to navigate key records, understand their historical context & discover practical techniques to trace your ancestors with confidence www.ihgs.ac.uk/2886

We are pleased to highlight the forthcoming book by IHGS graduate John Wintrip, LHG. History of Parish Registers in England & Wales: From the Restoration to Civil Registration - Lutterworth Press 26 March 2026. Several chapters are based on his IHGS Licentiate thesis. www.ihgs.ac.uk/2894

Big birthday noted on the 1921 census! Taken 19th June so not long to wait for presents :)

Any sojourners in your tree? Given how mobile paper makers can be it's useful to have their mobility confirmed by the clerk adding this word www.ihgs.ac.uk/researching-...