Their stories ended on the battlefields of WW1, but they won’t be forgotten. The final chapter - Thomas Wootton the boy who left home for the shores of Australia only to return a year later to die for his country - #WW1 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory chiddicksfamilytree.com/2025/09/28/t...

✨ In this month’s Dear Paul for Family Tree Magazine, I explore: ✨ The art of storytelling 📜 A will with a twist 📂 A gem from the Warwickshire County Record Office 😂 Occupations that will make you chuckle 🔎 And of course… more transcription slip-ups! Family history has never been such fun 😄

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Sometimes the Cool-o-meter just can't measure someone's coolness because they are way too cool. "Pilot Wm. C. Hopson, U.S. Mail Service Winter Flying Clothing." Omaha, Nebraska, ca. 1926

From the Banks of the Thames to the Mud of Passchendaele read the story of Great Uncle Harry Keyes and my visit to the Western Front to retrace his footsteps. #WW1 #Genealogy #Ypres #Passchendaele #History #FamilyHistory chiddicksfamilytree.com/2025/09/04/i...

J. Bancroft's chocolate shop on Chester Road, Stretford, late 1920s or 1930s (Trafford Local Studies).

Keep an eye out this week for a brand new blog recounting the story of Private Harry Keyes who died in WW1, whose memorial I had the honour of visiting this summer #WW1 #Genealogy #Ypres #WesternFront #Essex #FamilyHistory

Something to think about Ancestral Memory does it really exist? Ancestral Memory Is It Fact or Fiction? #Genealogy #BloggersTribe #Blog #FamilyTree #FamilyHistory #Ancestry #Memory #Blog #WritingCommunity #Blogging chiddicksfamilytree.com/2022/10/23/a...

Great advice from Paul...

September is #SaveYourPhotosMonth! Today's event: www.youtube.com/live/KyFvXkJ... at 7pm UK time Are you going to save your #OldPhotos?

The remarkable story that I wrote about Adelaide Springett has been viewed over 30k times #Genealogy #Spitalfields #FamilyHistory #History #London #Victorian #FamilyTree a poor child that suffered so much but it was her courage and bravery that shone through chiddicksfamilytree.com/2024/02/15/a...

Running Out of Google Drive Space? Boost Your Storage With These Tricks www.cnet.com/tech/service... Not sure about the deleting large files but the rest of the suggestions are sound and having another copy on your desktop is essential.

Some interesting classes in this free event: training.grandparentsacademy.com/grandparents... Including: Preserve Your Life Story: Creative Ways to Share Your Legacy. Creative Memoir Writing Tips. Also: Tech walk-throughs & discount codes.

I cannot believe it! 900 people have followed me. I know it is quality rather quantity that is important but I am lucky because I have 900 of both! Thank you one and all - I am so grateful for your interest and support 💖

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Does anyone else look at colourised #OldPhotos and think: “I’d love/prefer to see the original”? Maybe we could encourage posting of before and after colourisation?

Pssst, can you keep a secret? As part of our Family Tree Plus Back to School offer, you can read the full August issue of Family Tree for free! Discover what our online membership has to offer – expert tutorials, 100+ hours of video, and your free issue waiting right now: http://bit.ly/4mX8rKp

Amazing achievement!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Take a moment to read this brilliant short thread...

Marauding highwaymen, except it's otters and they want shoes. I have been pounding the table about this danger for years, no one listened. And now look. Look what happens.

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New Blog Alert! Dive into the heart of village life through the eyes of our wise old oak tree. From whispered secrets to timeless stories, experience the village like never before. 🌿🍂 #VillageLife #Storytelling #OldOakTales #NatureSpeaks #NewBlog #Genealogy chiddicksfamilytree.com/2025/06/26/t..

Looking forward to next week's online talk ... 'Canadian Stereographs: The Jack Brown Collection'. Tuesday 2nd September 2025 (1800 BST). Register and full details via link. events.rps.org/en/historica...

This is worrying: How to stop AI agents going rogue www.bbc.com/news/article... Use another AI agent! Really?

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I wonder what the occasion was for this #OldPhoto

📸Outside the photographer’s studio📸no printing or writing 🤔 A day out captured forever🏖️ Do you recognise anyone? Are they your family? #OldPhotos #FamilyHistory

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@yycphoto.bsky.social and I had a fun time with a preview today for Thursday's Kathy's Corner. Our collections of photos, documents and artifacts are foundational to family history work. Learn more about protecting and preserving them: projectkin.substack.com/p/projectkin...

Another online talk has been added to our 2025 Programme. 'The Roaming Studio: The Itinerant Photographer in Berwick-upon-Tweed' on Tuesday 11th November (1900 GMT). Register and full details via link. events.rps.org/en/historica...

Fabulous #OldPhotos, Debbie! Thanks for sharing them.

Stunningly scenic Scotland in fantastic photos www.bbc.com/news/article...

Memory Keepers Live Summit​​​​​​​ From Shoeboxes to the Cloud—Your Roadmap to Saving It All Saturday, September 27, 2025 Part of #SaveYourPhotosMonth thephotomanagers.com/memory-keepe...

A little bit of #SundayReading where we share an old blog post that you might have missed. This time we look at the story of this photograph which shows a large boiler at the top of Reform Street. Why was it there and where was it going?

Last surviving WW2 Victoria Cross recipient dies aged 105 www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Suilven from Lochinver. Pic: Stuart Mckay

Brigadier Orde Wingate (1903-44), centre (without the beard he often appears with in photos), makes final plans before the Chindits march into Burma. The men are in socks so as not to damage the maps covering the floor. IWM (IND 2084), 9 AFPS iwm.org.uk/collections/...

Nuffield Transplantation Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh. Designed by architect Peter Womersley. Built 1963-68. Pic: Simon Phipps.

Do you have any cherished family photographs? National Trust photo curator Catherine Troiano takes a look at some beautiful photographs from the Victorian and Edwardian periods - and explains the tell-tale clues that help to date them: www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

When I used to work on "That's Life" (an old BBCTV consumer affairs program), I didn't understand the fascination with vegetables that looked like people or dogs that could say "sausages". But then I found this little fella lurking in my shopping bag and now I understand, and I just had to share 🥕😊

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We have created "Author Care: a Toolkit for Authors" to help you navigate a complex industry and empower you in your relationships, as well as find ways to support your own wellbeing. Download your copy from our website societyofauthors.org/resource/aut... #AuthorCare

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☀️ #SummerVacation roadtripping, 1940s style! ⛰️🌲 This #homemovie follows a family's adventures in #nationalpark treasures, including #Yellowstone Falls, geysers & wildlife! (Please don't feed the bears 🐻) 🎞️ Watch the full 16-min film⤵️ archive.org/details/2014...