After her great talk about Glamis estate at the recent @scottishindexes.bsky.social conference, their archivist has sent me images of rental records featuring my ancestors who were tenants there. Looks like there's plenty more where that came from, so there's a trip up north in my future #GenHour

It's nice to know that at least one UK TV organisation still has some sort of backbone. Take note BBC. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

This afternoon, in addition to Charlie Kirk, there was a school shooting. Bullets don't know and don't care if you are a Republican or Democrat. It is time for Republicans and Democrats to find a way to work together to reduce gun violence. www.wcpo.com/us-news/crim...

If you vote Reform you will be voting against women’s equality, for more harassment in the workplace and beyond (as if there isn’t enough) Remember 41% of the Farage Foot Soldiers arrested in last summer’s disgraceful riots had already been REPORTED FOR DOMESTIC ABUSE

With so many family history fairs, meetings, conferences, courses, and other events on offer, online & in-person, how do you keep up with them all?! I've a couple of suggestions on this week's blog. scotsancestors.blogspot.com/2025/09/fami... #AncestryHour

Going through my AncestralQuest database, I found someone I thought I could get more information about without too much trouble. I clicked on the Notes field and was met with "I've given up trying to match children with JG Woolgar's wives." So that's that, then.

Reform UK, which has a grand total of four MPs, was just given an uninterrupted platform for an hour and a half on the BBC and Sky News channels, in order to talk about its plans for mass deportations When was the last time the Greens (with four MPs) or the Lib Dems (with 72) were given the same?

If you have an emergency phone you don't want someone to find out about, please be aware that this is happening soon.

Very busy time but pleasure to work with @CalumG_FPC Tackling the Mackintosh Society reluctance to install water mist in the CRM Queens Cross Church Following the Glasgow School of Art Fires - how can they not protect this rare example? www.glasgowbell.co.uk/charles-renn...

Hello #GenHour! I spent a couple of happy (but fruitless!) hours in a local archive today, but came home motivated to post on my Frugal Family Historian blog scotsancestors.blogspot.com/2025/08/some...

1 in 3 doctors were born overseas. 1 in 2 builders were born overseas. 1 in 6 nurses were born overseas. 1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas. 1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas. 1 in 5 university academics were born overseas. The UK would be screwed without them.

📢 📢 Just a warning to anybody thinking of using Booking.com - DON'T. 📢 📢 I've learned the hard way. Don't touch them with a barge pole!

Based on @YouGov / @ScotVoting poll, 13-19 June

The latest blog post from the Frugal Family Historian has some ideas on using YouTube to improve your research skills and learn more about what specific organisations have to offer genealogists:

Happy Spoonerism Day to all those who belly crate.

I'm tempted to reply to this post, "Cute pictures of duckies".

So pleased to have volunteered with this amazing project! It's really easy to transcribe these 20th-century records. #FamilyHistory #Ancestry

Full-Text Searching is forging ahead on FamilySearch! AI is indexing historical images and making record collections searchable. Learn more at youtu.be/QH6QuUkyYsk?... But of course AI isn't wholly reliable so human eyes are still needed: www.familysearch.org/en/getinvolv... #GenHour #FamilySearch

My Legacy Family Tree webinar on pre-1855 Scottish research sources is free to watch until 23rd July familytreewebinars.com/webinar/trac... #GenHour

Today's UK Gov-funded 'university' research 'proving' no link between nuclear power stations and childhood cancers uses a flawed simplistic methodology proven to be so by these independent researchers: talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/06/10/l...

Oo-er. #GenHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Ancestry

Important NHS Scotland innovation launched by John Swinney but being ignored by Scottish media: thehighlandtimes.com/scotland-exp...

That's three private companies now being helped by UK taxpayer funds, one power station, two steel plants. Will our media ask Anas Sarwar again why the Grangemouth refinery could not be saved? www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Just came across this in the 1921 census and it definitely doesn't say that in the original. #GenHour

I'm really looking forward to next Wednesday when I’ll be speaking about tracing your Scots ancestors before 1855, at Legacy Webinars familytreewebinars.com?p=53888 It’s free to watch live at 7pm BST and for 1 week afterwards on demand #GenHour

Be aware this weekend - from @scottishfirerescue.bsky.social: "🔥 Extreme wildfire risk across Scotland 🔥 A extreme wildfire warning is in place across Scotland from Friday, 11 July, until Monday, 14 July." www.firescotland.gov.uk/news/extreme...

That's my indyposterboy.scot site now live again, after EcoWeb's domains cockup last week. 😬

If you needed another reason to never vote Labour again - www.theguardian.com/business/202...

If you visit a FamilySearch centre you will be able to view and download English and Welsh post-1858 wills at no cost using their digital images of the wills. There will be no need to order copies from the government website. www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/post-1858-wi...

How much does the UK spend on welfare? 🇪🇺 Relatively little compared to Europe: just 10.8% of GDP in 2023 (including sickness & disability benefits, pensions, etc.). Meanwhile, 🇫🇮Finland spends 25.7% of GDP & 🇫🇷France 23.8%. #ChartOfTheDay #Welfare

Well, I guess this is one reason tax rolls are being hosted on ScotlandsPeople now... all are still browsable for free on Virtual Volumes though. More detail at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/help-and-sup... #GenHour #AncestryHour

Guess where today? (Hint: No actual research, but enjoyed meeting friends for lunch, a great bookshop, and a fascinating exhibition). And of course the wildlife (swans not pictured as they were busy with some other visitors) #GenHour

Evening folks, I’m giving to a talk to the Airedale & Wharfedale FHS just now so may not make this week’s #GenHour live, but will try and catch up later.

I've just added some new presentations - if you're a family history society or heritage group looking for speakers, take a look at my list of topics at tinyurl.com/2s4jch96 and get in touch!

Ancestry provides yet another fascinating insight into Scottish occupations in its census transcription... #Ancestry #GenHour #FamilyHistory

While I totally get the humour expressed in this plaque (stuck on the side of a late Victorian London house) it’s also a good example of what “Great Man History” does to all of us. I can guarantee something of note happened in this house - birth, death, joy, survival - all deeply noteworthy.

Kung fu puffin #birds #nature #wildlife #skomer #photography #ThePhotoHour #Nikon

Private Eye exposing again the utter idiocy of our politics. This sums up *exactly* how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.

What thousands of actual ferry users think - the public service with the highest satisfaction levels in the UK: talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/05/20/e...

I'm excited to be meeting attendees at this week-long event @strathgenealogy.bsky.social in Glasgow as we look at Scottish church records and also discuss researching our city-dwelling ancestors, including those in the 20th century #AncestryHour

Bullet points: Young orphaned Pine Marten released in forest here (from Animal Rescue). Obviously has met and not afraid of dogs. Is inquisitive (and too tame for its own good!) Meets our dog for the first time, who is a complete wuss (and wants to play rather than eat). Result caught on Ring cam.

Am really looking forward to meeting the attendees at next week's conference @strathgenealogy.bsky.social in Glasgow "Ken Your Kin" - it promises to be great fun! #GenHour

Our next event will be an online panel of post-graduate researchers sharing their research into place-based histories from 18th & 19th C America. Online. 5.30-7pm. 28.05.25. Everyone is welcome. www.history.ac.uk/events/place...