Ooh, there's a #GenHour on Thursday nights?? I missed it this week! Will follow along next week. #genealogy #ancestry #familyhistory

Found an ancestor in 47 online trees. Fabulous. 46 copied from the other one. The original one cites: "Trust me, bro. No cap". #familyhistory #ancestry #genealogy

Thinking of starting your family tree? Excellent. You'll begin by looking for a grandparent. Three weeks later you'll be emailing an archive about an illegitimate child born in 1785 and arguing with an enumerator who has been dead since 1841. A beginner's guide to #familyhistory websites 👇

Ok. One more post before retiring for the evening. #Genealogy peeps, do any of you have any information on whether there was a place in Devon called Oldworthy, or Old Worthy? This place of birth features in the 1851 census for my ancestor Elizabeth (?Harris) Felton... 1/2

Genealogists have a particular set of skills. We will find you... and then lose you again. Oh, found you again... No, that was a different John. Yep, there you are... oh, no wrong John again... why are your father, your son, your cousin, and your wife called John?! *Laptop flies out of the window*

The main topic on #AncestryHour tonight was navigating brick walls, coincidentally the topic of tonight's @wdytyamagazine.bsky.social (BBC1 9pm). If you're struggling with brick walls in your #familyhistory research, this may offer a few practical steps to crack the code 👇

Ooh I have discovered #AncestryHour! Tonight, I'm working on an ancestry mystery that has kept me out of trouble for a few weeks. It's an ancestor with a common name, and the records are ambiguous. Are you also facing a brick wall in your #familyhistory research? What are you going to try next?

Ancestor chaos: that's not my John Felton! Why a last resort "John Felton Portsmouth" Google search was not the best way to try and break through a brick wall. Comic relief while navigating yet another rabbit hole. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fe... 📷: Me #genealogy #familyhistory

Exciting email received tonight from @heritagewshc.bsky.social. A scanned copy of a bastardy record from Wiltshire in 1785 that has unblocked a #familyhistory dead end! Hugely grateful to the volunteers at the local archives. They are absolutely invaluable. Thank you 👏 #genealogy #regencyrelatives

Hello everyone! I'm very new to BlueSky and looking for like-minded people to follow. I'm interested in #genealogy, #storywriting, #books, #socialhistory, #gardening, and #hedgehogs. If these align with your interests, do give me a follow!