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Tee Bylo Hitching @teebylo.com · 26/09/2026

Back among the dead of Scarboro' Town. 🪦 Parish Churchyard of St Mary. Scarboro'. North Yorkshire. UK. #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com @graveyardsquirrel.com

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Tee Bylo Hitching @teebylo.com · 25/09/2026

The weekend reading starts here as I delve into the outrageous exploits of one Dr. Edward Drax Free, a Rector of Sutton in Bedfordshire whose antics of immorality, neglect and drunkenness would lead unsurprisingly to his deprivation in the year 1830. #TeeReads 📚

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Tee Bylo Hitching @teebylo.com · 24/09/2026

Hidden from view behind an old buttress and framed by a unique stone door frame - a charming and beautifully adorned chancel door beckons to the curious. ⛪ The Parish Church of St Oswald. Fulford. York. UK. #ADoorableThursday #StillSleuthing 🔍

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Tee Bylo Hitching @teebylo.com · 23/09/2026

School's OUT? Within the pages of the SEPTEMBER publication of THE YORKSHIRE DALESMAN - I muse upon the history of educational legislation, the mystery of an ancestor's disappearance from school along with my memories of student life and a return to academia. #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com

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Tee Bylo Hitching @teebylo.com · 18/09/2026

It was a pleasure to journey to the historic village of Luddenden in West Yorkshire on Wednesday evening to meet with the lovely history folk and chat scandal at the baptismal font, sleuthing a cruel bigamist and unearthing a heartbreaking mystery found with a burial register. #StillSleuthing 🔍

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Tee Bylo Hitching @teebylo.com · 09/09/2026

Having circumvented the globe journeying from York to New York and forward to New Zealand and from Singapore back to the UK - the cute travel Snook at York Railway Station has now welcomed me home. Tee over and out! #TeeTravels

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Tee Bylo Hitching @teebylo.com · 08/09/2026

E HOKI KI OO MAUNGA Kia purea koe e ngaa hau a AWHIRIMAATEA. "Return to your mountains. So that you may be cleansed by the winds of Taawhirimatea." It's time to bid farewell to New Zealand. #TeeTravels

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Tee Bylo Hitching @teebylo.com · 05/09/2026

The grave hunter and her apprentice in training. Having inherited a love of the unquiet gardens of the dead from my maternal grandmother as a little human - 'tis only right to now share some of that love with my granddaughter. 🪦 The Parish of St Stephen. Parnell. New Zealand. #StillSleuthing 🔍

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Tee Bylo Hitching @teebylo.com · 05/09/2026

Back among the unquiet dead of Auckland. Saturday morrow. The view from my world. 🪦 The Parish of St Stephen. Parnell. Auckland. New Zealand. #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com @graveyardsquirrel.com

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Tee Bylo Hitching @teebylo.com · 03/09/2026

No matter how far I may yet wander, there is always time for another graveyard wander. 🪦 Symonds Street Cemetery. Auckland. New Zealand. #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com @graveyardsquirrel.com

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 19/08/2026

Kind followers of my ramblings, I shall be thus shuttering my cluttered den for awhile as I ready my departure for fareaway shores. If you find yourself wondering as to my exploits in a land far, far away, your curiosity may yet find a modicum of satisfaction at @teebylo.com #StillSleuthing 🔍️

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 18/08/2026

I make a welcome return to the seaside within the pages of the AUGUST publication of THE DALESMAN MAGAZINE as I muse upon my love of the picturesque fishing village of Staithes, the legacy of the Victorian photographic pioneer Francis Frith and sleuthing those coastal ancestors. #StillSleuthing 🔍

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Tee Bylo Hitching @teebylo.com · 13/08/2026

'Life without left-handed people wouldn't be right.' ~ C.R. Manske. If you are a proud south paw and celebrating today - Happy Left Handers Day! #LeftHandersDay

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 10/08/2026

It may be a small letter from the year 1874 and penned by the shaky hand of one not long for this earth but it is a letter packed with tantalising genealogical hints about the author's exciting ancestral backstory. What a day to be alive in the archive! #StillSleuthing 🔍 @yorkarchive.bsky.social

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 01/08/2026

'Ey up! Today is Yorkshire Day! And if you are celebrating - 'av a good 'un. #YorkshireDay

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 28/07/2026

The ‘who’s who’ of the peerage, a clerical directory for the year 1872 and the epistles of Edward Bouverie Pusey, a leading light of the Oxford Movement and one of my most favourite historical characters. Oh, to be alive in the archive! #StillSleuthing 🔍 @uoyborthwick.bsky.social @teebylo.com

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The Graveyard Squirrel @graveyardsquirrel.com · 26/07/2026

Cemeteries? Graveyards? I LOVE them! For if I'm not sleuthing an elusive ancestor, unearthing and scribing another life lost to history, or haunting the archives - I could be wandering among some tombstones somewhere. See YOU on the other side? #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com with @teebylo.com

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Tee Bylo Hitching @teebylo.com · 26/07/2026

Felicitations and welcome to my tiny corner of Bluesky in which I chat archive sleuthing, book worming, otherworldly questing and other such ramblings including my wanderings through unquiet graveyards as I hunt the forgotten dead while powered on hot water and delicious cake. #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 02/07/2026

Against a backdrop of pale grey, framed by a doorway of honey blush stone and protected by creeping fauna and flora - this quaint chancel door awaits the curious church crawler. ⛪ The Parish Church of St Mary Bishophill Junior. York. UK. #AdoorableThursday #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 29/06/2026

Nestled under an old tree and topped with mossy haphazard tiles, this lychgate is a rich witness to the lives of the folk who once walked the path of this deconsecrated medieval church. Lychgate Loitering: Parish Church of Old St Owald. Fulford. York. UK. #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 27/06/2026

Proud to champion Armed Forces Day. For all past and present members of our British Armed Forces - THANK YOU for your service, your dedication and your courage. #ArmedForcesDay

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 26/06/2026

The baptismal font at St James in Piccadilly crafted from white marble and rich in biblical symbolism is the work of Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721) and would witness the baptisms of the poet William Blake and abolitionist Ottobah Cugoano known as 'John Stuart'. #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Graveyard Squirrel @graveyardsquirrel.com · 25/06/2026

Despite the ravages of time, a decorative stone celebrating the life of one JOSEPH KIRK who died in the year 1815 in his 53th year stands defiant. ⚰ Parish Churchyard of St Stephen. Acomb. York. UK. #TombstoneThursday #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 24/06/2026

Why would I photograph my musings about tombstone wanderings in a quiet Yorkshire village in the JUNE publication of THE DALESMAN MAGAZINE against a memorial in the City of York to Dr. John Snow (1813-1858) the pioneer of public health and who proved that cholera is water-borne? #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 19/06/2026

A war baby and talented dressmaker, a burns victim and war bride whose life ended shrouded in mystery on this day in the year 1962 with an overdose of prescription medication. READ Desperately Seeking Clarice at deadsleuth.com #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 09/06/2026

I have been haunting the archives since my teenage years through Yorkshire and beyond and if you would like THE DEAD SLEUTH to haunt an archive on your behalf - why not drop me a line at tee@deadsleuth.com or wander over to deadsleuth.com #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 17/05/2026

It has been such a pleasure to have been a part of York's Dead Good Festival for 2026 and there can be no better way to celebrate the last day of this unique festival than with poetry and music at the beautiful York Cemetery. #StillSleuthing 🔍 with @teebylo.com and @soquietus.com

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The Graveyard Squirrel @graveyardsquirrel.com · 17/05/2026

As the afternoon sun plays hide and seek - I'm enjoying the view among the bluebells and creeping buttercups in one of my favourite gardens of the dead. 🪦 York Cemetery. York. UK. #StillSleuthing 🔍 with @teebylo.com and @deadsleuth.com

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 17/05/2026

On this day in 1792 Anne Isabella was born at Elemore Hall in County Durham to Sir Ralph Milbanke and his wife the former Judith Noel. And at Seaham Hall in January 1815, history would take her on a different path after her calamitous marriage to the poet Lord Byron. #StillSleuthing 🔍️

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The Graveyard Squirrel @graveyardsquirrel.com · 16/05/2026

On the day before her 68th birthday and with her beloved granddaughter Anne Isabella Noel King by her side - the estranged spouse of the poet, the Lady Byron died on May 16 in the year 1860. ⚰ Kensal Green Cemetery. London. UK. #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 02/05/2026

Are you intrigued or perplexed with your ancestral history? Founded by @teebylo.com - The Dead Sleuth is a registered company located in the City of York offering professional genealogy, research and writing services for those looking to solve their family history riddles. Tee at deadsleuth.com

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 20/04/2026

Within the pages of the APRIL publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman Magazine - I muse upon the siren call of serendipty as I sleuth my elusive ancestors who once loved and lived in the historic market town of Malton in North Yorkshire AND a town I once called home. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Graveyard Squirrel @graveyardsquirrel.com · 19/04/2026

‘What is this Death? – a quiet of the heart?' Firebrand. Exile. Political revolutionary. Epistolary genius. Poet. Lord Byron died on April 19 in 1824 during a thunderstorm in Missolonghi Greece from the effects of a fever and probable medical incompetence. #StillSleuthing 🔍️ @deadsleuth.com

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 19/04/2026

What is this Death? Firebrand. Exile. Political revolutionary. Epistolary genius. Poet. George Gordon Lord Noel Byron died on April 19 in 1824 during a thunderstorm in Missolonghi Greece from the effects of a fever and probable medical incompetence. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍️

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 19/04/2026

MISTAKE! Can you see it? One chilly April day in 1965, an attractive young woman was joined in unholy matrimony to a notorious criminal. And the fallout from this lavishly short union between Frances Shea and Reg Kray would leave a trail of devastation in its wake. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 16/04/2026

Against a backdrop of honey blush stone, nestled within a stone archway and dressed with sofly rusted hinges - an aged chancel door entices the curious. ⛪ The Parish Church of St Peter & St Paul. Scaryingham. Yorkshire. UK. #DeadSleuth #ADoorableThursday #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 15/04/2026

Before I share an intriguing story about a priest with delusions of grandeur for the good folk of Selby Family History Group - I’m delving deep inside this fascinating archive. 🗓️ TUESDAY APRIL 21 2026 at 10am 📍 calculating.moisture.recorders #StillSleuthing 🔍 @uoyborthwick.bsky.social

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 13/04/2026

A letter of ribbons, a chilly ride home to York on a skittish mare and ‘Walker’s Sermons’. Although the author of this ponderous letter begs her recipient’s patience for a ‘shabby epistle’ - MY patience with the transcription has been sore tested. #StillSleuthing 🔍 @yorkarchive.bsky.social

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 07/04/2026

''Dear Father, I have the Misfortune to acquaint you that I was convicted and am to suffer the 7th of April" ~ Dick Turpin Dear Reader, I have the fortune to acquaint you that this book has arrived and unlike the gentleman in question - one has yet to suffer for it ~ Tee #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 07/04/2026

"This Rogue is theirs, and we the honeft Folks" Epigram on Turpin (1739) Executed on this day, the myth of the highwayman and iconic Essex boy Richard Turpin remains entangled, along with his bodily remains within the chronicles of the City of York. Requiesce in pace. #StillSleuthing 🔍

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Borthwick Institute for Archives @uoyborthwick.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Heading back into the office after the Easter weekend...

Photograph of a very dapper looking chick in a scarf, top hat and monocle, holding a cane, riding on a ribbon wrapped easter egg. The words 'Rowntree & Co Ltd, York' can be seen in the top right.

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 30/03/2026

Decisions. Decisions! In honour of #InternationalPencilDay - should I opt for blush pink, sky blue, sunshine yellow or go au naturel? #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 @yorkarchive.bsky.social

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 24/03/2026

If Tuesday was captured in an expression, then carved in stone and topped with moss? ⛪ Parish Church of St Oswald. Fulford. York. UK. #DeadSleuth #YorkyHistoryLass #ChurchCrawler #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 23/03/2026

"How should haberdashers & that sort of folk be judges of the qualifications of a tutor!!” Alas, the answer is NOT to be found within this irreverent missive from the pen of one William Gray in 1837 and the scion of Grays Solicitors of York. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 @yorkarchive.bsky.social

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 22/03/2026

Amid slivers of cloud and as mossy gravestones stand proud under a dappled warm afternoon sky - the aged trees cast no shadow over an iconic church spire. ⛪ Parish Church of St Olave. York. UK. #DeadSleuth #YorkyHistoryLass #ChurchCrawler #SpireSunday #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 21/03/2026

Framed by doric pilasters and decorated columns as elaborate cornicing, cherubs and extravagant swags hover protectively - a gorgeous window awaits the curious visitor. ⛪ Parish Church of Holy Trinity. Leeds. Yorkshire. UK. #DeadSleuth #ChurchCrawler #StainedGlassSaturday #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 19/03/2026

One beautiful March afternoon I introduced my fellow sleuth @yorkfhs.bsky.social to the occupant of a favourite grave in Acomb YORK whose poignant story can now be discovered within the pages of the MARCH publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman Magazine. #DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 18/03/2026

Heigh Ho! 'Tis to the archives I have come today as I sleuth the life of one man of the cloth and his priestly tenure. If you would like The Dead Sleuth to haunt an archive on your behalf within Yorkshire or beyond - drop me a line at tee@deadsleuth.com. #StillSleuthing 🔍 @uoyborthwick.bsky.social

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The Dead Sleuth Ancestral Researcher and Storyteller @deadsleuth.com · 15/03/2026

Under the palest of blue skies and wrapped up against a biting wind - I've managed to squeeze in a moment or three for a little church crawling and tombstone sleuthing before lunch en famille. 💒 The Parish Church of St Mary Bishophill Junior. York. UK. #StillSleuthing 🔍 @graveyardsquirrel.com

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