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Mandy Geary 🏡🧬🐈 @mandytherootsgenie.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Watching the eclipse and wondering how many ancestors witnessed them and what they thought. Walter Whenday, my deaf bootmaker ancestor witnessed the 1912 “Titanic” eclipse recording in his diary that it was “a wonderful sight”. #DeafHistory #Hadlow #Genealogy #Eclipse #FamilyHistory

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AGRA Genealogy @agragenealogy.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Students of IHGS, Pharos and Strathclyde, as well as AGRA Members and Associates are warmly invited to our Autumn Study Day at the Mary Rose Museum, Portsmouth on 5 September. buff.ly/f65u91v

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Train Songs Central @trainsongscentral.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

'You don't need money, don't take fame Don't need no credit card to ride this train' Happy birthday Huey Lewis who turns 76 today 📷 Dick Neumiller

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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 30/06/2026

A Japanese fan broke down crying after his country's elimination, but a group of Brazilians fans went to console him and Mexican fans made him soar. You gotta love the World Cup! ❤️🌎⚽️ Video: RÉCORD

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Mandy Geary 🏡🧬🐈 @mandytherootsgenie.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Fabulous evening at Cliffs Southend watching the very funny and very talented @nickmohammed.bsky.social. #ShowPony #NoSpoilers

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Mandy Geary 🏡🧬🐈 @mandytherootsgenie.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

#Irish1926Census Who have you found and who are you looking for? I found my Irish great grandparents and one set of Great Great Grandparents both in Distillery Row, Sligo before I went to bed last night. Hoping to make some more discoveries today.

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Key to the Past @manuscriptmondays.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Palaeography Class - Monday 13th April 7.30-9pm Caroline Adams will be teaching her next Palaeography class using church records. Documents provided in advance Guided, friendly session via Zoom Full transcription shared afterwards £10 pay as you go Email manuscriptmondays@gmail.com

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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

🌼 Happy Easter from @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social 🌼 However you choose to spend Easter, celebrating, remembering, or simply enjoying a well-earned break - enjoy Family history is full of new beginnings… and spring is a rather good reminder of that. 🌷 📷S B from Pixabay

An image of purple, white and yellow crocus covered in morning dew

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Mandy Geary 🏡🧬🐈 @mandytherootsgenie.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

So excited to receive my pre-order in the next few days, thanks Kelly for sharing your review.

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Kelly Cornwell @whoamiftr.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

As today is #LadyDay, the first day of the Julian Calendar year, I thought I would re-share this blog I wrote a few years ago. I hope it helps you to understand the OS/NS Double-Dating rule for recording English dates pre-1752. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory whoamiresearch.com/2022/06/04/c...

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Cracking Calendar Confusion

Converting the Julian/Gregorian calendars often left me feeling a little bewildered. I could never quite remember the significant dates that enable you to work out which ‘year’ an event…

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Margaret Roberts 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬🐄🌳🏡 @researchdogsbody.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Our offering for #InternationalWomensDay2026, hope you enjoy them all, going live on Sunday, but while you are waiting why not pop along to the website and read some of the other amazing stories

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

For #IWD2026 I've reflected on the lives of my four great-grandmothers. I wouldn't be here without them all, and their stories have shaped my history. Hat-tip to @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social for influencing my research! ☺️ #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #WomensHistory www.allthosebefore.co.uk?p=820

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Claire Bradley @cbgenealogy.ie · 07/03/2026

Are you ready for the 1926 census release? I've got you covered with a prep article. #IrishGenealogy #AncestryHour #GenHour #FamilyHistory cbgenealogy.ie/preparing-fo...

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Key to the Past @manuscriptmondays.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Poor Law Records Part 1 Join Caroline Adams as she discusses poor law records and helps us decipher them. Monday at 7.30pm. email manuscriptmondays@gmail.com #Palaeography #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #PoorLawRecords

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Mandy Geary 🏡🧬🐈 @mandytherootsgenie.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

I can’t recommend these tutorials highly enough! Fascinating and fun! #Heraldry #IHGS

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Mandy Geary 🏡🧬🐈 @mandytherootsgenie.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

🎄✨ Wishing all my clients, colleagues, and followers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for your support this year — here’s to more family history discoveries ahead. 🌳

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Mandy Geary 🏡🧬🐈 @mandytherootsgenie.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Thank you to everyone who has joined us over the last few years, looking forward to more collaborative research in the year ahead! Merry Christmas

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Mandy Geary 🏡🧬🐈 @mandytherootsgenie.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Looking forward to assisting Caroline on this one on Thursday.

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

@afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social are out and about today at the @shropshirefhs.bsky.social Talking Family History Live day. Great talk on what the #FewForgottenWomen team is all about by Ann - @gwilymsmum.bsky.social We also have a stall with Ann and Margaret @researchdogsbody.bsky.social

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Mandy Geary 🏡🧬🐈 @mandytherootsgenie.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Sorry to be missing it - these sessions are always fun and so interesting.

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Mandy Geary 🏡🧬🐈 @mandytherootsgenie.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

I was lucky enough to win one of Helen’s previous giveaways. Why not enter?

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Mandy Geary 🏡🧬🐈 @mandytherootsgenie.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Hello #AncestryHour hope you have all had a good week. I’ve just sent off a report after researching a WWII Naval Lieutenant Commander who was awarded both the D.S.C. and D.S.O. as well as a separate mention in despatches. It’s a honour to research such heroes isnt it? What are you all researching?

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Mandy Geary 🏡🧬🐈 @mandytherootsgenie.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

It’s always such a privilege to help families uncover hidden chapters of their history. This kind feedback truly means the world to me. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #WWIIHistory #MilitaryResearch #FamilyStories #WeWillRememberThem

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Mandy Geary 🏡🧬🐈 @mandytherootsgenie.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Turnips, Chess and the End of the War…. www.therootsgenie.co.uk/blog/turnips...

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Rowena Abbott @rowena-abbott.bsky.social · 20/07/2025

Happisburgh, #Norfolk, considers how to save a 15th C graveyard from coastal erosion. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Plans gathered to save graves from coastal erosion in Happisburgh

A crumbling cliff edge is now 80m away from a 15th Century church's graveyard.

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Mandy Geary 🏡🧬🐈 @mandytherootsgenie.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Our 400th story and it’s a really good one…

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

More exciting news

We are nearly at another milestone - will your story be our 400th?

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Mandy Geary 🏡🧬🐈 @mandytherootsgenie.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Thoroughly enjoyed participating in the latest Forgotten Women Friday researching women born in the same year as Queen Victoria, 1819.

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

And we are off. It is #ForgottenWomenFriday and our volunteers should all have their emails with the name of a women born in 1819 to research.

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Mandy Geary 🏡🧬🐈 @mandytherootsgenie.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Watching ELO and love how the BBC subtitles have “Bruce” rather than “Groos” in Don’t Bring Me Down! I sang that for years…

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

What are you up to next Friday? Why not join us in researching a woman (or women) born in 1819…. Full details on our website www.fewforgottenwomen.com/1819

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Key to the Past @manuscriptmondays.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

What are you doing Monday at 7pm? Why not join us in our monthly online palaeography class? #Palaeography #OldHandwriting #Genealogy

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Mandy Geary 🏡🧬🐈 @mandytherootsgenie.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

My sister named her florist Violet & Flo after our grandmother and her husband’s grandmother - she is up for Best Suffolk Florist - voting closes at 1pm today (uk) and it’s neck and neck between Violet & Flo and last year’s winner…. suffolkcambs.muddystilettos.co.uk/awards/vote/

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Muddy Stilettos Awards 2025 - Vote | Muddy Stilettos

The Muddy Stilettos Awards are the most coveted awards for independent lifestyle businesses across 35 counties, and totally FREE to enter!

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Mandy Geary 🏡🧬🐈 @mandytherootsgenie.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

When your client sends you a photo of their new Irish passport and the message “It was always going to arrive on St Patrick’s Day. Should have known. Thanks Mandy. No way this would have happened without you.”

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