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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Ancestry origins now seems to be recognising Presb Irish rather than as Scottish. Despite Irish father & 3/4 Mat Great GPs Irish, previous results said 42% Irish for mum. Now 75% better reflecting the paper trail. 64% for me a good reflection of my 50/50 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪 Dad. How’s the update for everyone else?

My father’s Ancestry origins October 2026

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Looking forward to joining the Q&A sessions of the BIGHSGO virtual conference next weekend - 18th October.

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BIFHSGO @bifhsgo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Here is a quick reference to the speakers and their topics at our virtual conference on 17 and 18 October, “Flittin’ Day: Forces That Moved our Scottish Ancestors”. Members $40; non-Members $60. More detail on the theme, the speakers and their topics: www.bifhsgo.ca/2026-conference #genealogy

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Let the week of Glasgow genealogy conferences begin! Lovely start to the week with @kathychung.bsky.social

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Helping my daughter move out of her Dundee student digs this week & discovered a wonderful book in a local bookstore. Jute has long been synonymous with Dundee so I’m looking forwarding to reading this new work on industrial Dundee’s rise & decline. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Scottish

Cover image of “The Triumph of Textiles: industrial Dundee c1700-1918” by Christopher A Wheatley & J Tomlinson. 2024 Edinburgh University Press.

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Finally got to explore the 1926 Irish Census this week. Working on a client’s family history where EVERY line lead from Scotland to Ireland, the 1926 census provided a eureka moment to an issue that would have otherwise involved a good bit of lengthy detective work. A win for both me & my client.

nationalarchives.ie

Search the Census | The National Archives of Ireland

Search through historical census records with The National Archives of Ireland, offering access to essential data for genealogy and historical research.

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Chris Paton @chrismpaton.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

@marplecat.bsky.social now speaking at the @strathgenealogy.bsky.social Scottish family history event today - great day, lots of fun! #genealogy

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Claire Bradley @cbgenealogy.ie · 19/04/2026

I'm preaching to the choir here but if you have a newbie interested in searching the #1926census, I've done a quick video explainer. Please share. #Speirgorm #Skystorians #Genealogy #IrishGenealogy youtu.be/6viUgy7vUsk...

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How to search the 1926 Irish census

YouTube video by Claire Bradley

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Less than 4 wks now to the intermediate Scottish Family History course at Strathclyde uni. Join myself, @acspring.bsky.social & @chrismpaton.bsky.social for talks on a wide range of topics to help with your research of your Scottish ancestors. Registration now open www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...

Image of Facebook post by University of Strathclyde Centre for Lifelong Learning about their Intermediate Scottish Family History Research course on 5th and 6th May 2026

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

As Alison says, do sign up for the intermediate Scottish Family History course if you're going to be in the Glasgow area in early May. Look forward to seeing you there.

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Andy Arthur💃🏰⚓🦌 Threadinburgh 🧵 @threadinburgh.scot · 20/01/2026

Pubs we never knew. Macpherson's at 165 Pleasance in 1927 shortly before demolition in a slum clearance scheme. Allegedly one of the finest the southside ever knew. The windows advertise Disher's legendary 10 Guinea Ale in bottles, at 11.2% ABV it was quite the tipple and also came in pints

A black and white photograph of an elaborate Victorian pub building from the outside, part of an ornate 3-storey corner tenement block. Older, less salubrious tenements can be seen adjacent. The building is a "gushet", a triangular block on the corner of a triangular junction. 1927. Edinburgh and Scottish Collection, Edinburgh City Libraries.

OS 1893 Town Plan of Edinburgh, centred on the Pleasance and the pub at number 165, showing lots of streets running off in different directions in a densely populated part of the city. Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

The book is Built Heritage of the Temperance Movement by Andrew Davison. How the billiard temperance halls of Manchester evolved into some of the pubs we have today. 👇 BBC News - The alcohol-free Victorian venues transformed into pubs - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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The alcohol-free Victorian venues transformed into pubs

A historian says temperance campaigners would have been 'distributed' to see their venues used as pubs.

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Between Christmas & birthday, I’ve been very lucky to receive quite a few books off my wish list. One or two other gifts from my family seem to have a theme to them too… 😂

Picture of 5 books of varying themes related to social history.

Picture of socks and tote bag with slogans related to book loving and reading habits.

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Birthday celebrations for me today. I’m reliably informed there was serious snow on the ground on the day that I was born. While there is substantial snow in the north of Scotland today, not so much around the central belt, despite the weather warnings. This is my earliest photo I have as a baby.

MarpleCat as a baby with her mother and father. Image belongs to MarpleCat and not for reuse.

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This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

This morning at the Sandyford Henderson Memorial Church on Argyle Street in Glasgow. Designed by J.T. Emmett and completed by John Honeyman, this Gothic style church was built in the 1850s. #glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography #church #argylestreet

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 03/01/2026

Now that these works have entered the public domain, put them to good use in our annual Public Domain Film Remix Contest: blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2... Submit your short film by 11:59pm PST on January 7.

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Happy New Year! It was the last day of the festive holidays in Scotland yesterday. I enjoyed a walk in the Ayrshire sunshine & discovered a little bit of industrial history that employed some smoke & mirrors style deception. #Genealogy #History www.facebook.com/share/p/1DxD...

Image of MarpleCat Genealogy post on Facebook (about Blacksyke Tower) that link in this Bluesky post to redirects to.

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Roads.org.uk 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @roads.org.uk · 09/11/2025

Earlier this week I spoke to London Centric about the Ringways Map and all things unbuilt London - they’ve dedicated the whole of their latest edition to the story! substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Would your home have been under a motorway?

"The most astonishing and destructive thing never to happen to London," says the man who has spent twenty years researching the first true map of the unbuilt Ringways.

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Alison Spring @acspring.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

New post on the Frugal Family Historian blog. Free records for Remembrance weekend, YouTube, podcasts. It's all about researching, and picking up new skills. Learn more, do more, spend nothing. #AncestryHour scotsancestors.blogspot.com/2025/11/lear...

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Learn/do more, spend nothing

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Researching in NHSGGC and Glasgow City Archives today which are based in the Mitchell Library in Glasgow, which quite possibly has the best collection of 1970s pattern carpets in the country. Any other libraries or archives with such amazing carpets? #AncestryHour #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Excited to be taking part in my first #FewForgottenWomen today. The woman I’m researching was lodging not far from where my grandfather was living at the time of the 1901 census so it feels a little bit like going home.

A word cloud made out of women’s names who were working in the linen industry in Ulster at the time of the 1901 Census

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Alison Spring @acspring.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

I'm looking forward to meeting with the Leicestershire & Rutland FHS lrfhs.org.uk this Wednesday where we'll be discussing how to kill off our ancestors. More details in the alt text. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #AncestryHour

Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society
Zoom Talk Wednesday 15th October 7.30pm
Killing Off Your Ancestors by Alison Spring
Even though your ancestors might have lived a
long time ago, finding out about their deaths can
teach you a lot about their lives. Discover the
many sources of information which will shed light
on this important point of their history.
To book a place, please email Sue Lester on
publicity@lrfhs.org.uk from 7 days before the
talk (7th October). The talk is free to all LRFHS
members. For non-members a small donation
(suggested £3) is appreciated as a contribution.
A collage of images shows a death certificate,
a gravestone, a newspaper announcement of a
death, and a graveyard.

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Unusually early dinner means for once I’ve actually not missed #AncestryHour My fortnightly session in @gwsfhs.org.uk research centre in Partick this afternoon. And the joy of traffic on the way home is getting to appreciate the wonderful #GhostSigns that are popping up everywhere. How is everyone?

Image of Bavarian bake house in Partick with ghost sign for Greenholm Laundry visible above.

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Katja, my no 1 research buddy when I’m working from home. She really wants to be on my lap when I’m sitting at my desk, but I eventually persuade her the chair beside me is the place to be. #CatSpam

Picture of a tabby Maine coon cat with wide piercing eyes.

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

I've known for a while I was doing well at Ulster counties ancestral bingo but also looking good now for Irish Provinces on latest Ancestry regions. Brand new for me is Hebrides & Highlands for the first time ever, which somehow makes feel like I'm a real Scot now. What's change for everyone else?

Map showing ancestral Origins of MarpleCat as defined by Ancestry, showing coverage of Central Scotland, Hebrides & Western Highlands, Northern Ireland, Connaght, Leinster, Munster & Donegal.

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Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

🚨 New on Substack: my post on the post-war history of Wolverhampton's Low Hill Estate: ‘a popular place to live’ municipaldreams.substack.com/p/the-low-hi...

Street scene of terrace housing with verges and trees

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Claire Bradley @cbgenealogy.ie · 01/10/2025

Fresh October newsletter out now. claires-newsletter-3b3509.beehiiv.com/p/time-to-ha... #GenHour #AncestryHour #IrishGenealogy

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Time to harvest your roots!

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 01/10/2025

www.ancestry.co.uk/c/dna/offer?... AncestryDNA kits on Ancestry UK are £39! #Genealogy

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AncestryDNA® | DNA Tests for Ethnicity & Genealogy DNA

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

That thing where you’re looking at parish maps in an actual book of The Phillimore Atlas & Index of Parish Registers… and try to use 2 fingers to zoom in on the area of interest. Ah well, I’ll take an actual pic then to zoom in on. 🙈😂

Image of south Argyll & adjoining counties, greater part of Argyll with Stirling, Dumbarton & Renfrew from The Phillimore Parish Atlas.

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Prairie Roots Genealogy @prairiegenealogy.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

I have a talk this Saturday with the Irish Genealogical Society International - Irish Migrations to Canada! It's a topic near and dear to my heart, given that all of my Irish ancestors who came to North America settled in Canada! If you're interested: www.irishgenealogical.org/eventListing...

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Irish Genealogical Society International - Activities

The Irish Genealogical Society International is dedicated to helping you discover your Irish heritage and ancestry. Visit us for assistance with your family history.

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

As every family knows, life gets busy after the arrival of a newborn. Top tip from the mid 19th century - have your baby baptised before it's born! Not a straightforward transcription howler. Columns in original register not consistently used for birth or bap dates. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

Screenshot from FMP Scottish Catholic baptism stating birth date 16 April 1848 and baptism date 14 March 1848.

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Dave Annal Lifelines Research @davelifelines.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

A good example of why we should always view all available copies of a record. Here we have two versions of the same marriage record; on the left is the Bishops' Transcript, on the right the original from the parish register of All Saints, Wigan. Check out the witnesses...

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Graham Ward @edintone.mastodon.green.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2025

Teachers’ Windrush Workshop. Free online event Sunday, 7 September 2025, 7 pm to 9 pm BST. The event isn't exclusive to teachers, but is also open to anyone who would like to learn how to share the truth about Windrush with others. #Windrush […] [Original post on mastodon.green]

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

I went to the Andy Goldsworthy exhibition in Edinburgh today and it was rather fabulous. But no surprise that I was mesmerised by the installation called ‘Gravestones’

Gravestones installation by Andy Goldsworthy

Gravestones installation by Andy Goldsworthy being photographed by MarpleCat

Images of the graveyard in Dumfries & Galloway where the gravestones were collected from.

Information behind the Gravestones installation by Andy Goldsworthy

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Just 6 weeks left until the Halsted Trust’s #Genealogy & #FamilyHistory conference. Apparently only a few residential places remain. I’m so looking forward to catching up with genealogy friends in person. Who’s going to be there? secretsandlies.org.uk

secretsandlies.org.uk

Secrets and Lies Genealogy Conference

Secrets and Lies This immersive family history and genealogy conference will delve deeper into the lesser-known stories of our ancestors.

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Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

When you love books, maps and 19th century social history, Kris Butler’s book involving all 3 is VERY difficult to resist. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #SocialHistory

Front cover of book called “Drink Maps of Victorian Britain” by Kris Butler.

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Dave Annal Lifelines Research @davelifelines.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

It really helps to understand a set of records if you can work out how the clerks used them went about their job. In the indexes to the Stock Ledgers held at the Bank England Archives. The surnames are arranged by: 1 initial letter 2 first consonant after the initial letter 3 first vowel Genius!

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