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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Last Saturday’s SFHS Talking Family History Live was a fab day — real people, not Zoom! We launched the Shropshire Family History Hub, mapping county places for members’ local & ancestral research Thx our 'Great Leader' & Chair @57chestnuts.bsky.social Shropshire roots? sfhs.org.uk #FamilyHistory

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Looking forward to spending time with @helentovey.bsky.social's lovely Family Tree Plus members (of which I am a contented one). @familytreeplus.bsky.social #FamilyHistory

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Hello hello... turn family history research, photos and stories into a living digital archive your family can actually engage with. SAG’s beginner-friendly 4-session WeAre.xyz course starts May 2026 — with 6 months access included. www.sag.org.au/event-6587551 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #WeAreXYZ

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Can anyone decipher this? Shown as 'Residence at time of marriage' which took place in Montgomeryshire in 1843 #FamilyHistory

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

This is post war HQ of Ministry of Agriculture Food & Fisheries (MAFF) 'Great Westminster House' Horseferry Rd, London. Seen here at 1937 opening. This is the ONLY image I can find - surely pics exist of a governement ministry???? anyone ? My Grandfather worked here in 1950s #OnePlaceWednesday

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

There is a little known time portal right here in the heart of London... app.weare.xyz/blog/the-byt...

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

If anyone's curious about WeAre.xyz collaborative archiving platform, I'm presenting to GeneBloggers Sun 9th at 3pm ET. Will meander over ancestral country lanes, Kansas creeks & WW1 trenches; support from Kevin the drone #FamilyHistory #Genealogy Free, register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Got any glass plate negatives or marooned camcorder DAT tapes. @sogorg.bsky.social running this delicious course, and digitally preserving these will be my contribution: portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/1... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

My lovely daughter spotted this in a bookshop in York for £4 and brought it for me :) how great is that xx

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

@atcherleyons.bsky.social I assume thats you :) you genius. I found the most tragic record. He jumped suicidally from a ship. Definitely him - the whole record says from Shropshire. Hope I can find more insights. Thank you so much

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Calling lovely friends in Queensland. A Shropshire memorial & death date for 2xG Uncle Matthew Henry Davies led to his death in Colony Towers QSD 10 Jul 1897. I think was a gold prospecting town? Any tips on info sources gratefully received (death records, newspapers...) xx #GenHour #FamilyHistory

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Can anyone work out the last word: 'house painter plumber ??' Thank you :) This is wife's ancestor John Yoxall from Crewe England who landed at Ellis Island 1st Jan 1867

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Any ideas what bird this is from? Found on chalk down bordered by woodland. Have couple of ideas but won’t lead the witness :) @atcherleyons.bsky.social

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

OMG the fields behind my parents in my home village TODAY - Gt Shelford/Stapleford Cambs. 12 fire engines on scene I hear.

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

All welcome to our next Shropshire Family History in person 'TALKING FAMILY HISTORY LIVE' event. It's great this is now a fun lively biannual event emerging from the COVID shadow. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

EVENT Sat 30th Aug, 17:00 BST click to join: fb.me/e/3C9nqKIZC WeAre.xyz Features & Fun August Taster Join our super friendly group zoom on collaborative family archiving, & all things ancestral & nostalgic :) #FamilyHistory ChatGPT's image of group of genealogists having A LOT OF FUN on vacation

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

A wonderful friend of mine just turned 60. His ancestor won a VC in WW1 so I made him this. Frame and photo cost about £20, the Victoria Cross an extra £400k but I’m sure you’ll agree it was worth every penny :) PS don’t tell him - it’s a surprise

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

spotted these beautiful carriages off Horse Guards Parade, London (practice for a military musical event tomorrow a friendly policewoman informed me)

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Oh the joy, my son has finally presented me with a meal cooked all by himself - swelling with pride…

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Defrosted the freezer - it’s the simple things in life :) Now to WW1 4th South African Infantry Battalion service records - where are they??? #FamilyHistory #WW1

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Look at this beauty, a female Harris Hawk on Shaftesbury Avenue, opposite Chinatown. Scaring pigeons off Sondeim theatre, home of Les Miserables

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

I loved this new book 'Firestarter'. True story of 1830s arsonist in Gt Shelford (where I grew up). You really are transported. Backdrop of 'inclosure', Swing Riots, underpinned by archive letters, newspapers, assize & parish records & the harsh finale on the gallows. #Genealogy #OnePlaceStudies

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Help - can anyone decipher this word in a late 1700s UK will? #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Have to love the ‘Merlin App’ for song recognition - Wormwood Scrubs this lunchtime

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Curious, any ideas? - Henrietta Brent baptised in 1792 in High Ham Somerset along with younger sister. They were born 1787 and 1789. Think parents were gentry, she will marry landed gentry. Why the baptism delay - they feared unbaptised infant death #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Enjoying our @shropshirefhs.bsky.social Shropshire Family History Society in person day - our Great Leader Karen demo’ing the imminent new website. #FamilyHistory

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Just missed you! I saw this too - Holly Blue?

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

sitting at Audley End station noticed the old Victorian postbox ‘VR’ - was it originally grey i am wondering? #oneplacewednesday

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

A stroll discovery at the top of Shaftesbury Avenue in London’s West End - The Rev Martin Luther King

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

A flirting couple of beautiful brimstones in Cambridgeshire

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Odiham Castle built as a hunting lodge by King John 1214 - so about lunchtime :)

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

IMHO this is the most beautiful cherry blossom tree in London at the top of the hill which is ‘Notting Hill’ off Ladbroke Grove. It’s perfect for about 3 days and mobbed by tourists taking selfies (this was very early in the day)

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

A glorious day, but where am I? Behind me is one of our most famous landmarks.

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

The top of Portobello Rd this morning in the spring sunshine. Come on Southern Hemisphere, give it up, the sun wants to come home :)

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Well, I have no idea if this is tree, but I figured it might be of comfort to more than just me :) Happy Thursday... spring sunshine abounds in London.

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

To the NORAD Santa Tracker - he's off in 20 minutes!! Merry Christmans!

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Because we spend too much time on our computers :) too adorable

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

St James Palace, London at 6am, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse…

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

A little moaning about turkeys, and a bird's eye fly by of the Battle of the Little Bighorn... our WeAre.xyz December newsletter for your pleasure #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #OnePlaceStudies eepurl.com/i4R-SY

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Happy Thanksgiving to family and friends in the US. Hope you don't eat this splendid looking fellow :)

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

The harsh reality of the Spanish Flu in my family in 1918... brother and sister (Shropshire, England) #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Really thrilled to be contributing to Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy virtual course "Organizing, Preserving & Disaster-Proofing Your Family Archive" in Jan 2025. Master-minded by the inspiring Annette Lyttle, MA, CG. check it out... slig.ugagenealogy.org/cpage.php?pt... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

In our household it is ‘Daddy makes homemade pizza’ night, spent sipping Rioja and listening to PM on BBC Radio 4. The wonderful @anitaanand.bsky.social (check out Empire Podcast) just talking about the exodus to Blue Sky :)

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

I'm giving substack a go, any willing guinea pig followers greatly appreciated :) simondmd.substack.com

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Hi #GenHour - fingers crossed for this new home. It's like Battle Star Galactica all over... fleeing the Cylons looking for a refuge to call our own... (oh for the 70s)

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Walked past Fortnum and Mason on Piccadilly last night - all looking very festive :)

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Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz) @simondmd.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Hi Dean, I thought you might enjoy this pic of Gt Grandfather Philip Riley, born 1888 Wensleydale St, a back to back in Little Ireland, Manc. He wrestled, and we assume these are his winnings

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