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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Exhausted, but after some very long days the Diploma work is just about complete. One more doc for hubby to read tonight and then just final checks to do tomorrow before submitting. Still convinced the Palaeography was easier than the writing of the portfolio 😂 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

AI interpretation of me an exhausted Genealogist

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Draft of the 3rd portfolio piece is done. It's been a week looking at Military records, books & diaries. Just one more draft to go before the editing begins. #Genealogy #Diploma

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Yay, 1st draft of another portfolio piece written. It's been a week of establishing who and where they made bricks in the Great Bedwyn area over a 200 year period. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

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Red Brick Wall Close-up

Alt: Red Brick Wall Close-up

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

It's #OnePlaceWednesday and if you're not sure what studying a place is all about why not book onto my talk for @sogorg.bsky.social on 19th Sep. Find out how combining #FamilyHistory & #LocalHistory can be a valuable aid to your research. portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/2...

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One-Place Study: A tool for exploring the past with Julie Muirhead

Talk on Zoom by Julie Muirhead, professional genealogist and local historian

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Doing the research is so much easier than writing it up 🤣. Working my way through draft 2 of one of my IHGS Diploma portfolio pieces and weirdly wishing I was doing Palaeography instead 😂. Probably doesn't help that the morning was all Heraldry not my favourite subject 😂 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

⭐ finds yesterday in MH 12 books at TNA. A list of people wanting to emigrate to Canada & a Poor Relief case. #OnePlaceStudy #StMaryBourne #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Research

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Spot the issue! A classic example of why I absolutely hate Ancestry's AI Hampshire PR transcripts. If it's not a poor transcript it's adding random data. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Ancestry #HampshireUK

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Society of Genealogists @sogorg.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🌍 Get ready for #AATP! #GenHour Build your place-based research skills with four expert events before All About That Place begins in October: 📍 Researching a new place 🏘️ Using local history 🗺️ One-place studies 🚶 Mapping your ancestors Book now: sog.org.uk/welcome-to-a...

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

My unexpected find. In 1834 at the Assizes the parish of Beeding, Kent appealed against the removal of John & Martha Peace from St Mary Bourne, Hants. No settlement or removal certificates have survived for St Mary Bourne this is a real gem. #OnePlaceWednesday #Genealogy #PoorLaws #FamilyHistory

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

It's the first of two days at archives this week. Top of today's agenda is Criminal Records. Accidentally found something for #StMaryBourne when looking too 😊. #OnePlaceStudy #OnePlaceWednesday #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Research

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Totally agree, #Ancestry never beta test their changes with users just make the whole system worse on a regular basis. Much prefer #FindMyPast and only use Ancestry when I need it for records they only have. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

I'm chasing Brickmakers & Bricklayers & this is another very helpful record from Great Bedwyn. The Hawkins family is huge & names like Thomas, John & Robert for the males are very popular. They made physical brickwalls and I'm now trying to break the genealogical ones 🤣 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Nice to see my local hospital in the news today as it's celebrating it's Centenary. Last month I broke a finger and and the Minor Injuries department were brilliant in, x-rayed and out in under an hour. #Andover #LocalHistory www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Andover War Memorial Hospital's centenary celebrated by staff

Andover War Memorial Hospital joined the NHS in 1948 and was set up with local donations.

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

I've been back on the trail of multiple Robert Hawkins today. Lots of snippets of their lives as Brickmakers at Great Bedwyn in the 1700s, now to workout who they belong to. This has been really interesting as this all relates to my 6th-8th Great Grandfathers. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Romsey Signal Box yesterday evening. Got to play with the levers 🤣 Fantastic learning about how Railway signals etc worked over the years. #RailwayHistory #LocalHistory #LivingHistory

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Working in the dark 🤣 downstairs where it is cooler away from my extra screens at my desk trying to survive the heat 🔥. Giving GenScriber software a go, not used it before but so far so good. #Palaeography #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #OldDocument

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

My secret is out, very much looking forward to taking on the "Researching the Poor" course next year. A subject that I find so interesting. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Ok, so needed a break from trying to understand the Statute of Uses 1536 after finishing a transcription of a 1560 document detailing lots of property in Sussex. AI image with errors but it conveys my confused state I hope 😂 #Genealogist #16thCenturyResearch #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #AI

AI Image showing me confused trying to understand the Statute of Uses 1536

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Newbury is one of the towns connected to the John & Frances West Family Group. Took a few photos today showing the connections between the group & Christs Hospital School whilst at today's family gathering. www.west-group.org #FamilyHistory #JFWFG #Newbury

The Blue Boy showing a Christs Hospital Student

Newbury mosaic showing the panel relating to John & Frances West

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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Our next Webinar for members is on Tuesday June 9th, when Cathie Sherwood will talk to us about Military Ancestors pre-1914. Note a member of the Society for #OnePlaceStudies? Join us and join in! #OnePlaceWednesday

Society for One-Place Studies Webinar.
Tuesday 9 June 2026, 8 for 8.30pm UK time.
“Military Ancestors pre-1914” with Cathie Sherwood.
Image: Illustration of a laptop computer, with the screen showing a picture of the edge of the village with fields beyond, and the web address www.one-place-studies.org/events/
Not a member? Join us and join in for just £10 a year!
One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Last week's book purchases have all arrived. For now to help me with a Diploma project, but these will all be helpful with my #OnePlaceStudy as it's rural. #OnePlaceWednesday #LocalHistory #RuralHistory #WeatherHistory

Book: Agricultural Records A.D. 220-1977 by J.M. Stratton

Book: The Agrarian History of England & Wales, Vol. 4, 1500 - 1640 by Joan Thirsk

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

After a busy week today i'm doing as little as possible 😂 and NO #Genealogy. Can't be totally #History free so binge watching a classic period drama it is. Been a while since I last watched Tenko, such a well written show telling the story of the female prisoners in WW2. tenkotv.com

tenkotv.com

Tenko

website of the classic TV drama series

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

"Close Stool" a new one on me 😂. WHO KNOWS WHAT ONE IS? Been looking through and inventory to help demonstrate the status of a family and this one is not your every day item and definitely counts. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #ProbateInventory

Snippet from a Probate Inventory from 1611

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

C. 1916 & May 2026 - .Such a shame that today Wheelie Bins are kept in front on Andover's Norman Arch. This is the only surving part of the old Church built in the mid-1100s and torn down in the first half of the 1840s. #NormanArchitecture #OldPhoto #Andover #Hampshire

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Interesting letters transcribed today inc. from Elizabeth I re. her nephew Henry Carey, another from his son, George, one from Robert Cecil & one from who I'm researching Nicholas Venables. 1 of 2 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #OldLetters #Palaeography

Signatures from 4 letters inc. Elizabeth I

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

One Placers/Local Historians - just ordered this book but looking for ideas to track bad harvests in Southern England in the last quarter of the 16th Century. Any idea?s #OnePlaceStudies #LocalHistory

Book: The agrarian history of England & Wales vol 4

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

A little Heraldry & Latin on the agenda today looking at the Arms on this memorial in the local Church from 1602/3. #Genealogy #Heraldry #Latin #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory

Screens showing document & image with a copy of Boutells Heraldry

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Worked through this extract from a Manorial Court Roll from 1551 this afternoon for the manor of Bygnor. It's Latin so challenging but I'm no longer afraid of Latin docs 😂 Now to get out of my hot study and go downstairs where it is cooler. #Palaeography #Latin #Manorial #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

Screens showing an old document and transcript

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Research trip to Andover Museum today for my 16th/17th Century research 😄 #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #LocalHistory #Andover

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

These Winchester College leases for Andover Parsonage are still giving, the latest unexpected Leesee was a Traitor lucky not to lose his head when Bloody Mary was on the throne. At least with this guy I can understand the connection to the person I'm researching. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William...

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William West, 1st Baron De La Warr - Wikipedia

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

The Winchester College Leases I'm working my way through keep on giving. The person I'm researching seems to keep having connections to Elizabeth I, plus a new connection to a nephew of Anne Boleyn. #Genealogy #Tudor #16thCentury #Hampshire

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Quick trip to town to photograph buildings & monuments for the 16th-17th Century research I'm doing. Houses originated 16th century, old Norman Arch is from the old church & monuments for the Venables family originally in the old church #Andover #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #Research

16th Century jetties houses, Chantry Street, Andover

Norman Arch from the old Andover parish church

Monument to Richard Venables & his wife Dorothy

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Snippets of 16th Century leases for land owned by Winchester College for the person I'm researching, 3 of these were a surprise. Easy to read though 😀 something I never thought I'd say. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #PropertyResearch #IHGSDiploma

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Finished my Inquisition Post Mortem & translated to English. Thought I was done the Latin & old docs & now discovered some Manorial Court & property indentures held by Winchester College on Family Search full text search😔 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #IHGSDiploma

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

4 photos of an Inquisition Post Mortem transcribed. Got so muddled at times making sure the lines lined up between the left & right sides of the document 😂. Got a few yellow highlights I'm struggling with but hopefully once I've gone through it on Monday it will make more sense. #Genealogy

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

I managed a couple of hours updating some research for my IHGS Diploma for a family from #StMaryBourne the home of my #OnePlaceStudy. Looking forward to chatting with people this evening for #OnePlaceWednesday LIVE!

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Transcribing an Inquisition Post Mortem, these docs are in Latin (not a language I understand). Just 2 of the options I've come across to expand "pd" in the text, I always seem to pick the wrong one 🤣. A book on Latin docs & technology are being very helpful with this. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

Definition of Latin Praedicta & Praedicti.

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Excellent talk this evening by the one and only Phil Harding. All about his life in Archaeology and the changes in the discipline over the last 100 years or so.

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Julie Muirhead (The Lineage Finder) @thelineagefinder.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Today's top task! Create an abstract of an Inquisition Post Mortem. Totally out of my comfort zone 🤣 but a handy book about Latin documents I picked up at The National Archives last week should help me identify the information I need to extract. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

Laptop & 2 extra screens on a desk with a book about Latin documents

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