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West Middlesex Family History Society @westmiddlesexfh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

In The Name of God Amen:Wills for Family History. That’s the title of the October #WMFHS talk. And our speaker is #DaveAnnal. Thursday 15th October Hybrid meeting, St John’s Isleworth and on Zoom. Meeting starts 7.30pm (BST) , talk starts at 7.45pm. Full details: www.west-middlesex-fhs.org.uk

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Why Are You Writing A Will, Mary?

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Early #HillfortsWednesday 😊

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West Middlesex Family History Society @westmiddlesexfh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

#WestMiddlesexFHS talks take place in European time zones, but don’t despair! Members can watch the recording of the latest talk for the month following. Joining in October this year gets you 15 months of talks, 4 journals and a lot of new friends. Full details: www.west-middlesex-fhs.org.uk

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West Middlesex Family History Society @westmiddlesexfh.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

When #JohnGriffithsColby dug up a WW1 medal, he determined to find the man who had earned it. Join #WestMiddlesexFHS Thursday 17 Sept to hear the full story #FindingSapperClay. Hybrid meeting St John’s Centre Isleworth and on Zoom at 7.30. Full details www.west-middlesex-fhs.org.uk.

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Allie Nickell @alliethinks.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Please don't wedge coins into the Giant's Causeway.

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West Middlesex Family History Society @westmiddlesexfh.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The Women Police Service during WW1 is August’s #WestMiddlesexFHS talk given by Nigel Crompton from the #WesternFront. Thursday 20 August. Hybrid meeting on Zoom and at St John’s Centre Isleworth. Meeting begins 7.30 (BST), talk begins 7.45. Full details at www.west-middlesex-fhs.org.uk

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West Middlesex Family History Society @westmiddlesexfh.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

How well do you know or remember your #HounslowHistory? You can still brush up your knowledge at the #HounslowAndDistrictHistory display. United Reform Church, Chapel Road, Hounslow. On until Friday 22 Aug. Open 11am to 4pm. Daily talks at 2.30pm.

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Pam Brigham @pambca.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

c.org/bNKsqmGf7R Stop the closure of the National Archive sites in Chicago & San Francisco! #genealogy

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The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) @themerl.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Absolute Units returns! This week we bring our rural history heads to a bunch of related topics. Like: - Bad Bunny - Stardew Valley - Star Wars - Martin Ødegaard - John Maynard Keynes - The Bloomsbury Group - Holograms Listen wherever you get your podcasts! merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/abso...

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Absolute Units podcast - The Museum of English Rural Life

Come for the big sheep. Stay for the history of rural England and its people.

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West Middlesex Family History Society @westmiddlesexfh.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Friday frivolity: did you know that London’s first #publiclavatory was built by a woman? #QueenMatilda (wife of Henry 1) built it for the use of the “common use of citizens” and it even had piped water to wash the waste into the river. Takes a woman to think of the essentials!

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West Middlesex Family History Society @westmiddlesexfh.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Ooh, I’ve been looking to get my teeth into something like this. The heatwave has reduced me to rereading old favourites!

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Alan Godfrey Maps (3,900+ publications and counting!) @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

A draughtsman’s dream; #Bournemouth (North) 1908. Take a moment to consider how planned this map looks. The rapid but highly controlled growth of the city means time has been taken to lay things out 'just so'. There’s a kind of brutalist beauty to it. Our sampled text hints at why...

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West Middlesex Family History Society @westmiddlesexfh.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

How intriguing - might they be remnants of medieval Doom frescos?

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West Middlesex Family History Society @westmiddlesexfh.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Fantastic - I shall be in there, hunting for my ancestors.

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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp Two new sets of Naval records this week at @findmypast.bsky.social 🚩𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞, #𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 🚩𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐲, 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 Link to the FMP blog with full details 👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/.../royal-na....

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Explore medical records from Portsmouth and beyond.

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West Middlesex Family History Society @westmiddlesexfh.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

So what are you doing on #Saturday18July? (Quite apart from watching the footie obviously). You could be attending the #BerkshireHeritageFair online. 10-12,2-3 with lots of #FamilyHistory societies to talk to. Including #WestMiddlesexFHS. And it’s FREE. Check out berksfhs.org. See you there?

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Dig for History!

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Maggie Gaffney @mghistorical.com · 14/07/2026

Here's a link that works! www.ihgs.ac.uk/house-histor...

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House History Course | IHGS

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Yesterday I received the marriage certificate for Mr H’s great grandparents. It gave me the name, address and occupation of the bride’s father. I’ve now found him in the Census, identified other children, and then his wife’s name. All 16 2x great grandparents now accounted for! #FamilyHistory

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John Vigar FSA @johnevigar.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Fourteenth century stained glass to a member of the Berners family at West Horsley Church, Surrey

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The remains of Cairn o'Get chambered burial cairn in north-east Caithness. The cairn dates to the Neolithic and is part of a rich prehistoric landscape. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Prehistory #Archaeology #Caithness

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British Columbia Genealogical Society @bcgs.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa has announced its annual conference, to be held on October 17 and 18, 2026. The theme: "Flittin’ Day: Forces That Moved our Scottish Ancestors" #genealogy #FamilyHistory www.bifhsgo.ca/2026-confere...

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West Middlesex Family History Society @westmiddlesexfh.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Want to know how to trace your rural ancestors ? Join us at #WestMiddlesexFHS on Thursday 16 July and hear #ClareO’Grady on Researching Your Rural Ancestors. Hybrid meeting (Zoom and St John’s Centre Isleworth). Doors open 7.30. Zoom instructions on www.west-middlesex-fhs.org.uk. All welcome!

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The Dogs Show Aotearoa

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Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Digitised! Some of the earliest records of UK trade unionism, containing a wealth of information for labour, social, economic, political & family history 700+ Fortnightly Returns from the Friendly Society of Operative Stonemasons online (& more to come) cdm21047.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

'Black list' of stonemasons who remained at work during a strike at the Army and Navy Club House, Coal Exchange and at Mr - Yard, Bell Lane, Spitalfields, in 1848.

Poster for strike of stonemasons during the rebuilding of the Houses of Parliament, 1841

Extract from the fortnightly return for 23 November-7 December 1848, reporting on 'an imposter' at Coventry Lodge. John Kennedy had obtained money on false pretences and "abused the hostess with unbecoming language". The report ends with the statement "Beware of him".

Short messages between members of the union in the 'To correspondents' column. It includes requests for individual members to write to family members, to get in contact or "hear of something not at all creditable" to them, and to write about tools obtained "in a clandestine manner".

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

The dragon head of Skidbladner - a replica of the famous 9th century Viking Gokstad ship which was found in a burial mound at Vestfold in Norway in 1880. Skidblander can be found at Haroldswick on Unst in Shetland. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #Unst #Shetland

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Helen Czerski @helenczerski.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Londoners, there is a webpage for you to see where your nearest "cool spaces" are when the extreme heat hits - places with water, air-conditioning & shade. Have a look and spread the word, especially to those who may need this but might not think to look for it: apps.london.gov.uk/cool-spaces/

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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp Ancestry this week have added 🚩 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬, 𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬, 𝟏𝟕𝟕𝟓-𝟏𝟗𝟑𝟔 🚩𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐡, 𝐖𝐖𝐈 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐫, 𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟒-𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟗 Full list of all updates in the screenshot below with #AltText as usual

Updates to Ancestry week 26th June 2026

Oise, France, Census, 1806-1921 (in French)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., Confederate States of America Quartermaster Department, 1861-1864
Nièvre, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1622-1922 (in French)
Haute Savoie, France, Census, 1861-1911 (in French)
England and Wales, Tithe Maps and Apportionments, 1775-1936
New Zealand, New Zealand Gazette, 1859-1922
U.S., Descendants of Signers of the Declaration of Independence, 1706-1900
Clay and Pope Counties, Arkansas, U.S., Cemetery and Obituary Records, 1950-2018
Vermont, U.S., Prison Records, 1809-1965
Malta Notarial Deeds, 1500-1900
Pennsylvania, U.S., Railroad Workers Relief Cards, 1886-1968

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Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

SNAPPI/Liberty of St Etheldreda Inquests Index: We have been able to finish the index with the years 1922-33 so another c600 entries. Members can go into SNAPPI, select name search & specify the Inquests as the dataset to search. We have more material in the pipeline to add soon

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Doncaster & District Family History Society @doncasterdistfhs.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Our next Help Desk Day is on Monday 6th July 10.00am - 12.00pm at Conisbrough Library . You will have free access to Ancestry and Find My Past websites plus access to the 1921 census. So do come along and bring a friend. Do remember to bring your library card. #genealogy #familiyhistory

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West Middlesex Family History Society @westmiddlesexfh.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

How do you cope in the #heatwave? What do you do to stay sane? I find #gentleexercise #familyhistory #water and keeping #lightlevels low helps. Plus reading novels set in cold places. What are your tips?

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Medieval floor tile from St. Andrew’s Priory in Northampton depicting a pair of shears; probably a reference to the textile trade. Now part of the collections at Northampton Museum & Art Gallery. 📸 My own. #TilesOnTuesday #Northampton

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John Vigar FSA @johnevigar.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Dublin Shopfront

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West Middlesex Family History Society @westmiddlesexfh.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Silk - the very sound of luxury. But was it that good for the silk workers? To find out join the next #WestMiddlesexFHS members meeting where #AdeleEmm will tell us about #TheSilkenTrade. Thursday 18 June, hybrid meeting on Zoom and at #StJohnsCentreIsleworth. Doors open 7.30pm, talk begins 7.45pm.

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Mauve Vertical Silk Waves

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Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

If you are atteding our conference please don't forget to post on our socials. We'd love to know what you think.

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West Middlesex Family History Society @westmiddlesexfh.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

A similar thing happens between Shrewsbury and Ludlow. Round about Church Stretton, if it has snowed, you can see a straight line where the snow ends. It must be where the Stretton hills end and the Shropshire plain begins.

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West Middlesex Family History Society @westmiddlesexfh.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Sounds as if Ellen needed cheering up - I hope she went.

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Helen Baggott | Editor ~ Author ~ Speaker @postedinthepast.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Sent by Jim to his sister Ellen in Clitheroe was: "Pluck up this week and come down. Martha and all the lasses are going down to Blackburn on Saturday afternoon. Bring a fiver with you and have a beano." #PostedInThePast

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Rechalking Dorset's favourite (and happiest) giant with @nationaltrust.org.uk @nattrustarch.bsky.social Video Jim Wileman / The Guardian See 👇👇👇 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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West Middlesex Family History Society @westmiddlesexfh.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I love photographs like this. I once found a collection of 31 signed photos of #WW1 #SpecialConstables from #Chiswick. I had a wonderful time researching them.

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West Middlesex Family History Society @westmiddlesexfh.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Wow! That must have been noisy. My mum lived in Worcester years ago. I remember watching a storm that had got stuck in the “bowl” that is Worcester - lightening bouncing round and round for a good hour.

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West Middlesex Family History Society @westmiddlesexfh.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I love all the posts on #Romanforts that are on Bluesky. Brings back my youthful fascination with Roman Britain. Keep them coming please!

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