Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡
@allthosebefore.bsky.social
Family historian, blogger, podcast guest and speaker. Pharos student. Also Mum, wife, and full-time public servant of 33 years and counting. Fuelled alternatively by coffee and wine.
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #OnePlaceStudy
www.allthosebefore.org.uk
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #OnePlaceStudy
www.allthosebefore.org.uk
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Several people have commented about Ancestry's updated #DNA ethnicity estimates over the past 24 hours. I've written a short blog post about how mine have changed. To sum up: more Dutch, no longer Scottish. I also stand in solidarity with the people of #Yorkshire!
www.allthosebefore.co.uk?p=779
www.allthosebefore.co.uk?p=779
Sorry to have missed #GenHour, but I’ve spent a lovely evening with @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social at their quiz evening. Zoom breakout rooms for each team brilliantly organised by @researchdogsbody.bsky.social.
February 19, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Sorry to have missed #GenHour, but I’ve spent a lovely evening with @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social at their quiz evening. Zoom breakout rooms for each team brilliantly organised by @researchdogsbody.bsky.social.
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This is deeply worrying news from the world of FGG (ForensicGeneticGenealogy).
Weaponizing DNA Against Women
Last Friday, fetal remains were found in a wastewater treatment plant in Sumter County, South Carolina. The fetus was male, 13–15 weeks old, with no signs of trauma. At that stage, a miscarriage is considered a medical event rather than a legal death, meaning that…
Last Friday, fetal remains were found in a wastewater treatment plant in Sumter County, South Carolina. The fetus was male, 13–15 weeks old, with no signs of trauma. At that stage, a miscarriage is considered a medical event rather than a legal death, meaning that…
Weaponizing DNA Against Women
Last Friday, fetal remains were found in a wastewater treatment plant in Sumter County, South Carolina. The fetus was male, 13–15 weeks old, with no signs of trauma. At that stage, a miscarriage is considered a medical event rather than a legal death, meaning that neither a death certificate nor any formal reporting is required. Even so, the county coroner described the fetus as "stillborn"—a term under South Carolina law reserved for fetal death…
thednageek.com
February 19, 2026 at 1:22 PM
This is deeply worrying news from the world of FGG (ForensicGeneticGenealogy).
There are so many useful resources for #FamilyHistory and #OnePlaceStudies on the IHR website.
Just don’t blame me if you lose an hour or two having a good look around. 😉😊
Just don’t blame me if you lose an hour or two having a good look around. 😉😊
The @ihr.bsky.social has brought all its online resources - journals, @vch-home.bsky.social, OA book series, @bho.bsky.social, BBIH, @layersoflondon.bsky.social, and more - into one section of its website for easier access bit.ly/4cCrpUD.
Much of this content is free to use online #Skystorians
Much of this content is free to use online #Skystorians
Resources for Historians
The IHR offers a wide range of online resources and publications for historians. These pages introduce and provide access to these resources.
bit.ly
February 19, 2026 at 12:51 PM
There are so many useful resources for #FamilyHistory and #OnePlaceStudies on the IHR website.
Just don’t blame me if you lose an hour or two having a good look around. 😉😊
Just don’t blame me if you lose an hour or two having a good look around. 😉😊
I’m very much looking forward to this later!
🧠✨ Quiz Night Alert! Tonight's the night! ✨🧠
No homework required or specialist knowledge needed, just bring yourself, your sense of humour, and perhaps a cup of tea, or something stronger 👀
Looking forward to a fun, friendly evening of quizzing, chuckles, and “oh no!” moments! 🎉
No homework required or specialist knowledge needed, just bring yourself, your sense of humour, and perhaps a cup of tea, or something stronger 👀
Looking forward to a fun, friendly evening of quizzing, chuckles, and “oh no!” moments! 🎉
February 19, 2026 at 11:53 AM
I’m very much looking forward to this later!
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Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.
February 19, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.
When it works out that the way you hope it does.
D:Ream's, Peter Cunnah's search for his birth father. Cunnah was born in a Belfast mother & baby home in 1966. 👇
BBC News - 'Meeting my dad was a D:Ream' - pop star's 50-year search for his birth father
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - 'Meeting my dad was a D:Ream' - pop star's 50-year search for his birth father
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
D:Ream's Peter Cunnah: How I tracked down my birth father after 50 years
The musician, who was born in a mother and baby home, only found out who his natural father was when he was 59.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 18, 2026 at 5:21 PM
When it works out that the way you hope it does.
I’m unsure about using AI for recipes if this is the outcome:
“1 cabbage of butter soup” 🥴
“1 cabbage of butter soup” 🥴
February 18, 2026 at 8:55 AM
I’m unsure about using AI for recipes if this is the outcome:
“1 cabbage of butter soup” 🥴
“1 cabbage of butter soup” 🥴
And a rainbow.
February 16, 2026 at 5:58 PM
And a rainbow.
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Puts the Black Death into perspective
Tethered plastic bottle tops are apparently 'the worst thing to happen to humanity'....
Hmm.
Hmm.
February 15, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Puts the Black Death into perspective
@fourteeneighteen.co.uk has encouraged me to ‘drop an album that was important to you when you were nineteen’. I give you the Hothouse Flowers’ debut album from 1988. I saw them play live at university several times, and at Glastonbury. I still listen to them now.
February 15, 2026 at 9:23 PM
@fourteeneighteen.co.uk has encouraged me to ‘drop an album that was important to you when you were nineteen’. I give you the Hothouse Flowers’ debut album from 1988. I saw them play live at university several times, and at Glastonbury. I still listen to them now.
A single sentence in a funeral write-up that changes your perspective on a particular ancestor: “in his youth he emigrated to Australia, and was one of the first in the rush for the gold fields.” 😱 #FamilyHistory
February 15, 2026 at 4:28 PM
A single sentence in a funeral write-up that changes your perspective on a particular ancestor: “in his youth he emigrated to Australia, and was one of the first in the rush for the gold fields.” 😱 #FamilyHistory
I’ve finally finished my latest family group on Mr H’s tree: a set of 2xGGP and their *14* children. One died in infancy, one emigrated to Texas and married a cattle rancher. Two, and the husband of another, most likely took their own lives. The newspaper accounts are not straightforward.
February 15, 2026 at 3:35 PM
I’ve finally finished my latest family group on Mr H’s tree: a set of 2xGGP and their *14* children. One died in infancy, one emigrated to Texas and married a cattle rancher. Two, and the husband of another, most likely took their own lives. The newspaper accounts are not straightforward.
I have a candidate for the worst transcription ever. I give you the Maud Whittaker’s entry for 1909 in the New Orleans US Passenger Lists 1813-1963 on Ancestry.
Father: Mr Mathither (Mr Whittaker)
Address: Lu Faene NY Bembry Chehen … or perhaps Lea Farm, Wybunbury, Cheshire.
Father: Mr Mathither (Mr Whittaker)
Address: Lu Faene NY Bembry Chehen … or perhaps Lea Farm, Wybunbury, Cheshire.
February 15, 2026 at 11:44 AM
I have a candidate for the worst transcription ever. I give you the Maud Whittaker’s entry for 1909 in the New Orleans US Passenger Lists 1813-1963 on Ancestry.
Father: Mr Mathither (Mr Whittaker)
Address: Lu Faene NY Bembry Chehen … or perhaps Lea Farm, Wybunbury, Cheshire.
Father: Mr Mathither (Mr Whittaker)
Address: Lu Faene NY Bembry Chehen … or perhaps Lea Farm, Wybunbury, Cheshire.
Today’s dog walk started well, but ended up muddy. Everywhere is muddy at the moment!
February 14, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Today’s dog walk started well, but ended up muddy. Everywhere is muddy at the moment!
They’ve arrived. #Rugby #SixNations
February 14, 2026 at 3:51 PM
They’ve arrived. #Rugby #SixNations
No flowers, chocolates or cards here; the menfolk are on their way to Murrayfield in Edinburgh to watch the #SixNations. I have my loyal and trusty research assistant though. #FamilyHistory
February 14, 2026 at 12:05 PM
No flowers, chocolates or cards here; the menfolk are on their way to Murrayfield in Edinburgh to watch the #SixNations. I have my loyal and trusty research assistant though. #FamilyHistory
Apologies for being so late joining #GenHour tonight. I’ve been watching this film about the #ForestOfDean back in the 1960s. It’s presented by Dennis Potter (the screenwriter) who grew up there. So much social history, uncomfortable observations / opinions and more.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=HrBL...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=HrBL...
1960: CHANGING TIMES in the FOREST of DEAN | Between Two Rivers | Classic Documentary | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
m.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Apologies for being so late joining #GenHour tonight. I’ve been watching this film about the #ForestOfDean back in the 1960s. It’s presented by Dennis Potter (the screenwriter) who grew up there. So much social history, uncomfortable observations / opinions and more.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=HrBL...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=HrBL...
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13th February 2026 marks the 29th anniversary of the Great Lego Spill, when nearly five million pieces of Lego fell into the ocean after a cargo ship laden with goods was hit by a storm.
February 12, 2026 at 9:48 AM
13th February 2026 marks the 29th anniversary of the Great Lego Spill, when nearly five million pieces of Lego fell into the ocean after a cargo ship laden with goods was hit by a storm.
And another four today!
Five more wills have arrived this morning, meaning that there’s only eight I’m still waiting for. All safely downloaded and saved, to be read later.
February 12, 2026 at 10:14 AM
And another four today!
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Did you know we have resources for #WomensHistory on our website. Bibliography, Timeline, Articles as well as stories, videos & podcasts we've produced for previous #InternationalWomensDay #InternationalDayOfTheGirl www.fewforgottenwomen.com/resources
February 12, 2026 at 6:25 AM
Did you know we have resources for #WomensHistory on our website. Bibliography, Timeline, Articles as well as stories, videos & podcasts we've produced for previous #InternationalWomensDay #InternationalDayOfTheGirl www.fewforgottenwomen.com/resources
My mind is well and truly blown by the amazing talk given by @genealcymru.bsky.social to @gloucestershirefhs.bsky.social this evening. So much to reflect on, and I need to revisit some of my research strategies as a result. Don’t ignore the ivy around the tree. 😊
February 11, 2026 at 9:07 PM
My mind is well and truly blown by the amazing talk given by @genealcymru.bsky.social to @gloucestershirefhs.bsky.social this evening. So much to reflect on, and I need to revisit some of my research strategies as a result. Don’t ignore the ivy around the tree. 😊
Well that’s a first for me - bequeathing one’s yacht in a Will. 😊
I ordered the will of someone who owned many of the coal mines in the #ForestOfDean; my ancestors’ employer who *might* have been the father of one. Seeing if there are any clues …
I ordered the will of someone who owned many of the coal mines in the #ForestOfDean; my ancestors’ employer who *might* have been the father of one. Seeing if there are any clues …
February 11, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Well that’s a first for me - bequeathing one’s yacht in a Will. 😊
I ordered the will of someone who owned many of the coal mines in the #ForestOfDean; my ancestors’ employer who *might* have been the father of one. Seeing if there are any clues …
I ordered the will of someone who owned many of the coal mines in the #ForestOfDean; my ancestors’ employer who *might* have been the father of one. Seeing if there are any clues …
My childhood food memories are similar to Natalie’s.
I also recall being at a drinks party with my parents, hosted by some university academics (who seemed very sophisticated to me). I complained that the squashed blackberries with cream on the little biscuits tasted of fish. It was caviar! 🤣
I also recall being at a drinks party with my parents, hosted by some university academics (who seemed very sophisticated to me). I complained that the squashed blackberries with cream on the little biscuits tasted of fish. It was caviar! 🤣
Food has a way of anchoring memories.
Childhood meals, family habits and changing tastes as glimpses of domestic life in the past.
#FamilyHistory #FoodMemories
funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2026/02/11/a...
Childhood meals, family habits and changing tastes as glimpses of domestic life in the past.
#FamilyHistory #FoodMemories
funnywherelifetakesyou.org/2026/02/11/a...
A Smörgåsbord of Food Memories
Childhood meals remembered through everyday food, family habits and changing tastes – a glimpse into domestic life in the past
funnywherelifetakesyou.org
February 11, 2026 at 4:48 PM
My childhood food memories are similar to Natalie’s.
I also recall being at a drinks party with my parents, hosted by some university academics (who seemed very sophisticated to me). I complained that the squashed blackberries with cream on the little biscuits tasted of fish. It was caviar! 🤣
I also recall being at a drinks party with my parents, hosted by some university academics (who seemed very sophisticated to me). I complained that the squashed blackberries with cream on the little biscuits tasted of fish. It was caviar! 🤣
Five more wills have arrived this morning, meaning that there’s only eight I’m still waiting for. All safely downloaded and saved, to be read later.
February 11, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Five more wills have arrived this morning, meaning that there’s only eight I’m still waiting for. All safely downloaded and saved, to be read later.
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I am happy to undertake historic research on behalf of organisations of all kinds, including businesses and charities. My experience includes writing histories up for print and digital publication, as well as formal reports for internal use. www.joesaundershistory.co.uk
Joe Saunders History
Here to help with any historical project including genealogy, property history, problem solving, archival photography and writing up research. Joe Saunders History
www.joesaundershistory.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 11:20 AM
I am happy to undertake historic research on behalf of organisations of all kinds, including businesses and charities. My experience includes writing histories up for print and digital publication, as well as formal reports for internal use. www.joesaundershistory.co.uk