Chris Jolliffe
@cjolliffe.bsky.social
PGDip Genealogical, Palaeographical and Heraldic Studies
MA History (Local History)
Family historian, grandmother of 3. Busier now than when I was teaching full time & loving life.
MA History (Local History)
Family historian, grandmother of 3. Busier now than when I was teaching full time & loving life.
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Absolute legends: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Defiant nuns flee Austrian care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps
Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita needed a locksmith to get back into their convent, defying Church leaders.
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September 13, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Absolute legends: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The brilliant @lmbd1418.bsky.social has suggested people write to the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper re: my case. If you could spare five minutes, she's created a draft letter which you can use to send to coopery@parliament.uk. I appreciate everyone's support. ❤️
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
August 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
The brilliant @lmbd1418.bsky.social has suggested people write to the Home Secretary Yvette Cooper re: my case. If you could spare five minutes, she's created a draft letter which you can use to send to coopery@parliament.uk. I appreciate everyone's support. ❤️
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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I remember it being unpleasant & a lot less fudge-y.
March 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I remember it being unpleasant & a lot less fudge-y.
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Karen de Bruyne, AGRA Member, is giving a talk Finding Jacob: from Netherlands to Sumatra and back again for the Society of Genealogists on 13 March. buff.ly/3X1Cypv
March 3, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Karen de Bruyne, AGRA Member, is giving a talk Finding Jacob: from Netherlands to Sumatra and back again for the Society of Genealogists on 13 March. buff.ly/3X1Cypv
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UK people, go outside now and see Moon Venus Jupiter Mars all lined up, easily visible to the naked eye!
March 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
UK people, go outside now and see Moon Venus Jupiter Mars all lined up, easily visible to the naked eye!
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Does anyone have an American Ancestors subscription and can look something up for me? Please and thank you! #genealogy
March 2, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Does anyone have an American Ancestors subscription and can look something up for me? Please and thank you! #genealogy
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The Roll of the 260 Eyam plague victims, Derbyshire from 1665-66 taken from Parish Registers & Bishops' Transcripts.
The plague was believed to have arrived in the late summer of 1665 when a travelling tailor, George Viccars arrived at the home of Mary Cooper with a box of cloth from London. /1
The plague was believed to have arrived in the late summer of 1665 when a travelling tailor, George Viccars arrived at the home of Mary Cooper with a box of cloth from London. /1
March 2, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The Roll of the 260 Eyam plague victims, Derbyshire from 1665-66 taken from Parish Registers & Bishops' Transcripts.
The plague was believed to have arrived in the late summer of 1665 when a travelling tailor, George Viccars arrived at the home of Mary Cooper with a box of cloth from London. /1
The plague was believed to have arrived in the late summer of 1665 when a travelling tailor, George Viccars arrived at the home of Mary Cooper with a box of cloth from London. /1
February 16, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Oooh new book from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social available to pre-order in hardback - paperback and ebook to follow www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-History-of... Publication date 30 May. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Books
A History of Women's Work
A History of Women's Work explores the often overlooked contributions of women throughout history, particularly in a patriarchal society where men have dominated the historical…
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February 9, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Oooh new book from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social available to pre-order in hardback - paperback and ebook to follow www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-History-of... Publication date 30 May. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Books
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In my newsletter this week: on public speaking, nerves, and how to deal with them! Including One Weird Trick from, um, Queen Victoria👇
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February 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
In my newsletter this week: on public speaking, nerves, and how to deal with them! Including One Weird Trick from, um, Queen Victoria👇
lucyworsley.substack.com
lucyworsley.substack.com
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🔴‘The A&E Crisis Shows How the NHS Is Getting Worse and the Government Has No Real Plans to Fix It’
Politicians are refusing to take meaningful action to resolve the perma-crisis in our health service, writes NHS Doctor, David Oliver
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/03/t...
Politicians are refusing to take meaningful action to resolve the perma-crisis in our health service, writes NHS Doctor, David Oliver
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/03/t...
'The A&E Crisis Shows How the NHS Is Getting Worse and the Government Has No Real Plans to Fix It'
Politicians are refusing to take meaningful action to resolve the perma-crisis in our health service, writes NHS Doctor, David Oliver
bylinetimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
🔴‘The A&E Crisis Shows How the NHS Is Getting Worse and the Government Has No Real Plans to Fix It’
Politicians are refusing to take meaningful action to resolve the perma-crisis in our health service, writes NHS Doctor, David Oliver
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/03/t...
Politicians are refusing to take meaningful action to resolve the perma-crisis in our health service, writes NHS Doctor, David Oliver
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/03/t...
Don’t mess with historians, they keep receipts
Over on the other place
Dame Mary Beard @wmarybeard.bsky.social - an expert on Roman history - posted that the Nazi salute has nothing to do with the Romans
Arron Banks replied with photos of Roman statues with outstretched arms as "evidence" of the Roman salute
Dame Mary Beard @wmarybeard.bsky.social - an expert on Roman history - posted that the Nazi salute has nothing to do with the Romans
Arron Banks replied with photos of Roman statues with outstretched arms as "evidence" of the Roman salute
January 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Don’t mess with historians, they keep receipts
Deventer on stilts festival, July 2015 (Deventer op stelten)
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January 28, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Deventer on stilts festival, July 2015 (Deventer op stelten)
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekEforEvent #DeventerOpStelten
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekEforEvent #DeventerOpStelten
The #RobotRestaurant in #Tokyo was the maddest place I have ever been. #AlphabetChallenge #Weekcforcostume
January 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The #RobotRestaurant in #Tokyo was the maddest place I have ever been. #AlphabetChallenge #Weekcforcostume
Help! Does anyone know what the 2nd word is? The mother died from pulmonary tuberculosis 9 months before. #genealogy
January 17, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Help! Does anyone know what the 2nd word is? The mother died from pulmonary tuberculosis 9 months before. #genealogy
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More not-listed-in-BIRLS C-Files we have requested from the VA, for other famous deceased veterans: Woody Guthrie, Stan Lee, Henry Fonda, Jackie Robinson, Buddy Hackett, Jack Kerouac, Peter Falk, James Garner, Lenny Bruce, Carroll O'Connor, Ralph Ellison...
Stay tuned.
Stay tuned.
January 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
More not-listed-in-BIRLS C-Files we have requested from the VA, for other famous deceased veterans: Woody Guthrie, Stan Lee, Henry Fonda, Jackie Robinson, Buddy Hackett, Jack Kerouac, Peter Falk, James Garner, Lenny Bruce, Carroll O'Connor, Ralph Ellison...
Stay tuned.
Stay tuned.
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Today we received a C-File from the VA (ordered via our new BIRLS website, of course), for a deceased veteran who is NOT listed in the BIRLS database.
And, um, actor Kirk Douglas does not seem to have left the Navy for quite the reasons that his Wikipedia bio says he did. 😳
And, um, actor Kirk Douglas does not seem to have left the Navy for quite the reasons that his Wikipedia bio says he did. 😳
January 3, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Today we received a C-File from the VA (ordered via our new BIRLS website, of course), for a deceased veteran who is NOT listed in the BIRLS database.
And, um, actor Kirk Douglas does not seem to have left the Navy for quite the reasons that his Wikipedia bio says he did. 😳
And, um, actor Kirk Douglas does not seem to have left the Navy for quite the reasons that his Wikipedia bio says he did. 😳
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My new book "Researching Ancestral Crisis in Ireland" will be published next month in the UK - it can be pre-ordered at www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Researching-... #genealogy #FamilyHistory #Ireland
Researching Ancestral Crisis in Ireland
Ireland is an extraordinarily beautiful island from which millions can claim their direct ancestry. But Ireland is also an island which has experienced some truly…
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January 1, 2025 at 7:31 PM
My new book "Researching Ancestral Crisis in Ireland" will be published next month in the UK - it can be pre-ordered at www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Researching-... #genealogy #FamilyHistory #Ireland
December 30, 2024 at 10:57 PM