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Love my family history; social work quals and worked in prisons for years. Now gardening, enjoying my grandson, and researching, researching, researching. What could be better?
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I am creating a powerpoint on the Evidence Explained citation method for my family history society. Wondering - how many FH writers & family historians use it? #Genealogy #genealogycitations
October 22, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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The General Regulatory Chamber partially upheld Ancestry’s appeal, ruling that producing the requested records was within NRS’ public task #Genealogy #Ancestry
www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/ancestr...
Tribunal upholds ‘catastrophic’ Ancestry request to access Scottish family history records | Who Do You Think You Are Magazine
The General Regulatory Chamber has upheld efforts by Ancestry to publish National Records of Scotland family history records
www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Found this site #Genealogy when looking for poor Alfred Oxtoby who got sent to Rampton in 1910. If you need info on mental health institutions then this is just amazing studymore.org.uk/4_13_TA.HTM
Index of Lunatic Asylums and Mental Hospitals
studymore.org.uk
September 12, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Jessica Barratt writes another cracker of a story on 'The Dusty Box' - all about a missing mailbag. The disappearance of Sister Mercy is excellent too! #Genealogy #GenealogyAustralia
thedustybox.substack.com
The Dusty Box | Jessica Barratt | Substack
Sweep away the cobwebs and blow away the dust as we uncover the stories of the past. Click to read The Dusty Box, by Jessica Barratt, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
thedustybox.substack.com
August 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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oh yes! Found the actual jobs my Turncock ancester Jason Boesley was doing for the parish - he was paid 2/6 for undoing the lock on the pump in the street to allow water to flow. Thanks FamilySearch full search! #genealogy
August 7, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Great stories here, and beautifully illustrated and produced.
#GenealogyNewZealand #genealogy
oneancestor.co/the-search-f...
The Search for Samuel: How my great-great-grandfather brought the world to Whanganui – One Ancestor at a Time
oneancestor.co
July 26, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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So much insight into First Nations women and domestic service #Genealogy #firstnations #australia theconversation.com/topics/frida...
Friday essay News, Research and Analysis - The Conversation
Browse Friday essay news, research and analysis from The Conversation
theconversation.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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My GG grandmother was charged but not convicted of doing abortions - I found she was operating a scam for money - pretty callous. Have just found what happened to the girl she scammed (court case) so at last can complete the story! long live indepth research! #Genealogy
July 24, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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New on Ancestry (for World Explorer/World Heritage) – a transcribe feature for handwriting. Its not too bad – I tested it on a marriage cert with messy writing & given the difficulty of writing in columns, it got most right except for transcribing Williams as Bellairs (interesting!). #genealogy
July 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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New post from Tales from the Grave
#GenealogyAustralia #firstnations
www.talesfromthegrave.org/post/she-was...
She was part of her people's survival
There is not much information on Fanny Hopkins. At a very young age, however, she was given the responsibility of one of Australia's most celebrated sons, when he was a baby. She was the nanny to Banj...
www.talesfromthegrave.org
July 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
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Finally got my clusters - Australia too far for you, Ancestry? #genealogy #ancestry
July 8, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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Another of my favourite Australian Blogs - this one by Jessica Barratt. "The Dusty Box" presents the disappearance of a nun in Western Australia! #Genealogy
thedustybox.substack.com/p/sister-mer...
Sister Mercy Disappears
An Anglican Sister and a one-way ticket to Parkerville.
thedustybox.substack.com
July 6, 2025 at 1:38 AM
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I am very impressed with this site, and the back issues available in full. But must comment - lets continue with "an historian" - British common usage - not "a historian" which is awkward to say. #genealogy
phanza.org.nz/new-zealand-...
New Zealand Journal of Public History - PHANZA
ISSN 2253-153X The New Zealand Journal of Public History is a quality-assured electronic journal that publishes research articles, interviews and opinion pieces on the theory and practice of public hi...
phanza.org.nz
July 4, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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I just have to give some space here to Judy Webster, who is a fantastic genealogist and all-round-go-to for all things family history in Australia. She has an inspiring website PACKED with free archives & information. #genealogy #australianGenealogy
www.judywebster.com.au
Genealogy Advice and Indexes for Qld and elsewhere - Judy Webster
www.judywebster.com.au
June 24, 2025 at 3:09 AM
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This is such a wonderful site! I can map my family in the 1600-1700's on this easily. A treasure.
#genealogy
www.grubstreetproject.net
Topographies of Literature & Culture in Eighteenth-Century London :: Grub Street Project
The Grub Street Project is an edition of 18th-century London, containing works published and sold in London, information about the city and its people and trades, and annotated maps of London from the...
www.grubstreetproject.net
June 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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Found this wordpress site today - a huge repository of Australian history including names of first nations people incarcerated (& died) on Rottnest Island- a horrible chapter in WA history. Important to remember & reflect #Australia #Genealogy gwrehder.wordpress.com/western-aust...
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June 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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The generosity of family historians - I have an interest in the Kirkheaton area of Lancashire UK and just found this amazing site packed with information #genealogy
www.kirkheaton.info/index.php
Home
Kirkheaton burials marriages baptisms,Bradley,Grange Moor,Lepton,Hopton,Mirfield,Allerton,Hammerton,Ouseburn,Marton,Whixley,Churchyard,Grave,MI,Cemetery
www.kirkheaton.info
June 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Some great new Antrim records available on RootsIreland!
#genealogy #Irishgenealogy www.rootsireland.ie/2025/06/new-...
New Antrim & Down Records Added! – Roots IrelandFacebookTwitter
www.rootsireland.ie
June 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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Wondering why so many of the books I want in the Internet Archive are unavailable - I'm looking for a history of Pauper Farms in London 18 C. Hope the lawsuit gets resolved soon
help.archive.org/help/why-are...
Why are so many books listed as “Borrow Unavailable” at the Internet Archive – Internet Archive Help Center
help.archive.org
May 21, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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1698 & my 7th G Grandfather built a sugar refinary in Goodmans fields, London. It cost over 3 million pounds (todays value). How can I find where he got the money from? #genealogy I need a London historian - where to look? #historian
May 17, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Good to see this sort of exploration into historic family violence - and it gives a snapshot into the social history of the time. A question for all family history searchers - how would you feel if this happened in your family?
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
When a wealthy WA man killed his wife in 1876, it fuelled the fight for women's rights
A murder in colonial Perth almost 150 years ago shocked the country and inspired Edith Cowan, the woman on Australia's $50 note, to fight for the rights of women.
www.abc.net.au
May 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
comma54.bsky.social
May I introduce the site of one of my favourite storytellers, "the Dusty Box"aka Jessica Barratt. This is a fascinating story- A dressmaker's Tale. thedustybox.substack.com
The Dusty Box | Jessica Barratt | Substack
Sweep away the cobwebs and blow away the dust as we uncover the stories of the past. Click to read The Dusty Box, by Jessica Barratt, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
thedustybox.substack.com
May 9, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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anyone know what this succulent is?
April 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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I've just watched the first episode of "The Secret DNA of Us". Its an Australian production, and a bit different to the usual 'famous person' type approach. Its great! if you can, watch it - its on SBS #genealogy #familyhistory #Australia
www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-...
The Secret DNA of Us
Discover Australia's hidden history with Marc Fennell and his team through groundbreaking mass DNA testing across four Australian towns.
www.sbs.com.au
April 19, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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This is a great website beautifully produced: The Navy Records Society.
www.navyrecords.org.uk/magazine_pos...
The Journals of David Talbot Part 1: The Press Gang, 1810 – The Navy Records Society
www.navyrecords.org.uk
April 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM