Elizabeth J. Bond
@elizabethjbond.bsky.social
Aspiring writer and (family) history enthusiast.
Other interests: The First World War, legal cases, classic films, and raising awareness of Genitopatellar Syndrome.
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Other interests: The First World War, legal cases, classic films, and raising awareness of Genitopatellar Syndrome.
🔗 https://linktr.ee/elizabethjbond
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Yes. I once saw a post from someone wishing he'd had the chance to know his father's (mostly deceased) family better. As a #genealogy enthusiast, I immediately offered to research his #familytree.
Little did I know where it would lead.
Here's me meeting his Mom, #BelindaCarlisle a few weeks ago.
Little did I know where it would lead.
Here's me meeting his Mom, #BelindaCarlisle a few weeks ago.
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Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
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PHOTO OF THE DAY. A woman in New York City walking her dog in the driving rain (1957). 📷 Saul Leiter
November 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY. A woman in New York City walking her dog in the driving rain (1957). 📷 Saul Leiter
Ye Gods!
Effective 17 November 2025, the fee charged by the Government Find a Will Service
[ www.gov.uk/search-will-... ] will increase from £1.50 to £16 per document.
I suggest that you use the next week to order any wills you know you want before the price hike!
[ www.gov.uk/search-will-... ] will increase from £1.50 to £16 per document.
I suggest that you use the next week to order any wills you know you want before the price hike!
Search probate records for documents and wills (England and Wales)
Search online for a will, grant of representation or probate document for a death in or after 1858
www.gov.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Ye Gods!
Does anyone understand how Oyster cards work? I've lived outside the UK for so long that I'm totally clueless about such things.
If you're using the Tube for a day (or two), is it worthwhile getting one? Or just buying a day travelcard? Or using the tap-in/tap-out system they've got in place now?
If you're using the Tube for a day (or two), is it worthwhile getting one? Or just buying a day travelcard? Or using the tap-in/tap-out system they've got in place now?
October 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Does anyone understand how Oyster cards work? I've lived outside the UK for so long that I'm totally clueless about such things.
If you're using the Tube for a day (or two), is it worthwhile getting one? Or just buying a day travelcard? Or using the tap-in/tap-out system they've got in place now?
If you're using the Tube for a day (or two), is it worthwhile getting one? Or just buying a day travelcard? Or using the tap-in/tap-out system they've got in place now?
It is a good film, but I feel guilty about saying so - as it misportrays what life was really like for those building the railway, omitting the horrific treatment by the Japanese.
FACT OF THE DAY. 17 October 1943. The Burma–Thailand Railway was completed, including the famous Bridge on the River Kwai. The building of the bridge featured in the classic Hollywood film, Bridge on the River Kwai, starring Alec Guinness.
October 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
It is a good film, but I feel guilty about saying so - as it misportrays what life was really like for those building the railway, omitting the horrific treatment by the Japanese.
Can any bright sparks answer this?
October 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Can any bright sparks answer this?
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PHOTO OF THE DAY. A stunning image of Christ the Redeemer (unveiled #OTD in 1931) seemingly holding the Moon in Rio de Janeiro (2024). 📷 Leo Sans
October 12, 2025 at 8:40 AM
PHOTO OF THE DAY. A stunning image of Christ the Redeemer (unveiled #OTD in 1931) seemingly holding the Moon in Rio de Janeiro (2024). 📷 Leo Sans
Yes. I once saw a post from someone wishing he'd had the chance to know his father's (mostly deceased) family better. As a #genealogy enthusiast, I immediately offered to research his #familytree.
Little did I know where it would lead.
Here's me meeting his Mom, #BelindaCarlisle a few weeks ago.
Little did I know where it would lead.
Here's me meeting his Mom, #BelindaCarlisle a few weeks ago.
October 11, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Yes. I once saw a post from someone wishing he'd had the chance to know his father's (mostly deceased) family better. As a #genealogy enthusiast, I immediately offered to research his #familytree.
Little did I know where it would lead.
Here's me meeting his Mom, #BelindaCarlisle a few weeks ago.
Little did I know where it would lead.
Here's me meeting his Mom, #BelindaCarlisle a few weeks ago.
Check out my new #blog post. It contains tips and advice on visiting the #WesternFront - somewhere everyone should see at least once in their lifetimes.
Feedback and comments are welcome!
#Travel #FirstWorldWar #WW1 #LestWeForget #France #Belgium
elizabethjbond.wordpress.com/2025/09/20/v...
Feedback and comments are welcome!
#Travel #FirstWorldWar #WW1 #LestWeForget #France #Belgium
elizabethjbond.wordpress.com/2025/09/20/v...
Visiting the Western Front – the best way of doing it!
For reasons which I won’t go into, 2024 is not a year I look back upon with much fondness. But one of the few positive things to happen was that I finally fulfilled a longstanding ambition to…
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September 20, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Check out my new #blog post. It contains tips and advice on visiting the #WesternFront - somewhere everyone should see at least once in their lifetimes.
Feedback and comments are welcome!
#Travel #FirstWorldWar #WW1 #LestWeForget #France #Belgium
elizabethjbond.wordpress.com/2025/09/20/v...
Feedback and comments are welcome!
#Travel #FirstWorldWar #WW1 #LestWeForget #France #Belgium
elizabethjbond.wordpress.com/2025/09/20/v...
So this happened at the weekend. I haven't stopped smiling since.
And yes, she is absolutely wonderful. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
And yes, she is absolutely wonderful. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
September 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
So this happened at the weekend. I haven't stopped smiling since.
And yes, she is absolutely wonderful. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
And yes, she is absolutely wonderful. 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
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August 25, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Happy National Bacon Lovers Day (yes, really). Coincidentally, I had a bacon and egg fry up this morning. Yes, I know it's unhealthy, but I enjoyed it. 😋
eggs and bacon are cooking in a frying pan on a stove
ALT: eggs and bacon are cooking in a frying pan on a stove
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August 20, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Happy National Bacon Lovers Day (yes, really). Coincidentally, I had a bacon and egg fry up this morning. Yes, I know it's unhealthy, but I enjoyed it. 😋
Yuck! Just had a truly unpleasant experience on Bluesky, involving a user, who didn't like his assertions questioned, proceeded to hurl false personal accusations/ foul abuse at me, and tried to encourage a pile-on.
Had hoped to avoid that on here.
Had hoped to avoid that on here.
August 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Yuck! Just had a truly unpleasant experience on Bluesky, involving a user, who didn't like his assertions questioned, proceeded to hurl false personal accusations/ foul abuse at me, and tried to encourage a pile-on.
Had hoped to avoid that on here.
Had hoped to avoid that on here.
On this anniversary of Britain's entry into the First World War, please can you sign this petition to save the #Scarisbrick War Memorial?
It would mean a lot to me as my great grandfather (who died as a result of #WW1) is named on it.
#FirstWorldWar
www.ashleydalton.uk/2025/08/03/s...
It would mean a lot to me as my great grandfather (who died as a result of #WW1) is named on it.
#FirstWorldWar
www.ashleydalton.uk/2025/08/03/s...
Sign my petition to save the War Memorial at Scarisbrick Village Hall! - Ashley Dalton MP for West Lancashire
Residents in Scarisbrick are increasingly becoming concerned about the situation concerning the war memorial at Scarisbrick Village Hall, the running of the Hall and the steps taken by the trustees to...
www.ashleydalton.uk
August 4, 2025 at 10:38 AM
On this anniversary of Britain's entry into the First World War, please can you sign this petition to save the #Scarisbrick War Memorial?
It would mean a lot to me as my great grandfather (who died as a result of #WW1) is named on it.
#FirstWorldWar
www.ashleydalton.uk/2025/08/03/s...
It would mean a lot to me as my great grandfather (who died as a result of #WW1) is named on it.
#FirstWorldWar
www.ashleydalton.uk/2025/08/03/s...
The last time, the men's England team won anything - 59 years ago today. Congrats to the #Lionesses on their far more recent victories!
I did manage to collect 10/11 autographs from the 1966 #England team. Sadly, Bobby Moore's eluded me. Maybe I should start collecting the Women's team instead.
I did manage to collect 10/11 autographs from the 1966 #England team. Sadly, Bobby Moore's eluded me. Maybe I should start collecting the Women's team instead.
July 30, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The last time, the men's England team won anything - 59 years ago today. Congrats to the #Lionesses on their far more recent victories!
I did manage to collect 10/11 autographs from the 1966 #England team. Sadly, Bobby Moore's eluded me. Maybe I should start collecting the Women's team instead.
I did manage to collect 10/11 autographs from the 1966 #England team. Sadly, Bobby Moore's eluded me. Maybe I should start collecting the Women's team instead.
Remembering #JamesMason, who passed away #onthisday in 1984.
I've done a lot of #genealogy research into his family & I'd like to share this collage. 60+ years separate these pics, but both show him with the stone lion, which was at his childhood home & later shipped to his house in Switzerland.
I've done a lot of #genealogy research into his family & I'd like to share this collage. 60+ years separate these pics, but both show him with the stone lion, which was at his childhood home & later shipped to his house in Switzerland.
July 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Remembering #JamesMason, who passed away #onthisday in 1984.
I've done a lot of #genealogy research into his family & I'd like to share this collage. 60+ years separate these pics, but both show him with the stone lion, which was at his childhood home & later shipped to his house in Switzerland.
I've done a lot of #genealogy research into his family & I'd like to share this collage. 60+ years separate these pics, but both show him with the stone lion, which was at his childhood home & later shipped to his house in Switzerland.
I know this is the Mail, but it perhaps explains why the government has suspended publication of the Bona Vacantia list on its website.
If true, it's the most blatant example of fraud I've ever seen. How in the world was probate granted on this estate?
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
If true, it's the most blatant example of fraud I've ever seen. How in the world was probate granted on this estate?
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Mystery of how knife-wielding thug inherited blind widow's £375k home
Neighbours of Eileen Holland say they never once saw the knife-wielding Romanian thug who inherited her house - not when she was alive, not at her funeral, and not even after police raided .
www.dailymail.co.uk
July 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I know this is the Mail, but it perhaps explains why the government has suspended publication of the Bona Vacantia list on its website.
If true, it's the most blatant example of fraud I've ever seen. How in the world was probate granted on this estate?
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
If true, it's the most blatant example of fraud I've ever seen. How in the world was probate granted on this estate?
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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FACT OF THE DAY. 23 July 1914. Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia, following the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914. It served to escalate the international crisis which led to the outbreak of the First World War.
July 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
FACT OF THE DAY. 23 July 1914. Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia, following the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand on 28 June 1914. It served to escalate the international crisis which led to the outbreak of the First World War.
July 22, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Remembering Basil Rathbone, who passed away 58 years ago, yesterday.
Here are a few facts you might not know about him.
#BasilRathbone #Hollywood #ErrolFlynn #FirstWorldWar #WW1
Here are a few facts you might not know about him.
#BasilRathbone #Hollywood #ErrolFlynn #FirstWorldWar #WW1
July 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Remembering Basil Rathbone, who passed away 58 years ago, yesterday.
Here are a few facts you might not know about him.
#BasilRathbone #Hollywood #ErrolFlynn #FirstWorldWar #WW1
Here are a few facts you might not know about him.
#BasilRathbone #Hollywood #ErrolFlynn #FirstWorldWar #WW1
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The sun cast incredible crespuscular rays during last night's saffron hued sunset.
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
July 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The sun cast incredible crespuscular rays during last night's saffron hued sunset.
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
Bay Ridge, Brooklyn
My new TikTok video on how Prince Philip solved the mystery of what happened to the Romanovs. Give it a watch and let me know what you think.
#Romanov #History #Russia #Royal #RoyalFamily #PrincePhilip #Genealogy #DNA #GeneticGenealogy #TikTok
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#Romanov #History #Russia #Royal #RoyalFamily #PrincePhilip #Genealogy #DNA #GeneticGenealogy #TikTok
www.tiktok.com/@elizabethjb...
How did Prince Philip solve the mystery of what happened to the Romanov family? #goviral #Anastasia #History #royalfamily #Romanov #Russia #FYP
TikTok video by Elizabeth J. Bond
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July 20, 2025 at 2:19 PM
My new TikTok video on how Prince Philip solved the mystery of what happened to the Romanovs. Give it a watch and let me know what you think.
#Romanov #History #Russia #Royal #RoyalFamily #PrincePhilip #Genealogy #DNA #GeneticGenealogy #TikTok
www.tiktok.com/@elizabethjb...
#Romanov #History #Russia #Royal #RoyalFamily #PrincePhilip #Genealogy #DNA #GeneticGenealogy #TikTok
www.tiktok.com/@elizabethjb...
Interesting fact: The Tsarina's eldest sister was Prince Philip's maternal grandmother. Years later, Philip's mitochondrial DNA was used to help confirm the identity of the Romanov remains.
This also explains one of Philip's most infamous lines.
#History #Genealogy #DNA #GeneticGenealogy #Russia
This also explains one of Philip's most infamous lines.
#History #Genealogy #DNA #GeneticGenealogy #Russia
July 17, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Interesting fact: The Tsarina's eldest sister was Prince Philip's maternal grandmother. Years later, Philip's mitochondrial DNA was used to help confirm the identity of the Romanov remains.
This also explains one of Philip's most infamous lines.
#History #Genealogy #DNA #GeneticGenealogy #Russia
This also explains one of Philip's most infamous lines.
#History #Genealogy #DNA #GeneticGenealogy #Russia