Past To Present Genealogy
@janeroberts.bsky.social
Professional family, local & house history researcher. Author. AGRA Associate. History graduate. Batley St Mary’s One-Place Study. Connecting past & present.
Website & blog: https://pasttopresentgenealogy.co.uk
Website & blog: https://pasttopresentgenealogy.co.uk
Your countdown warning, along with my thoughts tonight about the probate price increase
#Probate #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudy #OneNameStudy #WW1 #Wills
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#Probate #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudy #OneNameStudy #WW1 #Wills
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Beat the Probate Price Rise – Is there a Fairer System?
As of Monday 17 November 2025, the price or ordering your family history probate documents via the government’s Find A Will service will increase from £1.50 to £16.00. That’s an eye-watering rise o…
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November 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Your countdown warning, along with my thoughts tonight about the probate price increase
#Probate #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudy #OneNameStudy #WW1 #Wills
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#Probate #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudy #OneNameStudy #WW1 #Wills
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Before Monday’s shocking price rise, 6 direct line ancestor wills ordered. 4 came back instantly, having already been digitised, so akin to the automated digitised wills service for #WW1 soldiers. Begs the question why pricing isn’t graded akin to GRO Digital Images & PDFs #Probate #FamilyHistory
November 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Before Monday’s shocking price rise, 6 direct line ancestor wills ordered. 4 came back instantly, having already been digitised, so akin to the automated digitised wills service for #WW1 soldiers. Begs the question why pricing isn’t graded akin to GRO Digital Images & PDFs #Probate #FamilyHistory
12 probate documents ordered for a client this morning, cost £18. On Monday that same order will cost an eye-watering £192.
Tomorrow hoping to revisit my direct line ancestors, & a final check of my one-place study #WW1 wills, to make sure I’ve got everything
#Probate #FamilyHistory #OnePlaceStudy
Tomorrow hoping to revisit my direct line ancestors, & a final check of my one-place study #WW1 wills, to make sure I’ve got everything
#Probate #FamilyHistory #OnePlaceStudy
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
12 probate documents ordered for a client this morning, cost £18. On Monday that same order will cost an eye-watering £192.
Tomorrow hoping to revisit my direct line ancestors, & a final check of my one-place study #WW1 wills, to make sure I’ve got everything
#Probate #FamilyHistory #OnePlaceStudy
Tomorrow hoping to revisit my direct line ancestors, & a final check of my one-place study #WW1 wills, to make sure I’ve got everything
#Probate #FamilyHistory #OnePlaceStudy
No cross stitch update last week because no stitching was done. But did manage some this week, so here’s the difference between 31 October & 14 November 2025.
#CrossStitch #BothyThreads #Fox #RachelFroud
#CrossStitch #BothyThreads #Fox #RachelFroud
November 14, 2025 at 9:15 AM
No cross stitch update last week because no stitching was done. But did manage some this week, so here’s the difference between 31 October & 14 November 2025.
#CrossStitch #BothyThreads #Fox #RachelFroud
#CrossStitch #BothyThreads #Fox #RachelFroud
A gold pocket watch recovered from the body of one of the richest passengers on the Titanic is expected to fetch £1m at auction.
#Titanic #Auction
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#Titanic #Auction
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Titanic passenger's pocket watch expected to fetch £1m at auction
The watch belonged to Bavarian-born American businessman Isidor Straus, who died in the disaster.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
A gold pocket watch recovered from the body of one of the richest passengers on the Titanic is expected to fetch £1m at auction.
#Titanic #Auction
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#Titanic #Auction
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@thelineagefinder.bsky.social I’ve found this photo I took of the interior of Batley St Mary of the Angels
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 PM
@thelineagefinder.bsky.social I’ve found this photo I took of the interior of Batley St Mary of the Angels
All very frenetic today as I decided to do some last minute changes to my #Batley Irish & St Mary of the Angels talk, including new slides, new info & some re-ordering. Thankfully I survived its first public outing tonight, delivered via Zoom
#LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudy
#LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudy
November 11, 2025 at 10:26 PM
All very frenetic today as I decided to do some last minute changes to my #Batley Irish & St Mary of the Angels talk, including new slides, new info & some re-ordering. Thankfully I survived its first public outing tonight, delivered via Zoom
#LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudy
#LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudy
Reposted by Past To Present Genealogy
We’re launching our new catalogue on Monday 8 December.
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
We’re launching our new catalogue on Monday 8 December.
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
To keep our collections safe while we do this, access and ordering will be suspended for a week before launch and all requests for 8 December onwards must be made on the new system when it launches.
Find out more: bit.ly/CollectionSu...
For Remembrance Sunday I’ve published a new Batley St Mary of the Angels biography, James Edwards who was killed in action in 1918. Dedicated to his nephew who served in WW2.
#WW1 #OnePlaceStudy #Batley #LocalHistory
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#WW1 #OnePlaceStudy #Batley #LocalHistory
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James Edwards
Name: James EdwardsRank: PrivateUnit/Regiment: 9th (Service) Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)Service Number: 14186Date of Death: 22 July 1918Cemetery: La …
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November 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
For Remembrance Sunday I’ve published a new Batley St Mary of the Angels biography, James Edwards who was killed in action in 1918. Dedicated to his nephew who served in WW2.
#WW1 #OnePlaceStudy #Batley #LocalHistory
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#WW1 #OnePlaceStudy #Batley #LocalHistory
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Won’t be watching Traitors until
husband’s shift ends. So no better way to fill the time till then curled up with a good book - the new Jimmy Perez instalment by Ann Cleeves.
#IAmReading #Bookworm #JimmyPerez
husband’s shift ends. So no better way to fill the time till then curled up with a good book - the new Jimmy Perez instalment by Ann Cleeves.
#IAmReading #Bookworm #JimmyPerez
November 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Won’t be watching Traitors until
husband’s shift ends. So no better way to fill the time till then curled up with a good book - the new Jimmy Perez instalment by Ann Cleeves.
#IAmReading #Bookworm #JimmyPerez
husband’s shift ends. So no better way to fill the time till then curled up with a good book - the new Jimmy Perez instalment by Ann Cleeves.
#IAmReading #Bookworm #JimmyPerez
I think many of us who have researched War Memorials can relate to this.
WW1 soldier honoured after local sleuth's research.
#WarMemorial #WW1
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
WW1 soldier honoured after local sleuth's research.
#WarMemorial #WW1
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Selby woman finds unmarked grave of forgotten WW1 soldier
Church will now hold ceremony for the private, who died of complications from gas attack wounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I think many of us who have researched War Memorials can relate to this.
WW1 soldier honoured after local sleuth's research.
#WarMemorial #WW1
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
WW1 soldier honoured after local sleuth's research.
#WarMemorial #WW1
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Quest to identify WW1 soldier after grave robbery www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Quest to find Worcestershire mystery WW1 soldier's true identity
A man hopes to solve a century-old mystery and put an unknown soldier's name on his headstone.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Quest to identify WW1 soldier after grave robbery www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A busy couple of speaking days. Did my #Lusitania talk for Morley & District Family History Group last night, & a men’s group at Collingham this morning. Next outing for the #Lusitania is 8 Dec for a Birstall church group.
November 4, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A busy couple of speaking days. Did my #Lusitania talk for Morley & District Family History Group last night, & a men’s group at Collingham this morning. Next outing for the #Lusitania is 8 Dec for a Birstall church group.
Time to get those wills you’ve been thinking about. From 17 November 2025 the cost for a copy of a probate document will rise from £1.50 to £16 per document. It’s an increase of almost 1000%
Explanation below
#Probate #FamilyHistory
Explanation below
#Probate #FamilyHistory
November 4, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Time to get those wills you’ve been thinking about. From 17 November 2025 the cost for a copy of a probate document will rise from £1.50 to £16 per document. It’s an increase of almost 1000%
Explanation below
#Probate #FamilyHistory
Explanation below
#Probate #FamilyHistory
Buffalo Bill & a Right Royal Celebration for Batley’s Schoolchildren.
Perhaps you have one of the medals in the photo - if so you might want to learn about its history.
#Batley #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudy
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Perhaps you have one of the medals in the photo - if so you might want to learn about its history.
#Batley #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudy
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Buffalo Bill and A Right Royal Celebration for Batley’s Schoolchildren
If you have one of the medals shown in the photograph below, you have a piece of Batley’s royal history. The medal was one of 7,000 specially commissioned by the town’s Jubilee Committee in 1887, t…
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November 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Buffalo Bill & a Right Royal Celebration for Batley’s Schoolchildren.
Perhaps you have one of the medals in the photo - if so you might want to learn about its history.
#Batley #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudy
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Perhaps you have one of the medals in the photo - if so you might want to learn about its history.
#Batley #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudy
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I’ve not done a cross stitch update for a while because sewing time has been limited. But here’s the difference between 25 July & 31 October 2025.
#CrossStitch #BothyThreads #Fox #RachelFroud
#CrossStitch #BothyThreads #Fox #RachelFroud
October 31, 2025 at 9:37 AM
I’ve not done a cross stitch update for a while because sewing time has been limited. But here’s the difference between 25 July & 31 October 2025.
#CrossStitch #BothyThreads #Fox #RachelFroud
#CrossStitch #BothyThreads #Fox #RachelFroud
What an incredible find. Messages in a bottle from WWI soldiers found on Australian coast
#WW1
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#WW1
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Messages in a bottle from WWI soldiers found on Australian coast
The notes were thrown overboard just a few days into a voyage to join the battlefields of France more than a century ago.
www.bbc.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
What an incredible find. Messages in a bottle from WWI soldiers found on Australian coast
#WW1
www.bbc.com/news/article...
#WW1
www.bbc.com/news/article...
There’s a new version of FreeBMD, (FreeBMD2), for free access to England & Wales civil registration index info. The original version will continue to be updated & available for the forseeable future. More about the changes below
#FamilyHistory #CivilRegistration www.freebmd2.org.uk/help/about_new
#FamilyHistory #CivilRegistration www.freebmd2.org.uk/help/about_new
Introducing the new FreeBMD website | FreeBMD
FreeBMD provides free on-line access to the GRO indexes of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales.
www.freebmd2.org.uk
October 23, 2025 at 8:34 PM
There’s a new version of FreeBMD, (FreeBMD2), for free access to England & Wales civil registration index info. The original version will continue to be updated & available for the forseeable future. More about the changes below
#FamilyHistory #CivilRegistration www.freebmd2.org.uk/help/about_new
#FamilyHistory #CivilRegistration www.freebmd2.org.uk/help/about_new
Sharing my Batley St Mary of the Angels RC parish One-Place Study love. Appropriately on 11 November, as the church WW1 War Memorial was the catalyst for my study. #OnePlaceStudy #LocalHistory #Batley
We don’t usually have a webinar in November as that’s the month of our AGM and annual conference. This November however we have our AGM and conference *plus* a webinar! @janeroberts.bsky.social Jane Roberts will be giving a presentation on her #OnePlaceStudy of Batley St Mary’s on November 11th.
October 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Sharing my Batley St Mary of the Angels RC parish One-Place Study love. Appropriately on 11 November, as the church WW1 War Memorial was the catalyst for my study. #OnePlaceStudy #LocalHistory #Batley
Had a few days off staying in a cottage right by the beach at #Porthdinllaen on the Llŷn Peninsula in Wales. Total chill out time with not one jot of genealogy research done. Instead it was family time, plus connecting with nature with beach walks, #sunrises, #sunsets and #rainbows. Bliss.
October 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Had a few days off staying in a cottage right by the beach at #Porthdinllaen on the Llŷn Peninsula in Wales. Total chill out time with not one jot of genealogy research done. Instead it was family time, plus connecting with nature with beach walks, #sunrises, #sunsets and #rainbows. Bliss.
The Batley St Mary of the Angels One-Place Study now has 414 posts, with 4 added in September. These include a parishioner killed serving in World War 2 & the last man executed for a Batley murder. Links to all are below
#Batley #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudy #OnePlaceWednesday
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#Batley #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudy #OnePlaceWednesday
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St Mary of the Angels, Batley: One-Place Study Update – 1 to 30 September 2025 Additions
During September 2025 four new posts were added to the Batley St Mary of the Angels One-Place Study, bringing the total number of posts to 414. One of the new posts was the parish history snippets …
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October 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The Batley St Mary of the Angels One-Place Study now has 414 posts, with 4 added in September. These include a parishioner killed serving in World War 2 & the last man executed for a Batley murder. Links to all are below
#Batley #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudy #OnePlaceWednesday
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#Batley #LocalHistory #OnePlaceStudy #OnePlaceWednesday
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Back to 1952 for the latest Batley St Mary of the Angels One-Place Study post, all about the 2nd Torchlight Procession.
#OnePlaceStudy #LocalHistory #Batley #OnePlaceWednesday
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#OnePlaceStudy #LocalHistory #Batley #OnePlaceWednesday
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Batley St. Mary’s Second Torchlight Procession
Less than a year after the success of the first Batley St. Mary of the Angels Torchlight Procession, a second procession was planned for Monday 29 September 1952. It was hoped this second demonstra…
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September 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Back to 1952 for the latest Batley St Mary of the Angels One-Place Study post, all about the 2nd Torchlight Procession.
#OnePlaceStudy #LocalHistory #Batley #OnePlaceWednesday
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#OnePlaceStudy #LocalHistory #Batley #OnePlaceWednesday
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Another archive day, this time West Yorkshire Archive Service Wakefield. Delving through Nostell Priory staff records, amongst others. Now to write up the report.
#FamilyHistory #ProfessionalResearcher
#FamilyHistory #ProfessionalResearcher
September 22, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Another archive day, this time West Yorkshire Archive Service Wakefield. Delving through Nostell Priory staff records, amongst others. Now to write up the report.
#FamilyHistory #ProfessionalResearcher
#FamilyHistory #ProfessionalResearcher
Bowling Cemetery work visit & drawn to a huge memorial commemorating Cpl Jerry Delaney MM, Royal Fusiliers, Sportsman’s Battalion, killed in France. No other names. Public subscription paid for his memorial & Lord Lonsdale contributed - Jeremiah Delaney was a Bradford boxer with no known grave #WW1
September 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Bowling Cemetery work visit & drawn to a huge memorial commemorating Cpl Jerry Delaney MM, Royal Fusiliers, Sportsman’s Battalion, killed in France. No other names. Public subscription paid for his memorial & Lord Lonsdale contributed - Jeremiah Delaney was a Bradford boxer with no known grave #WW1
I do love it when a plan comes together. And all in record time too. Speculative research for a client in Leeds RC Diocesan Archives, and within 15 minutes found exactly what I wanted and more besides! A reminder that family history is not all online. #FamilyHistory #Archives
September 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I do love it when a plan comes together. And all in record time too. Speculative research for a client in Leeds RC Diocesan Archives, and within 15 minutes found exactly what I wanted and more besides! A reminder that family history is not all online. #FamilyHistory #Archives