Jan Newsom
@jannewsom.bsky.social
Enjoy Family History, Genealogy, with family from various place around the world. Love walking, photography, reading and gardening too!
Prominent #Jersey family heritage uncovered as records returned home from Canada www.itv.com/watch/news/p...
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December 11, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Prominent #Jersey family heritage uncovered as records returned home from Canada www.itv.com/watch/news/p...
Which UK surnames come from Vikings? Check if your family has Norse ancestry with a DNA test this Christmas #FamilyHistory #genealogy www.nationalworld.com/heritage-and...
Is your surname secretly Viking? Discover your roots with a DNA kit this Xmas (aff)
Viking ancestry is far more common in Britain than most of us ever realised. A simple DNA kit could reveal your family’s own Norse roots in time for Christmas.
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December 6, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Which UK surnames come from Vikings? Check if your family has Norse ancestry with a DNA test this Christmas #FamilyHistory #genealogy www.nationalworld.com/heritage-and...
‘Britain’s first letter to Santa’ discovered. 🎅🤶🧑🎄 www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/first-l...
‘Britain’s first letter to Santa’ discovered | Who Do You Think You Are Magazine
Britain's first Christmas letter to Santa Claus has been found online in an 1883 edition of The Leeds Mercury
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December 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
‘Britain’s first letter to Santa’ discovered. 🎅🤶🧑🎄 www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/first-l...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The best DNA test kits for 2025 tried and tested. #genealogy #FamilyHistory www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/feature/whic...
The best DNA test kits for 2025 tried and tested | Who Do You Think You Are Magazine
How does DNA testing work, what are the best DNA testing kits for 2025, how do they work and how much do they cost?
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November 29, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The best DNA test kits for 2025 tried and tested. #genealogy #FamilyHistory www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/feature/whic...
A festive post box topper for #postboxsaturday this week.
November 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A festive post box topper for #postboxsaturday this week.
A post box with the remains of a sign on top. 😃 #postboxsaturday
November 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
A post box with the remains of a sign on top. 😃 #postboxsaturday
Number one selling music star traces family history back to Galway #FamilyHistory #genealogy www.galwaybeo.ie/news/galway-...
Number one selling music star traces family history back to Galway
We can claim her as one of our own
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November 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Number one selling music star traces family history back to Galway #FamilyHistory #genealogy www.galwaybeo.ie/news/galway-...
Sparse Christmas tree in Seaside town shows sad reality for families this Christmas #BognorRegis www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2129...
Christmas tree in Seaside town shows sad reality for families this Christmas
A sparse Christmas Tree erected in Bognor Regis has a key message.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Sparse Christmas tree in Seaside town shows sad reality for families this Christmas #BognorRegis www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2129...
Scrapped #WW1 medal returned to family after 55 years #FamilyHistory #genealogy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scrapped WW1 medal returned to family after disappearing 55 years ago
The Victory Medal lost in 1970 has finally been given to the 99-year-old son of the soldier awarded it.
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November 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Scrapped #WW1 medal returned to family after 55 years #FamilyHistory #genealogy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How thousands of lost love letters from a WWII soldier are being brought to life #FamilyHistory #genealogy #WW2 www.itv.com/watch/news/h...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:32 PM
How thousands of lost love letters from a WWII soldier are being brought to life #FamilyHistory #genealogy #WW2 www.itv.com/watch/news/h...
Cuts to island's 'iconic' post boxes confirmed #Guernsey #postboxsaturday www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cuts to Guernsey's 'iconic' post boxes confirmed
Guernsey Post says the move is part of plans to make the service
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November 1, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Cuts to island's 'iconic' post boxes confirmed #Guernsey #postboxsaturday www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The History Podcast from Radio 4 uncovers a family’s secret past and stolen legacy #FamilyHistory www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
New The History Podcast from Radio 4 uncovers a family’s secret past and stolen legacy
The House at Number 48 - A suitcase of clues left behind by a dying father leads to the discovery of a secret identity, a stolen fortune and a family history buried by war
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October 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The History Podcast from Radio 4 uncovers a family’s secret past and stolen legacy #FamilyHistory www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
'I work at chocolate factory my ancestor founded 130 years ago' #York #FamilyHistory www.bbc.com/news/article...
'I work at York chocolate factory my ancestor founded 130 years ago' - BBC News
Giles Naish says he is proud of his connection to chocolatier and philanthropist Joseph Rowntree.
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October 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
'I work at chocolate factory my ancestor founded 130 years ago' #York #FamilyHistory www.bbc.com/news/article...
Great news fom the British Newspaper Archive. They now have every edition of Jackie magazine. ://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2025/10/06/jackie-joins-the-archive/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_15223461
October 9, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Great news fom the British Newspaper Archive. They now have every edition of Jackie magazine. ://blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2025/10/06/jackie-joins-the-archive/?utm_source=Iterable&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=campaign_15223461
The Bolton News story that uncovered missing chapters in a family’s history #genealogy #FamilyHistory www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2551292...
The Bolton News story that uncovered missing chapters in a family’s history
A 1929 clipping from The Bolton News archive, highlighted on the Newspapers.com blog, sparked a transatlantic family reunion and unveiled long-lost…
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October 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The Bolton News story that uncovered missing chapters in a family’s history #genealogy #FamilyHistory www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2551292...
Trace your family tree in free Who Do You Think You Are? taster sessions in Birmingham this month #FamilyHistory #genealogy www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/fam...
Trace your family tree in free Who Do You Think You Are? taster session
Free workshops are taking place in Shard End, Yardley, Acocks Green, Sutton Coldfield, Erdington, Perry Common and Hall Green as part of Birmingham Heritage Week
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September 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Trace your family tree in free Who Do You Think You Are? taster sessions in Birmingham this month #FamilyHistory #genealogy www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/fam...
Green Howards Museum: researcher gives talk on family history #genealogy #FamilyHistory www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/2544452...
'He was short and missing a finger!' What do you know about your family history?
“He was short and missing a finger!” What Do You Know About Your Family History?
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September 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Green Howards Museum: researcher gives talk on family history #genealogy #FamilyHistory www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/2544452...
Ministers urged to digitise adoption records to help reunite families #genealogy #FamilyHistory www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Ministers urged to digitise adoption records to help reunite families
As ITV’s Long Lost Family airs, campaigners say retaining archives is crucial for those separated by forced adoptions at unmarried mothers’ homes
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September 5, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Ministers urged to digitise adoption records to help reunite families #genealogy #FamilyHistory www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Family solve mystery of 1955 letter under a tree #FamilyHistory #genealogy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Family solve mystery of 1955 letter under a tree in Wolverhampton
A gardener says he uncovered the letter during clearing work at a house in Tettenhall.
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September 1, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Family solve mystery of 1955 letter under a tree #FamilyHistory #genealogy www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I subscribed to Ancestry ProTools to explore clusters. This is all I got from one of the trees that I manage. 😂 #genealogy #FamilyHistory
August 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I subscribed to Ancestry ProTools to explore clusters. This is all I got from one of the trees that I manage. 😂 #genealogy #FamilyHistory
A quirky summer holiday: a roadtrip around your family history #genealogy #FamilyHistory www.journalism.co.uk/press-releas...
A quirky summer holiday: a roadtrip around your family history
Family Wise, UK genealogy specialists say summer is a great time to embrace genealogy tourism. Genealogy tourism, or ancestral tourism, refers to travelling to places across the UK (or the world) to d...
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August 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM
A quirky summer holiday: a roadtrip around your family history #genealogy #FamilyHistory www.journalism.co.uk/press-releas...
Funding sought for new open source searchable database of UK probate records #genealogy #FamilyHistory todayswillsandprobate.co.uk/funding-soug...
Funding sought for new open source searchable database of UK probate records | Today's Wills and Probate
A free, charity-funded genealogy search service is launching a new probate service and is looking for financial support for the venture
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August 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Funding sought for new open source searchable database of UK probate records #genealogy #FamilyHistory todayswillsandprobate.co.uk/funding-soug...