Project to dig up Neolithic site at Castilly Henge just off the A30 near Bodmin to go ahead after £40,000 received from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. 👇
BBC News - Hidden Neolithic stone circle set to be unearthed
www.bbc.com/news/article...

#OnThisDay in 1649, King Charles I was executed during the English Civil War. You can find out if your ancestor fought in the 17th century conflict with these websites:

www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

Do you have an ancestor who suffered from shell shock after fighting in the First World War? We delve into the phenomenon that transformed medical understanding of mental illness:

www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

FTR... I'm not a prolific poster on here... I'm busy digging up clues and verifying sources. So if you don't see many posts, it's because I'm working.

If & when I come across something worthy of sharing, I will post 📫 it. #genealogy #familyhistory

Been catching up after a day away from SM... and continuing to build the Ligon Descendant Tree. Not all were included in the 1947 publication of the #LigonConnections. Finding a lot of lost branches to add to this text. #genealogy #familyhistory #roots #oldvirginiafamilies

George Washington Lane was the first (and to my knowledge, the only) soldier to enlist in both the CSA & US Army during the Civil War (1861-1865). He enlisted with Co E 8th KY Infantry CSA at Hopkinsville, KY. @kentuckygenealogy.bsky.social #genealogy #LigonFamilyProject

Looking forward to his show!! 👋 we watch every episode, such moving stories. #genealogy

#Genealogy has never been "boring" imho. I found a relative who was murdered (VA), one who murdered his wife with an ice-pick (TX), and so many tantalizing tidbits throughout a 400+ yr history of founders, framers & immigrants.

These two portraits are of my spouses 2nd Great Grandparents, Iris N & Carolyn (nee Draper) Day.

Carolyn compiled a photo album which she passed to her daughter Reumah [1865-1898]. That album eventually made it's way to my MIL & eventually to my spouse. #genealogy

#genealogy Other families of the Northern Migration include: Day, Draper, Randell, Dart, Pettingell, Beebe, Foote, Thompson, Hartsock, Turnbaugh, White, and Smith.

Most migrated from New York into Michigan or from Pennsylvania and on across the Midwest into Minnesota. #FamilyHistory

1/ Other areas of interest include #CanadianGenealogy, particularly areas of #Ontario where my spouse's folks hail from. They originated in New York (pre-Revolution), migrating into Welland, Ont Then, abt 1860s, (pre-Cival War) migrated into Michigan, St Clair Co & Bay City #genealogy #familyhistory

My list of Families of Interest includes:

Sankey, Hamlet, Holt, Sublett, Puckett. Smoot, Hammersley, Ligon, Jordan, Bailey, Thomson, Pamplin, Blagrave, Cocke, Mays, Stratton, Stoval, Pugh, Yancy, Cash, Harris, Worsham, Waldegrave, Denys, DeBerkley & more. #genealogy #roots #familyhistory #Virginia

Intro to BlueSky:

I'm 40+ year veteran of #genealogy & #familyhistory focused primarily on Founding Families of the Virginia Colony ca. 1604-2024

I'm hoping to connect with like-minded intellectuals & novice family researchers here on BlueSky.