Ruth Phair Mason
@phairmason.bsky.social
An American who is currently knuckles deep learning about her 18th-century family in the Lower Dales of Yorkshire.
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Ruth Phair Mason
@phairmason.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Copy and paste to introduce yourself to #Genealogy Bluesky.
Years researching: 14
Hobbyist or pro: Hobbyist
Fun fact/Wildest discovery: My 4th great-grandparents in Yorkshire had five natural children, married, then had five lawful children.
My niche: Currently working on the north of England
Years researching: 14
Hobbyist or pro: Hobbyist
Fun fact/Wildest discovery: My 4th great-grandparents in Yorkshire had five natural children, married, then had five lawful children.
My niche: Currently working on the north of England
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It is clearly deeply annoying for a sociopath when a human collapses nearby and distracts attention from him.
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
It is clearly deeply annoying for a sociopath when a human collapses nearby and distracts attention from him.
#GenHour #Ancestry Cumbria FHS, celebrating its Jubilee year, will host a three-day #FamilyHistory conference and fair from 29 July through 1 August 2026 at Carlisle. The website isn't updated yet but the information is on its Facebook page. More details coming soon.
September 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
#GenHour #Ancestry Cumbria FHS, celebrating its Jubilee year, will host a three-day #FamilyHistory conference and fair from 29 July through 1 August 2026 at Carlisle. The website isn't updated yet but the information is on its Facebook page. More details coming soon.
Watch out Cumbria and Yorkshire, and London, I’m coming back! #familyhistory #genealogy #ancestry #cumbriafhs
September 9, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Watch out Cumbria and Yorkshire, and London, I’m coming back! #familyhistory #genealogy #ancestry #cumbriafhs
#AncestryHour, I’ve been researching speakers for my local genealogy society. For our regular 2026 meetings, I’ve engaged a speaker on researching Revolutionary War soldiers (my folk were still in their old countries) and have contacted a couple more. Our quarterly webinar series is nearly set.
September 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
#AncestryHour, I’ve been researching speakers for my local genealogy society. For our regular 2026 meetings, I’ve engaged a speaker on researching Revolutionary War soldiers (my folk were still in their old countries) and have contacted a couple more. Our quarterly webinar series is nearly set.
Nine years ago today, a volunteer in the Cumbria FHS fulfilled a request for a photograph of my 3xGGmother's tombstone, which almost certainly was carved by her grandson-in-law, a talented stonemason and sculptor. #genhour #genealogy 1/3
August 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Nine years ago today, a volunteer in the Cumbria FHS fulfilled a request for a photograph of my 3xGGmother's tombstone, which almost certainly was carved by her grandson-in-law, a talented stonemason and sculptor. #genhour #genealogy 1/3
I received @janetfew.bsky.social’s book, A History of Women’s Work, last week on its debut in the US. I was traveling so I first saw it last night. I plan to read it on a cross-country flight this weekend. It looks very promising. #genealogy #familyhistory
August 6, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I received @janetfew.bsky.social’s book, A History of Women’s Work, last week on its debut in the US. I was traveling so I first saw it last night. I plan to read it on a cross-country flight this weekend. It looks very promising. #genealogy #familyhistory
#BIRLS I submitted a FOIA request in December and received an acknowledgment in June. I’ll be waiting a lot longer now. As soon as the basic information is provided, I’ll be submitting an appeal. #genealogy #familyhistory www.birls.org/updates
August 6, 2025 at 1:20 AM
#BIRLS I submitted a FOIA request in December and received an acknowledgment in June. I’ll be waiting a lot longer now. As soon as the basic information is provided, I’ll be submitting an appeal. #genealogy #familyhistory www.birls.org/updates
On August 4, 2025, the Library of Congress will complete the transition of the Chronicling America Historic Newspapers website to a new interface and back-end search infrastructure. #genealogy 1/
August 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
On August 4, 2025, the Library of Congress will complete the transition of the Chronicling America Historic Newspapers website to a new interface and back-end search infrastructure. #genealogy 1/
My mother started a diary in 1945 when she turned 15. She continued for 75 years. I have read about visits with friends, jealousy when another girl flirted with “Merley,” driving a car into a ditch. Her sister home from a TB sanitarium. Then college and meeting our dad. #genchat 1/
July 26, 2025 at 2:24 AM
My mother started a diary in 1945 when she turned 15. She continued for 75 years. I have read about visits with friends, jealousy when another girl flirted with “Merley,” driving a car into a ditch. Her sister home from a TB sanitarium. Then college and meeting our dad. #genchat 1/
My sister and I took the Settle-Carlisle line (starting from York) last summer. Such beautiful scenery from every angle.
July 21, 2025 at 5:15 PM
My sister and I took the Settle-Carlisle line (starting from York) last summer. Such beautiful scenery from every angle.
Hmm. 2.5 hours away. I might try to get a carpool set up.
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Suncoast Genealogy Society – Palm Harbor, FL
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July 14, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Hmm. 2.5 hours away. I might try to get a carpool set up.
A favorite feature of FamilySearch was the map of 1851 English jurisdictions. Sadly, it had outdated tech and frequently broke. I opened the page and it has a whole new user interface. www.familysearch.org/en/mapp/
Early Historical Maps #genchat post for this weekend. #Ancestrychat #Genealogy
Early Historical Maps #genchat post for this weekend. #Ancestrychat #Genealogy
July 9, 2025 at 1:09 AM
A favorite feature of FamilySearch was the map of 1851 English jurisdictions. Sadly, it had outdated tech and frequently broke. I opened the page and it has a whole new user interface. www.familysearch.org/en/mapp/
Early Historical Maps #genchat post for this weekend. #Ancestrychat #Genealogy
Early Historical Maps #genchat post for this weekend. #Ancestrychat #Genealogy
I am separating couples named John & Ann Horner. A defining record is a spinster’s probate where “two surviving sisters natural and lawful” were administrixes of her 1836 estate. So their two older “natural” sisters, Ann & 3xGGmother Mary, were dead. The field narrows. #ancestrychat #familyhistory
Here’s my Top Genealogical Tip of the day!
“Not everyone who has the same name is the same person.”
I hope it’s not too technical for you all but if everyone just understood that one basic fact, it would make wading through Ancestry’s online trees *SO* much easier.
That’s it. That’s all I’ve got…
“Not everyone who has the same name is the same person.”
I hope it’s not too technical for you all but if everyone just understood that one basic fact, it would make wading through Ancestry’s online trees *SO* much easier.
That’s it. That’s all I’ve got…
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July 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I am separating couples named John & Ann Horner. A defining record is a spinster’s probate where “two surviving sisters natural and lawful” were administrixes of her 1836 estate. So their two older “natural” sisters, Ann & 3xGGmother Mary, were dead. The field narrows. #ancestrychat #familyhistory
Hello #GenHour. I'm writing up minutes for my first commitee meeting as the Program Chair in my local genealogy society. I have a team of enthusiastic people to help set up a plan for 2026 and to finish our 2025 program year. I'm excited for another way to make a difference in my community.
June 26, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Hello #GenHour. I'm writing up minutes for my first commitee meeting as the Program Chair in my local genealogy society. I have a team of enthusiastic people to help set up a plan for 2026 and to finish our 2025 program year. I'm excited for another way to make a difference in my community.
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Rev. John Williams of St. Ishmael's, Pembs., was a bit confused with the new 1837 marriage forms. He even had the next clerk confused until the next year! For those who don't know, the conditions normally listed are Bachelor, Spinster, or Widow(er) Lol #Genealogy
June 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Rev. John Williams of St. Ishmael's, Pembs., was a bit confused with the new 1837 marriage forms. He even had the next clerk confused until the next year! For those who don't know, the conditions normally listed are Bachelor, Spinster, or Widow(er) Lol #Genealogy
#GenHour friends, help me out. The minister of Dufton Parish in Westmorland seems to have signed off on the Bishop's Transcript that includes his burial. What was commonly done when BTs were created around that time?
June 19, 2025 at 7:17 PM
#GenHour friends, help me out. The minister of Dufton Parish in Westmorland seems to have signed off on the Bishop's Transcript that includes his burial. What was commonly done when BTs were created around that time?
Roundabout claim to fame. My 2x great-grandmother Mary Mackintosh was listed as the household servant of Wilfred Wright, noted wrestler (Cumberland and Westmorland Rules), at Acorn Bank Mill in Westmorland in the 1841 census. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy 1/2
Would you have survived the bloody world of Victorian boxing and wrestling? Boxing historian Sarah Elizabeth Cox steps into the ring... 🥊
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June 14, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Roundabout claim to fame. My 2x great-grandmother Mary Mackintosh was listed as the household servant of Wilfred Wright, noted wrestler (Cumberland and Westmorland Rules), at Acorn Bank Mill in Westmorland in the 1841 census. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy 1/2
This is my first #GenHour. Today, I submitted an article to my local society about my grandmother who saw a murdered man in the street when she was 8 years old in 1896. Her parents and future father-in-law testified at the trial as they were minor players in the drama earlier in the day.
June 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is my first #GenHour. Today, I submitted an article to my local society about my grandmother who saw a murdered man in the street when she was 8 years old in 1896. Her parents and future father-in-law testified at the trial as they were minor players in the drama earlier in the day.
Guilty! 📚👩🏫
June 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Guilty! 📚👩🏫
Scammer? Heir Hunter? The first ad below 6 June 1863 in the Missing Friends page of The Boston Pilot sounds so scammy.
The two ads above the date are my husband's 3x ggparents' ads for their siblings. I found it years ago when it was on the Missing Friends website. #familyhistory #genealogy
The two ads above the date are my husband's 3x ggparents' ads for their siblings. I found it years ago when it was on the Missing Friends website. #familyhistory #genealogy
June 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Scammer? Heir Hunter? The first ad below 6 June 1863 in the Missing Friends page of The Boston Pilot sounds so scammy.
The two ads above the date are my husband's 3x ggparents' ads for their siblings. I found it years ago when it was on the Missing Friends website. #familyhistory #genealogy
The two ads above the date are my husband's 3x ggparents' ads for their siblings. I found it years ago when it was on the Missing Friends website. #familyhistory #genealogy
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June 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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I just sorted out a family on FamilySearch tree that was a mashup of two Yorkshire men of the same name with wives who shared the same first name. I added explanations and a linked a lot of sources tonight. Great Performances on PBS has a 2024 performance of Kiss Me Kate from the West End on now.
May 31, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I just sorted out a family on FamilySearch tree that was a mashup of two Yorkshire men of the same name with wives who shared the same first name. I added explanations and a linked a lot of sources tonight. Great Performances on PBS has a 2024 performance of Kiss Me Kate from the West End on now.
A clump of mistakes. No other records exist for Matthew, yet his sister Ann—born around the same time—has no baptism record. Could it be that, just before the Bishops Transcripts were handed over, a church warden hastily added a fitting biblical name to both books? #familyhistory #genealogy
May 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
A clump of mistakes. No other records exist for Matthew, yet his sister Ann—born around the same time—has no baptism record. Could it be that, just before the Bishops Transcripts were handed over, a church warden hastily added a fitting biblical name to both books? #familyhistory #genealogy
I found a Bishops Transcript for a 1761 baptism in Hauxwell parish, Yorkshire, at FamilySearch a couple years ago. Now I find the Parish Register but his baptism entry was in 1760!?! In the corner of the BT, the churchwardens say it is a true copy of the entries for 1760. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
May 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I found a Bishops Transcript for a 1761 baptism in Hauxwell parish, Yorkshire, at FamilySearch a couple years ago. Now I find the Parish Register but his baptism entry was in 1760!?! In the corner of the BT, the churchwardens say it is a true copy of the entries for 1760. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Ten years ago, I found this article about my 2xggfather taking his children to the church for a mass baptism. Jane Hough @allthosebefore.bsky.social on S8E9 of The Family Histories Podcast @familyhistpod.bsky.social described a similar family baptism. #familyhistory #Genealogy #ancestry 1/3
May 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Ten years ago, I found this article about my 2xggfather taking his children to the church for a mass baptism. Jane Hough @allthosebefore.bsky.social on S8E9 of The Family Histories Podcast @familyhistpod.bsky.social described a similar family baptism. #familyhistory #Genealogy #ancestry 1/3