Lorna
@bluebellfhr.bsky.social
Family History Researcher from Kent now living in Shropshire via Gloucestershire.
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Every day is a school day. I learned today that an Irish mile was longer than an English one with the Irish one measuring 2240 yards compared with 1760 for English and the Irish mile was used legally until 1826.
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Every day is a school day. I learned today that an Irish mile was longer than an English one with the Irish one measuring 2240 yards compared with 1760 for English and the Irish mile was used legally until 1826.
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Sadly the documents had not yet been digitised and there will be questions as to why protocols were not followed in respect of security and couriering.
December 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Sadly the documents had not yet been digitised and there will be questions as to why protocols were not followed in respect of security and couriering.
Well this post on the BBC News page looks like it is very on brand with the timing. 🤢
#Tonbridge #TunbridgeWell #WaterShortage
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
#Tonbridge #TunbridgeWell #WaterShortage
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Well this post on the BBC News page looks like it is very on brand with the timing. 🤢
#Tonbridge #TunbridgeWell #WaterShortage
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
#Tonbridge #TunbridgeWell #WaterShortage
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
Getting many spam messages on my website currently (WordPress). Found a plug in which meant to restrict them so only able to comment if physically on the page but had two more in this morning. May just be a not set up right situ but if they've found a workaround then other ideas welcomed. Thanks.
December 3, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Getting many spam messages on my website currently (WordPress). Found a plug in which meant to restrict them so only able to comment if physically on the page but had two more in this morning. May just be a not set up right situ but if they've found a workaround then other ideas welcomed. Thanks.
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YOU GUYS! IT'S FINALLY ONLINE!
IT'S TOTALLY FREE!
IT'S THE NEW YORK STATE DEATH INDEX, 1880-2017!
www.newyorkdeathindex.com
IT'S TOTALLY FREE!
IT'S THE NEW YORK STATE DEATH INDEX, 1880-2017!
www.newyorkdeathindex.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:52 AM
YOU GUYS! IT'S FINALLY ONLINE!
IT'S TOTALLY FREE!
IT'S THE NEW YORK STATE DEATH INDEX, 1880-2017!
www.newyorkdeathindex.com
IT'S TOTALLY FREE!
IT'S THE NEW YORK STATE DEATH INDEX, 1880-2017!
www.newyorkdeathindex.com
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From 2 February 2026, The National Archives will increase fees for some services. This affects fees for document copies, research & search services, and also introduce a new fee for accessing historic Ministry of Defence service personnel records #GenHour
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The National Archives Updates Service Fees - The National Archives
From 2 February 2026, The National Archives will increase fees for some services as we bring charges in line with current delivery costs. This is the first increase since 2019. The changes affect fees...
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
December 1, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From 2 February 2026, The National Archives will increase fees for some services. This affects fees for document copies, research & search services, and also introduce a new fee for accessing historic Ministry of Defence service personnel records #GenHour
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/t...
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/t...
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The NORAD Santa Tracker website is back! Fun site for your kids or grandkids. There's fun games and movies for them while they wait to track Santa on Xmas Eve. For everyone, check out the lighthearted Christmas music.
www.noradsanta.org/en/
#Christmas #ChristmasMusic #Santa #ChristmasEve
www.noradsanta.org/en/
#Christmas #ChristmasMusic #Santa #ChristmasEve
December 1, 2025 at 5:21 AM
The NORAD Santa Tracker website is back! Fun site for your kids or grandkids. There's fun games and movies for them while they wait to track Santa on Xmas Eve. For everyone, check out the lighthearted Christmas music.
www.noradsanta.org/en/
#Christmas #ChristmasMusic #Santa #ChristmasEve
www.noradsanta.org/en/
#Christmas #ChristmasMusic #Santa #ChristmasEve
The baptism of Philip Llewellyn HADAWAY took place on 30-Nov-1882 in Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent, England. Parents are Francis Tapley HADAWAY and Helen.
FHL Film Number 1785908
Reference ID I-1 1882
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
FHL Film Number 1785908
Reference ID I-1 1882
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
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November 30, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The baptism of Philip Llewellyn HADAWAY took place on 30-Nov-1882 in Ash-next-Sandwich, Kent, England. Parents are Francis Tapley HADAWAY and Helen.
FHL Film Number 1785908
Reference ID I-1 1882
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
FHL Film Number 1785908
Reference ID I-1 1882
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
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Watch out for the @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social #AdventCalendar starting tomorrow
This is something I have been doing for about 6 years now - but this year it has a bit of a twist
𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐳-𝐦𝐚𝐬! 🎄🤔⁉️
Join in from tomorrow
This is something I have been doing for about 6 years now - but this year it has a bit of a twist
𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐳-𝐦𝐚𝐬! 🎄🤔⁉️
Join in from tomorrow
November 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Watch out for the @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social #AdventCalendar starting tomorrow
This is something I have been doing for about 6 years now - but this year it has a bit of a twist
𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐳-𝐦𝐚𝐬! 🎄🤔⁉️
Join in from tomorrow
This is something I have been doing for about 6 years now - but this year it has a bit of a twist
𝐈𝐭'𝐬 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐳-𝐦𝐚𝐬! 🎄🤔⁉️
Join in from tomorrow
Mmmmmmmm I do love pumpkin pie. Homegrown pumpkin and homemade pie.
Possibly should be multiple portions but my excuse is I didn't have lunch today. #AllGone
Possibly should be multiple portions but my excuse is I didn't have lunch today. #AllGone
November 29, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Mmmmmmmm I do love pumpkin pie. Homegrown pumpkin and homemade pie.
Possibly should be multiple portions but my excuse is I didn't have lunch today. #AllGone
Possibly should be multiple portions but my excuse is I didn't have lunch today. #AllGone
Not a nice drive today. Started with a lorry that couldn't seem to stay on the right side of road, then as we came up to lights where road widens to two lanes I moved into right one, it then moved over, then back, then through two red lights. Hadn't even travelled five miles at this point. 😞
November 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Not a nice drive today. Started with a lorry that couldn't seem to stay on the right side of road, then as we came up to lights where road widens to two lanes I moved into right one, it then moved over, then back, then through two red lights. Hadn't even travelled five miles at this point. 😞
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Every year we make a free-to-download-and-print-off-yourself colouring-in Advent Calendar. This year’s heavily features Bigfoots. Please share!
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
November 29, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Every year we make a free-to-download-and-print-off-yourself colouring-in Advent Calendar. This year’s heavily features Bigfoots. Please share!
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
Download it for free here… www.worldofmoose.com/pages/2025-b...
On 29-Nov-1929 the death occurred of Amelia HOUSTON. She was the daughter of Alexander John HOUSTON and Ann. She had been born in 1838 in Clifton, Bristol, England and buried in Amos Vale, Bristol, England.
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November 29, 2025 at 9:53 AM
On 29-Nov-1929 the death occurred of Amelia HOUSTON. She was the daughter of Alexander John HOUSTON and Ann. She had been born in 1838 in Clifton, Bristol, England and buried in Amos Vale, Bristol, England.
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Five trains a day will run between Shrewsbury and Swansea via Llandrindod Wells on the Heart of Wales line from next month wp.me/p8Mk4U-19Fe
November 28, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Five trains a day will run between Shrewsbury and Swansea via Llandrindod Wells on the Heart of Wales line from next month wp.me/p8Mk4U-19Fe
#Sad
Popped in to churchyard to visit 2x Great Grandparents grave & then spotted very modern one nearby.
Did know they had died but is the first time I've found the grave of someone younger than me that I knew.
His sister and I were at primary school together as they lived next door for a time.
Popped in to churchyard to visit 2x Great Grandparents grave & then spotted very modern one nearby.
Did know they had died but is the first time I've found the grave of someone younger than me that I knew.
His sister and I were at primary school together as they lived next door for a time.
November 28, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#Sad
Popped in to churchyard to visit 2x Great Grandparents grave & then spotted very modern one nearby.
Did know they had died but is the first time I've found the grave of someone younger than me that I knew.
His sister and I were at primary school together as they lived next door for a time.
Popped in to churchyard to visit 2x Great Grandparents grave & then spotted very modern one nearby.
Did know they had died but is the first time I've found the grave of someone younger than me that I knew.
His sister and I were at primary school together as they lived next door for a time.
On 28-Nov-1852 3x Great Uncle Thomas William GOODMAN was baptised in Folkestone, Kent, England. He was the son of James GOODMAN and Mary.
FHL Film Number 1786456
Reference ID item 1 p 24
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
FHL Film Number 1786456
Reference ID item 1 p 24
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
Ancestry | Family Tree, Genealogy & Family History Records
Ancestry® helps you understand your genealogy. A family tree takes you back generations—the world's largest collection of online family history records makes it easy to trace your lineage.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
On 28-Nov-1852 3x Great Uncle Thomas William GOODMAN was baptised in Folkestone, Kent, England. He was the son of James GOODMAN and Mary.
FHL Film Number 1786456
Reference ID item 1 p 24
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
FHL Film Number 1786456
Reference ID item 1 p 24
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA
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Good news Friday: A restored brick sculpture of the world-famous potter Josiah Wedgwood has been unveiled at Etruria Hall in Stoke-on-Trent, two years after it was nearly destroyed by council contractors.
‘Capo’ was created by artist Vincent Woropay (1951–2002) for the 1986 National Garden Festival.
‘Capo’ was created by artist Vincent Woropay (1951–2002) for the 1986 National Garden Festival.
November 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Good news Friday: A restored brick sculpture of the world-famous potter Josiah Wedgwood has been unveiled at Etruria Hall in Stoke-on-Trent, two years after it was nearly destroyed by council contractors.
‘Capo’ was created by artist Vincent Woropay (1951–2002) for the 1986 National Garden Festival.
‘Capo’ was created by artist Vincent Woropay (1951–2002) for the 1986 National Garden Festival.
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We need to talk about enparishification…
Does your research lack detail? Are you unsure about where your ancestors actually came from? Can you tell the difference between a village and a parish of the same name or do you often conflate the two?
If you answered ‘yes’ to those questions, watch this…
Does your research lack detail? Are you unsure about where your ancestors actually came from? Can you tell the difference between a village and a parish of the same name or do you often conflate the two?
If you answered ‘yes’ to those questions, watch this…
Setting The Record Straight: Episode 27 - Enparishification
YouTube video by Lifelines Research
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November 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
We need to talk about enparishification…
Does your research lack detail? Are you unsure about where your ancestors actually came from? Can you tell the difference between a village and a parish of the same name or do you often conflate the two?
If you answered ‘yes’ to those questions, watch this…
Does your research lack detail? Are you unsure about where your ancestors actually came from? Can you tell the difference between a village and a parish of the same name or do you often conflate the two?
If you answered ‘yes’ to those questions, watch this…
On 27-Nov-1738 the baptism of Richard GOOSEY took place at Irchester, Northamptonshire, England. His parents were Thomas GOOSEY and Mary.
Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England, UK; Register Type: Parish Registers; Reference Numbers: 177p/3
Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England, UK; Register Type: Parish Registers; Reference Numbers: 177p/3
November 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
On 27-Nov-1738 the baptism of Richard GOOSEY took place at Irchester, Northamptonshire, England. His parents were Thomas GOOSEY and Mary.
Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England, UK; Register Type: Parish Registers; Reference Numbers: 177p/3
Northamptonshire Record Office; Northampton, England, UK; Register Type: Parish Registers; Reference Numbers: 177p/3
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Members! Recordings of four of the five presentations given at our #OnePlaceStudies Conference on Saturday are now online for you to (re)watch! As always, you can find the links in the Members’ Area of our website. Not a member? Join us, and enjoy all of our membership benefits! #OnePlaceWednesday
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Members! Recordings of four of the five presentations given at our #OnePlaceStudies Conference on Saturday are now online for you to (re)watch! As always, you can find the links in the Members’ Area of our website. Not a member? Join us, and enjoy all of our membership benefits! #OnePlaceWednesday
On 26-Nov-1924 William Pegden BOORN died at 52 Radnor Street, Folkestone, Kent, England. He was the husband of a 3x Great Aunt.
Folkestone and Hythe District Council; Folkestone, England, UK; Shepway Burial Registers via Ancestry.
Burial Date 1 Dec 1924
Burial Place Folkestone, Kent, England
Folkestone and Hythe District Council; Folkestone, England, UK; Shepway Burial Registers via Ancestry.
Burial Date 1 Dec 1924
Burial Place Folkestone, Kent, England
November 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
On 26-Nov-1924 William Pegden BOORN died at 52 Radnor Street, Folkestone, Kent, England. He was the husband of a 3x Great Aunt.
Folkestone and Hythe District Council; Folkestone, England, UK; Shepway Burial Registers via Ancestry.
Burial Date 1 Dec 1924
Burial Place Folkestone, Kent, England
Folkestone and Hythe District Council; Folkestone, England, UK; Shepway Burial Registers via Ancestry.
Burial Date 1 Dec 1924
Burial Place Folkestone, Kent, England
Amazing article. Will be rereading and sharing with friends and family.
Aging Out of Fucks: The Neuroscience of Why You Suddenly Can’t Pretend Anymore
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Aging Out of Fucks: The Neuroscience of Why You Suddenly Can’t Pretend Anymore
Your brain's middle finger to people-pleasing
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November 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Amazing article. Will be rereading and sharing with friends and family.
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Hello! I'm hosting a new funny history podcast/radio series for children and families, and it's coming very soon on the BBC! Great writers, great performers, great producers, and me arguing with Ramesses the great... what's not to love?
HERE! WE! FUCKING! GO! I have been making this show for TWO YEARS, it's finally going out this Christmas, Baby's First Production Credit is gonna be on R4 over the Radio Times Double Issue Window, baybeh! www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...
November 25, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Hello! I'm hosting a new funny history podcast/radio series for children and families, and it's coming very soon on the BBC! Great writers, great performers, great producers, and me arguing with Ramesses the great... what's not to love?
Missed #AncestryHour because was watching Dr Helen Fry talk about The White Lady network of WWI and WWII.
November 25, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Missed #AncestryHour because was watching Dr Helen Fry talk about The White Lady network of WWI and WWII.
On 25-Nov-1627 John CURLING, son of John CURLING, was baptised in Saint Laurence, Thanet, Kent, England. FHL Film Number 477645
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Ancestry | Family Tree, Genealogy & Family History Records
Ancestry® helps you understand your genealogy. A family tree takes you back generations—the world's largest collection of online family history records makes it easy to trace your lineage.
Ancestry.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
On 25-Nov-1627 John CURLING, son of John CURLING, was baptised in Saint Laurence, Thanet, Kent, England. FHL Film Number 477645
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Ancestry.com. England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.