Margaret Frood
@dyfh.bsky.social
Qualified Genealogist, Family & Local Historian, One Place Studier, #Wiehahn #ONS & a heavily committed War Memorials Researcher. #WokeMigrant
[You may have been following me, as @peopleinplaces, from X-it.]
[You may have been following me, as @peopleinplaces, from X-it.]
Returning a favour to the #LondonScottish by researching one of its men. S Bernts, a Norwegian soldier, an architect, who served with British forces in the first decade of the 20th century, in the South West Africa Campaign in 1914 and 1915 and in 1/14 London Scottish until the end of the war.
May 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Returning a favour to the #LondonScottish by researching one of its men. S Bernts, a Norwegian soldier, an architect, who served with British forces in the first decade of the 20th century, in the South West Africa Campaign in 1914 and 1915 and in 1/14 London Scottish until the end of the war.
You might want to consider this announcement if you have used #23andMe for your #DNA
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Column | Delete your DNA from 23andMe right now
The genetic information company declared bankruptcy on Sunday, and California’s attorney general has issued a privacy “consumer alert.”
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March 29, 2025 at 3:23 PM
You might want to consider this announcement if you have used #23andMe for your #DNA
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The first Scottish woman who saw her work in print in her lifetime was Elizabeth Melville author of Ane Godlie Dreame published in Scots in 1603. On show in a free exhibition at @natlibscot.bsky.social
#HerStory #skystorians #Edinburgh #🗃️ #📚
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#HerStory #skystorians #Edinburgh #🗃️ #📚
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February 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The first Scottish woman who saw her work in print in her lifetime was Elizabeth Melville author of Ane Godlie Dreame published in Scots in 1603. On show in a free exhibition at @natlibscot.bsky.social
#HerStory #skystorians #Edinburgh #🗃️ #📚
www.nls.uk/whats-on/ren...
#HerStory #skystorians #Edinburgh #🗃️ #📚
www.nls.uk/whats-on/ren...
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“I’d rather be alone telling the truth than with many following a lie.”
—Denver Riggelman, member, United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, PBS Newshour, 1/21/2025.
—Denver Riggelman, member, United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, PBS Newshour, 1/21/2025.
January 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
“I’d rather be alone telling the truth than with many following a lie.”
—Denver Riggelman, member, United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, PBS Newshour, 1/21/2025.
—Denver Riggelman, member, United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack, PBS Newshour, 1/21/2025.
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TIL that @lucyinglis.bsky.social’s random specialist subject is US military interference in Greenland (and Danish everything-else interference in Greenland), then I learned a whole lot more and you can too. https://open.substack.com/pub/lucyinglis77gmailcom/p/donald-trump-and-the-utmost-north
Donald Trump and The Utmost North
Sunday posts from now on will be paid posts, but this one is free because I don’t think people are aware of the potential for disaster regarding this Trump-buys-Greenland drama, and I once wrote a boo...
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January 27, 2025 at 2:57 AM
TIL that @lucyinglis.bsky.social’s random specialist subject is US military interference in Greenland (and Danish everything-else interference in Greenland), then I learned a whole lot more and you can too. https://open.substack.com/pub/lucyinglis77gmailcom/p/donald-trump-and-the-utmost-north
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Free Access to Australian records at @myheritageofficial.bsky.social from January 25th-28th
Learn more at blog.myheritage.com/2024/01/cele...
A list of online databases for Australia is available at www.myheritage.com/research/cat...
#genealogy
Learn more at blog.myheritage.com/2024/01/cele...
A list of online databases for Australia is available at www.myheritage.com/research/cat...
#genealogy
Celebrate Australia Day with Free Access to Over 108 Million Records - MyHeritage Blog
As Australia Day approaches, we are excited to announce a special gift for all family history enthusiasts! In celebration of Australia's rich and diverse
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January 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Free Access to Australian records at @myheritageofficial.bsky.social from January 25th-28th
Learn more at blog.myheritage.com/2024/01/cele...
A list of online databases for Australia is available at www.myheritage.com/research/cat...
#genealogy
Learn more at blog.myheritage.com/2024/01/cele...
A list of online databases for Australia is available at www.myheritage.com/research/cat...
#genealogy
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We had a fantastic end of year Old Front Line Podcast Supporter's Evening where @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social gave a superb illustrated talk on 'Remembering Tommy' in #WW1. Thanks Peter, and thanks to all supporters who joined us.
December 18, 2024 at 4:08 PM
We had a fantastic end of year Old Front Line Podcast Supporter's Evening where @profpeterdoyle.bsky.social gave a superb illustrated talk on 'Remembering Tommy' in #WW1. Thanks Peter, and thanks to all supporters who joined us.
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4️⃣9️⃣ Hertha Ayrton (1854-1923) 🇬🇧 #womeninSTEM Mathematician, inventor & engineer. She is renowned for her work on the electric arc. Her application to the Royal Society was rejected in 1902 (women were not eligible until 1945). From 1883 until 1923, she registered 26 patents.
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December 8, 2024 at 11:21 AM
4️⃣9️⃣ Hertha Ayrton (1854-1923) 🇬🇧 #womeninSTEM Mathematician, inventor & engineer. She is renowned for her work on the electric arc. Her application to the Royal Society was rejected in 1902 (women were not eligible until 1945). From 1883 until 1923, she registered 26 patents.
jwa.org/encyclopedia...
jwa.org/encyclopedia...
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Definitely! I always point out that every line of descent that we've ever traced effectively ends (or starts!) with a 'brickwall' and that every time we break down a 'brickwall' we instantly create two more - which is far too depressing - so I like 'treetops' as a concept. It suggests opportunities!
December 8, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Definitely! I always point out that every line of descent that we've ever traced effectively ends (or starts!) with a 'brickwall' and that every time we break down a 'brickwall' we instantly create two more - which is far too depressing - so I like 'treetops' as a concept. It suggests opportunities!
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Ready for a cover reveal?
#OnePlaceStudies #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Putting Your Ancestors in their Place: A Guide to One Place Studies, by Janet Few, extensively revised and updated from the original 2014 edition.
Coming soon.
@janetfew.bsky.social @oneplacestudies.bsky.social
#OnePlaceStudies #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Putting Your Ancestors in their Place: A Guide to One Place Studies, by Janet Few, extensively revised and updated from the original 2014 edition.
Coming soon.
@janetfew.bsky.social @oneplacestudies.bsky.social
November 24, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Ready for a cover reveal?
#OnePlaceStudies #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Putting Your Ancestors in their Place: A Guide to One Place Studies, by Janet Few, extensively revised and updated from the original 2014 edition.
Coming soon.
@janetfew.bsky.social @oneplacestudies.bsky.social
#OnePlaceStudies #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Putting Your Ancestors in their Place: A Guide to One Place Studies, by Janet Few, extensively revised and updated from the original 2014 edition.
Coming soon.
@janetfew.bsky.social @oneplacestudies.bsky.social
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Public service announcement that Charles Booth's 'Maps Descriptive of London Poverty, 1898-9' have been uploaded by LSE archive online to be viewed and reproduced freely. 🗃️ unsplash.com/collections/...
November 28, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Public service announcement that Charles Booth's 'Maps Descriptive of London Poverty, 1898-9' have been uploaded by LSE archive online to be viewed and reproduced freely. 🗃️ unsplash.com/collections/...
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Is anyone doing anything about #Hornchurch ? Dad has been reminiscing about his childhood there during the war. Be lovely to share them. I know there isn’t a #OnePlaceStudies but maybe it isn’t registered yet.
November 16, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Is anyone doing anything about #Hornchurch ? Dad has been reminiscing about his childhood there during the war. Be lovely to share them. I know there isn’t a #OnePlaceStudies but maybe it isn’t registered yet.
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#1GM #Indre1418 Au détour d'un envoi postal reçu, une photo de 1954 de la sépulture d'un instituteur indrien entourée de 2 jumeaux (?) moustachus.
Cet instituteur ne figure pas sur Mémoires des Hommes, mais son acte de décès indique bien Mort pour la France 1920 Signalement a été fait au webmestre
Cet instituteur ne figure pas sur Mémoires des Hommes, mais son acte de décès indique bien Mort pour la France 1920 Signalement a été fait au webmestre
November 3, 2024 at 4:08 PM
#1GM #Indre1418 Au détour d'un envoi postal reçu, une photo de 1954 de la sépulture d'un instituteur indrien entourée de 2 jumeaux (?) moustachus.
Cet instituteur ne figure pas sur Mémoires des Hommes, mais son acte de décès indique bien Mort pour la France 1920 Signalement a été fait au webmestre
Cet instituteur ne figure pas sur Mémoires des Hommes, mais son acte de décès indique bien Mort pour la France 1920 Signalement a été fait au webmestre
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The untrained, populist, politically biased (most particularly the far right kind) podcast ‘historians’, so hard to counter in real time …as the article suggests this is something professional historians need to find a way to counter and deal with. www.theatlantic.com/internationa... #history
The Dangerous Rise of the Podcast Historians
If professional scholars don’t engage the public, charlatans and Holocaust deniers certainly will.
www.theatlantic.com
September 12, 2024 at 10:31 AM
The untrained, populist, politically biased (most particularly the far right kind) podcast ‘historians’, so hard to counter in real time …as the article suggests this is something professional historians need to find a way to counter and deal with. www.theatlantic.com/internationa... #history
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My column for #Prospekt on y'days triumph of the far right in Germany, how it will dominate national politics and why the most important question now is how the centre will respond. Spoiler: The CDU's reaction so far hasn't exactly been promising.. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/europe...
Germany’s far right will govern from the sidelines
Moderate parties will refuse to form a coalition with the AfD after its success in Thuringia and Saxony. But that doesn’t mean the political centre is equipped to resist it
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
September 2, 2024 at 4:05 PM
My column for #Prospekt on y'days triumph of the far right in Germany, how it will dominate national politics and why the most important question now is how the centre will respond. Spoiler: The CDU's reaction so far hasn't exactly been promising.. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/world/europe...
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First day out with the group of @nyfamilyhistory. We visited Leiden: the university, the botanical gardens, the Pieterskerk. At Erfgoed Leiden we saw original documents regarding the Pilgrims who left for New Netherland. Highlight: two sisters found their ancestor's marriage.
September 2, 2024 at 3:22 PM
First day out with the group of @nyfamilyhistory. We visited Leiden: the university, the botanical gardens, the Pieterskerk. At Erfgoed Leiden we saw original documents regarding the Pilgrims who left for New Netherland. Highlight: two sisters found their ancestor's marriage.
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We open our HQ as part of this year’s Open House event.
We are based in Bedford Park, Chiswick. Do drop-in between 10.00 am + 4.00 pm on Sunday 15 September. Read more about the Grade II 1880 building designed by E J May and our open bit.ly/4e3LYXB
@openhouselondon
#architecture #heritage
We are based in Bedford Park, Chiswick. Do drop-in between 10.00 am + 4.00 pm on Sunday 15 September. Read more about the Grade II 1880 building designed by E J May and our open bit.ly/4e3LYXB
@openhouselondon
#architecture #heritage
September 2, 2024 at 3:40 PM
We open our HQ as part of this year’s Open House event.
We are based in Bedford Park, Chiswick. Do drop-in between 10.00 am + 4.00 pm on Sunday 15 September. Read more about the Grade II 1880 building designed by E J May and our open bit.ly/4e3LYXB
@openhouselondon
#architecture #heritage
We are based in Bedford Park, Chiswick. Do drop-in between 10.00 am + 4.00 pm on Sunday 15 September. Read more about the Grade II 1880 building designed by E J May and our open bit.ly/4e3LYXB
@openhouselondon
#architecture #heritage
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Twitter’s moderation has been dismantled to the point that Lucy Connolly faces a prison sentence following Criminal prosecution for something that no longer triggers any consequences on X.
That’s not a “Free Speech™” problem.
That’s a Hate Speech platform.
That’s not a “Free Speech™” problem.
That’s a Hate Speech platform.
September 3, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Twitter’s moderation has been dismantled to the point that Lucy Connolly faces a prison sentence following Criminal prosecution for something that no longer triggers any consequences on X.
That’s not a “Free Speech™” problem.
That’s a Hate Speech platform.
That’s not a “Free Speech™” problem.
That’s a Hate Speech platform.
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SommePhantom est arrivé👍
January 6, 2024 at 10:29 PM
SommePhantom est arrivé👍
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"Unknown" - but how many of them actually aren't ? - How many of the exhumed & reburied fell through the net because of inadequate evidence gathering & / or recording errors during the process🤔
A good proportion of the total, I'd suggest.
A good proportion of the total, I'd suggest.
January 14, 2024 at 6:07 PM
"Unknown" - but how many of them actually aren't ? - How many of the exhumed & reburied fell through the net because of inadequate evidence gathering & / or recording errors during the process🤔
A good proportion of the total, I'd suggest.
A good proportion of the total, I'd suggest.
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Today I had the opportunity to see the original lists of ministers, elders and deacons who served in the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam. The very first list got damaged, but some parts are still legible. #genealogy
January 14, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Today I had the opportunity to see the original lists of ministers, elders and deacons who served in the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam. The very first list got damaged, but some parts are still legible. #genealogy
The destruction of post-1800 wills, if it goes ahead, count as vandalism. It could well be politically motivated, in a uniquely malign way, given the many disappointing decisions this UK govt seems to be capable of taking. Please respond to the consultation.
We do not usually raise points that might be seen as political - any more than simply doing history inevitably is - but we find this proposal, that would result in the destruction of almost all original post-1800 UK wills concerning.
This consultation closes 23 February 2024.
This consultation closes 23 February 2024.
Easier access to historic wills under new government plans
Genealogists, historians and amateur family archivists will be better able to access historic wills under proposals published today (15 December 2023).
www.gov.uk
December 18, 2023 at 3:19 PM
The destruction of post-1800 wills, if it goes ahead, count as vandalism. It could well be politically motivated, in a uniquely malign way, given the many disappointing decisions this UK govt seems to be capable of taking. Please respond to the consultation.
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“Oh Christ, the cook is dead”
In February 1977, a chap wrote to SPIKE MILLIGAN after reading ‘Monty: His Part in My Victory’ - the third installment of Spike’s memoirs on his life as a soldier in WW2 - with some complaints.
This was Spike’s reply.
In February 1977, a chap wrote to SPIKE MILLIGAN after reading ‘Monty: His Part in My Victory’ - the third installment of Spike’s memoirs on his life as a soldier in WW2 - with some complaints.
This was Spike’s reply.
December 6, 2023 at 12:58 AM
“Oh Christ, the cook is dead”
In February 1977, a chap wrote to SPIKE MILLIGAN after reading ‘Monty: His Part in My Victory’ - the third installment of Spike’s memoirs on his life as a soldier in WW2 - with some complaints.
This was Spike’s reply.
In February 1977, a chap wrote to SPIKE MILLIGAN after reading ‘Monty: His Part in My Victory’ - the third installment of Spike’s memoirs on his life as a soldier in WW2 - with some complaints.
This was Spike’s reply.
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Irene Pye, from the music hall stage to heading up the family fish shop business, one on Loughborough Road for over 50 years. A blog written with the help of 2 of Irene’s grandchildren including some of the family photos loughboroughroadsw9histories.wordpress.com/2023/11/14/f...
Fish shop owners the Pye family
Fish shop by Morden Station run by the Pye family. Photo thought to be late 1940s. George and Irene Pye standing in the doorway. Doris and husband Percy, who went on to run the Loughborough Road fish ...
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November 15, 2023 at 1:18 PM
Irene Pye, from the music hall stage to heading up the family fish shop business, one on Loughborough Road for over 50 years. A blog written with the help of 2 of Irene’s grandchildren including some of the family photos loughboroughroadsw9histories.wordpress.com/2023/11/14/f...
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As much as I find working with Ancestry quite intuitive, their OCR and scanning requires some improvement.
Today's nonsense they provided in a census was an occupation of 'Turn Carllor & Farmer ( Col Dept)'.
In reality the job was: 'Town councillor & foreman (wool dept)'. 🤔🧐
Today's nonsense they provided in a census was an occupation of 'Turn Carllor & Farmer ( Col Dept)'.
In reality the job was: 'Town councillor & foreman (wool dept)'. 🤔🧐
December 2, 2023 at 8:18 PM
As much as I find working with Ancestry quite intuitive, their OCR and scanning requires some improvement.
Today's nonsense they provided in a census was an occupation of 'Turn Carllor & Farmer ( Col Dept)'.
In reality the job was: 'Town councillor & foreman (wool dept)'. 🤔🧐
Today's nonsense they provided in a census was an occupation of 'Turn Carllor & Farmer ( Col Dept)'.
In reality the job was: 'Town councillor & foreman (wool dept)'. 🤔🧐