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Family and Community Historical Research Society
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Promoting research in family and community history, with a particular emphasis on the contribution of locally based micro-studies, especially through collaboration.
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Did someone in your family serve in the Merchant Navy? Simon Wills reveals how you can trace them in the surviving crew lists:

www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...
November 20, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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chrismpaton.bsky.social
Scottish GENES Webinar - The Godly Commonwealth: Discover Scottish Church Records
Sat 29 Nov 2025, 7pm UK

In this talk I'll look at over 300 years of Kirk history in Scotland, & discuss its impact for locating records for research.

Registration £10 via us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

#genealogy
November 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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ancestralenq.bsky.social
Bronze sculpture by Keith Barrett to be unveiled at Riverside Embankment Walkway, North Shields to Mary Ann Macham. She fled slavery, hid in woods in Virginia before stowing away & arriving in North Shields via the Netherlands. 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
North Shields statue to woman who escaped slavery in America
A statue is unveiled to Mary Ann Macham who fled from Virginia to North Shields in the 1830s.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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juliegfamily.bsky.social
Another fabulous #OnePlaceStudies resource!
thegreatwar.whitchurch-shropshire.co.uk
Great War History Hub Whitchurch, Shropshire
Welcome to the Great War History Hub for Whitchurch, Shropshire. Researching the history of The Great War relating to Whitchurch and the surrounding area.
thegreatwar.whitchurch-shropshire.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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nwkfhs.bsky.social
FindMyPast are offering FREE ACCESS to millions of military records for the weekend of 7-9th November

#NWKFHS #Kent #Genealogy
November 3, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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thelondonarchives.bsky.social
We're here today from 11- 4 at the Institute of Historical Research's History Day!

Pop by for a chat about our collections, services and London's history.

@ihr.bsky.social
#HistDay25
November 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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wikitree.bsky.social
⏰ FINAL DAY to register for #WikiTreeWeek2025!
www.wikitree.com/g2g/1945098

We kick off TOMORROW (Nov 2) with a week of FREE genealogy fun:
✨ Expert livecasts
🎮 Games & challenges
🎁 Door prizes
🎂 17th birthday party
📚 12-hr symposium

Registration closes TODAY!

#CollaborativeGenealogy
November 1, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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handhyorkshire.bsky.social
As we approach All Souls Day when in many countries, people remember their loved ones who have died, the lovely story of a small Yorkshire community who many years ago came together to ensure that everyone could be buried with dignity. The story of the Farndale Hearse. Please enlarge the image.
The story of how a Victorian Yorkshire community came together to ensure that everyone could be buried with dignity. (Article John Heywood)
November 1, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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willsmanonename.bsky.social
I was so excited to receive this book last week - it's about life on the home front in Devon in #WW2, & features diaries from someone in my #OneNameStudy! The book is by Todd Gray, who used diaries from the #MassObservation Archive to bring this interesting period of history to life #GenHour
The front cover of a book entitled "Devon's Home Front Diaries"
October 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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jackiedepelle.bsky.social
Oh! A deliberate mistake?? Well spotted 😆
huddsfhs.bsky.social Huddersfield & District Family History Society @huddsfhs.bsky.social · 20d
Hoping November hasn’t passed us by already Jackie 😂. I took up the 3 for £10 offer on the FACHRS stand, so many purchases this year - just need time to read them all now.
November 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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blackcountrysoc.bsky.social
Society Shop – Dudley War Memorial - £5. A description of the 720 names on the Dudley War Memorial. Photographs, descriptions of the men commemorated and campaign information make this an authoritative record of the fallen of Dudley. See www.blackcountrysociety.com/shop
November 2, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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sogorg.bsky.social
📜 Diving into the Parish and its Records
Join @elsesoggenealogist.bsky.social to explore the people, laws, and documents that shaped parish life in this 4-week online course.
Fridays, 7–28 Nov 2025 | 10:30–12:30
💻 Online via Zoom
Book now: portal.sog.org.uk/Ev...
#GenHour #ParishRecords
October 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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jackiedepelle.bsky.social
A week ago, 25 November 2025 caught up with friends and colleagues at #Huddersfield #FamilyHistory Fair. @huddsfhs.bsky.social Interesting material display from @fachrs.bsky.social studied by Tony @ancestralenq.bsky.social
Fachrs stand, Huddersfield Family History Fair.
November 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
fachrs.bsky.social
Had a look at the website for @rwldproject.bsky.social and there is a wealth of information that makes essential reading if you are studying the history of people working on railways in Britain and Ireland:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
Home - Railway Work, Life & Death
Find out more about work & accidents on Britain & Ireland's railways, c.1880s to 1939: including a free database of cases & weekly blog.
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
November 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
fachrs.bsky.social
If you want to find out about settlement examinations and you are in the Shrewsbury area on Thursday 27th of November, then Shropshire Archives have this free event: www.shropshirearchives.org.uk/blog/event/o...
www.shropshirearchives.org.uk
November 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
fachrs.bsky.social
Been really enjoying the Family Histories Podcast recently. Great to hear about how other genealogists and historians have gone about their detective work: familyhistoriespodcast.com
The Family Histories Podcast
The Family Histories Podcast is a show that celebrates those of us sat in archives, libraries, and spare bedrooms all around the world, tirelessly piecing together our collective social and family his...
familyhistoriespodcast.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
fachrs.bsky.social
Forces War Records have released a new collection, War Memorials Collection in partnership with the Imperial War Museum: uk.forceswarrecords.com/publication/...
Imperial War Museum's War Memorials Register
The Imperial War Museum's War Memorials Register is a comprehensive online database cataloguing war memorials across the UK, detailing their locations and commemorated individuals from all confli...
uk.forceswarrecords.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Researching a War Memorial
Wednesday 12th November, 2025. 7:30pm. Oadby Granville Tennis Club. FREE to members.. From Oadby Remembers, Jan Bryars (Chair) and Sue Lester (Researcher) tell the story of the research carried out…
www.englishlocalhistory.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Friends Newsletter October 2025.
Welcome to the Friends Newsletter for 2025. This edition is packed with news and items of interest for the discerning local historian. Read on to see the positive side of belonging to the Friends, …
www.englishlocalhistory.org
October 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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sogorg.bsky.social
Hi #GenHour!
🧬 Join us for Genealogical Six Hats.
Learn how to make confident, evidence-based decisions in DNA research with @scientistsoph.bsky.social. Discover Six Hats method for tackling tricky genetic genealogy problems
Tues 4 Nov 2025, 19:00–21:00 (Online)
🎟️ Book: portal.sog.org.uk/Ev...
October 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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janeroberts.bsky.social
What an incredible find. Messages in a bottle from WWI soldiers found on Australian coast
#WW1
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Messages in a bottle from WWI soldiers found on Australian coast
The notes were thrown overboard just a few days into a voyage to join the battlefields of France more than a century ago.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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On 13 November, please join our friends in Somerset at the Museum of Somerset, Taunton, to support work in that county.

In 'Through the Windows of an Ordinary House', Dr Ian Mortimer looks at national histories through the windows of a Devon house.

Tickets £10 (concessions £5).
VCH Annual Lecture 2025
Join author and historian Dr Ian Mortimer on a journey through English history as seen through a single, ordinary building.
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October 3, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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heritagewshc.bsky.social
Join us and the Wiltshire Family History Society this Saturday (1 Nov) for our Family History Day with talks, displays & expert advice. Whether a novice or seasoned researcher, there's something for everyone.
Runs 10am to 4pm. No need to book.
#familyhistory #genealogy
Poster giving details of the Family History Day at the Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre with the Wiltshire Family History Society. The event runs from 10am to 4pm on Saturday 1st November. There are talks, displays and advice. There is a behind the scenes tour at 2pm - first come first served. Refreshments available and there is no need to book. The background to the text is an image of the Seymour family coat of arms and part of the family tree which appears on a document call the Seymour Pedigree which is held at the History Centre.
October 29, 2025 at 9:25 AM
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Heather Etteridge has added more posts to her Great Ellingham One-Place Study website:

✦ George Asty, Yeoman of Great Ellingham
✦ Was Emma King a Deserted Wife?
✦ Ellis Beales’ working life begins at the age of 8!

#OnePlaceWednesday

#OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite.
Great Ellingham One-Place Study. Image: Photo looking along a village street on a sunny, blue-skied day. On the left is a two-storey, four-bay cottage with white walls and a tiled roof, with further cottages and their gardens further along that side of the street. On the right, part of another building with white walls can be seen in the foreground, with the spire-topped tower of the village church a little further long the street, partially hidden by a couple of trees. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.
October 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM