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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳
@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social
Welcome to Cheshire. We are a very friendly and helpful Society, with a lot of knowledgeable volunteers always ready to help you find the Who, What, When, and Where of your ancestry no matter where it's based
https://www.fhsc.org.uk
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#WhatsOn at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social this week

Busy Busy!

2 x #DiscussionGroups via Zoom

Seminar talk via Zoom
Getting the most out of @thegenealogist.bsky.social website with Mark Bayley

F2F meeting at #Alsager

Helpdesks
#Chester #Tameside #Wallasey

Details 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/events.html
New All Text Search inbound from Ancestry!
18 Nov 2025 Go look at your account and report back! #genealogy #ancestry
November 19, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Looking forward to tonight's @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social talk by Mark Bayley of @thegenealogist.bsky.social

All about the site, how to use it and break down those brick walls.

Details 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/events/fhsc-...
FHSC Seminars: Getting the most out of the Genealogist Website by Mark Bayley.
How to resolve stumbling blocks in your family history research using new and unique search strategies on The Genealogist to find those missing relatives. Includes searching for a family using just...
www.fhsc.org.uk
November 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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Bridge over the canal, Chester
Hello Friday folk! Here's a photograph of a cyclist on a bridge that crosses the Shropshire Union canal at Chester from 2021. Have a great day! 🚴
#Scape #cityscape #canals #Chester #Cheshire #reflections #PhotoOfTheDay #monochrome #HappyMemories
November 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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She is largely forgotten because the Titanic sank the day before. Harriet Quimby was the first woman to make a solo flight across the English Channel from Dover to Boulogne on 16th April 1912 using a plane borrowed from Louis Bleriot. /1
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Harriet Quimby, the forgotten cross-Channel female flying pioneer
The first woman to fly across the Channel, the news was overshadowed by the sinking of the Titanic.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Here is my latest post to my blog. This post will be helpful for anyone researching ancestors and relatives who immigrated to Canada. Thankfully, the featured database is in English. lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/2025/11/15/t...
Top tips for researching Ukrainian and Russian immigrants on Canada’s free national archives portal
The struggle to research Ukrainian and Russian ancestors can be truly frustrating. Thankfully, the national Canadian Archives portal has incredible genealogy collections filled with scanned and ind…
lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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A community group, the People's Property Portfolio has bought a former Grade 2 listed Quaker school in Little Germany, Bradford which dates from 1830 to run as a multi purpose event space for creative organisations & is planning to buy more buildings. 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bradford community group buys building in Little Germany
The 19th-century building in Bradford city centre has been bought by People's Property Portfolio.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 8:45 AM
#WhatsOn at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social this week

Busy Busy!

2 x #DiscussionGroups via Zoom

Seminar talk via Zoom
Getting the most out of @thegenealogist.bsky.social website with Mark Bayley

F2F meeting at #Alsager

Helpdesks
#Chester #Tameside #Wallasey

Details 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/events.html
November 16, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Macclesfield war memorial. Park Green, Macclesfield, Cheshire. #LestWeForget
November 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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Macclesfield war memorial. Park Green, Macclesfield, Cheshire. First and Second World Wars and other conflicts. #LestWeForget
November 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Latest Lost Cousins newsletter

Link 👉 www.lostcousins.com/newsletters2...
November 14, 2025 at 8:34 AM
. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundup

Ocotber update from FamilySearch with over 12 million new records from 7 countries

Full details 👉 www.familysearch.org/en/newsroom/...
New Records on FamilySearch October 2025 • FamilySearch Newsroom
FamilySearch adds millions of free historical records every month. See new records from Italy, the Philippines, Ukraine and more!
www.familysearch.org
November 14, 2025 at 8:32 AM
. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp

Quieter week at the British Newspaper Archives this week, nothing from #Cheshire 😪😪😪

Full list of updates in screenshot below with #AltText as always
November 14, 2025 at 8:26 AM
. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp

At Ancestry this week, one new UK dataset

🚩𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝟏𝟖𝟔𝟏-𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟗

Details of this week's worldwide updates are in the screenshot below, with #AltText as always
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp

At @findmypast.bsky.social this week more British Army and Navy records

🚩𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐲 & 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞/𝐏𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬,
1,385 records

🚩𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬:
1,473 documents

FMP blog with full details 👉
www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/nav...
Uncover tales of wartime resilience with new records | Blog
This week's new additions illuminate British Army and Navy experiences in vivid detail.
www.findmypast.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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How many of your ancestors' death records have you found? From death certificates to newspaper articles, here's how to prove when and where your ancestor died:

www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...
November 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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What could a new court ruling mean for the future of Wikipedia?

Authors Alliance unpacks the surprising implications of the latest decision in Authors Guild v. OpenAI ⬇️
authorsalliance.substack.com/p/copyright-...

@authorsalliance.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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100 year old green plaque for Alice in Wonderland illustrator Sir John Tenniel which was saved when his former Maida Vale home was demolished in 2957 has been repaired & reinstalled in West Kensington where he spent the final years of his life. 👇
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Alice in Wonderland illustrator's plaque restored and re-located
The plaque was almost thrown away when the house it was placed on, was demolished in 1959.
www.bbc.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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After a really wonderful podcast chat this morning with the wonderful @researchdogsbody.bsky.social and @joesaunders1.bsky.social I realised that the “about” page on my blog page was so out of date and badly needed a revamp! So here it is…..
#Genealogy #Cheshire

chiddicksfamilytree.com/about/
About
This is just a short excerpt for the about page.
chiddicksfamilytree.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Treasure finds hit a record high with 1,446 discoveries in 2024. Eastern England is the jewel in the crown with 388 finds in the last year. 👇
BBC News - Treasure finds in England reach record high - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Treasure finds in England reach record high
Treasure finds in England have reached a record high according to provisional government figures.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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Population Density Map Of Portugal

See 100+ more: brilliantmaps.com/populatio...
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Scottish surgeon James Braid attended a display of 'animal magnetism' or 'mesmerism' at Manchester Athenaeum on this day 1841. Sceptical about the reasons for the subjects' altered state, he became the leading proponent in Britain of what he came to call ‘hypnosis’.
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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So pleased to be reminded of the nurses #WW1 memorial in Liverpool Cathedral #histnursing #lestweforget #armisticeday
www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/it...
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM