Janet Few
@janetfew.bsky.social
Family, social and community historian. Author and educator. Writer of #nonfiction & #histfict. #C17th historical interpreter. Part of the A Few Forgotten Women team. Mostly historical and bookish posts. Sometimes stray posts about #travel and #gardening.
I'm running this beginners' and slow starters #FamilyHistory Course starting next week - still a few spaces suitable for those with English/Welsh ancestry www.devonfhs.org.uk/product/trac... Stage 2 in the New Year
November 2, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I'm running this beginners' and slow starters #FamilyHistory Course starting next week - still a few spaces suitable for those with English/Welsh ancestry www.devonfhs.org.uk/product/trac... Stage 2 in the New Year
Tales of a few days in Shrewsbury thehistoryinterpreter.com/2025/10/26/a... #Holidays #Heritage #FamilyTime
October 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Tales of a few days in Shrewsbury thehistoryinterpreter.com/2025/10/26/a... #Holidays #Heritage #FamilyTime
Today Mistress Agnes and Master Christopher will be seeing if the ladies of Okehampton would have survived the C17th - spoiler alert - probably not. photo Jo Rutherford #FamilyHistory #SocialHistory
October 20, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Today Mistress Agnes and Master Christopher will be seeing if the ladies of Okehampton would have survived the C17th - spoiler alert - probably not. photo Jo Rutherford #FamilyHistory #SocialHistory
Hannah Cargin for me this #ForgottenWomenFriday - this is the landscape she would have known.
October 17, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Hannah Cargin for me this #ForgottenWomenFriday - this is the landscape she would have known.
Today is a two talks Tuesday. Marginalised Women this morning the Barefoot on the Cobbles this evening (also a story of marginalised women) #FamilyHistory
October 7, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Today is a two talks Tuesday. Marginalised Women this morning the Barefoot on the Cobbles this evening (also a story of marginalised women) #FamilyHistory
Biography Club for @sogorg.bsky.social this afternoon. Toys and Childhood today #Memories #Biography
October 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Biography Club for @sogorg.bsky.social this afternoon. Toys and Childhood today #Memories #Biography
Looking forward to my first Zoom with those on my @pharostutors.bsky.social Female Ancestors course later today. They've picked some fascinating sounding women to study. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #WomensHistory Picture is my own female ancestor Clara Dawson
October 3, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Looking forward to my first Zoom with those on my @pharostutors.bsky.social Female Ancestors course later today. They've picked some fascinating sounding women to study. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #WomensHistory Picture is my own female ancestor Clara Dawson
This month's Granny's Tales additions - the Mead family of the area round Whitby and memories of the Channel Islands. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #memories www.grannystales.co.uk/post/new-add...
September 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This month's Granny's Tales additions - the Mead family of the area round Whitby and memories of the Channel Islands. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #memories www.grannystales.co.uk/post/new-add...
September 3, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Really looking forward to today's Sowing the Seeds Ag Labs day with @sogorg.bsky.social Hope people have fun with my interactive workshop. Weather Forecast is rubbish come and have fun with #familyHistory and learn stuff too
August 30, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Really looking forward to today's Sowing the Seeds Ag Labs day with @sogorg.bsky.social Hope people have fun with my interactive workshop. Weather Forecast is rubbish come and have fun with #familyHistory and learn stuff too
Just as I thought I'd nearly finished writing up the shoemaking/seamen #FamilyHistory up pop three new generations to add. 4 pages, 10,000 words 100+ footnotes and 4 pages of sources so far for this lady's ancestry
August 22, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Just as I thought I'd nearly finished writing up the shoemaking/seamen #FamilyHistory up pop three new generations to add. 4 pages, 10,000 words 100+ footnotes and 4 pages of sources so far for this lady's ancestry
Chuffed with Julia Packman's review of my 'History of Women's Work' in @wdytyamagazine.bsky.social 'a creation to be reckoned with'. Available from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
August 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Chuffed with Julia Packman's review of my 'History of Women's Work' in @wdytyamagazine.bsky.social 'a creation to be reckoned with'. Available from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
Looking forward to talking about piecework/cottage industries/home working for @sogorg.bsky.social in 'Bonnets, Bobbins, Beading and Buttony' on 3 July. You can sign up at portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/3... #SocialHistory #FamilyHistory
June 16, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Looking forward to talking about piecework/cottage industries/home working for @sogorg.bsky.social in 'Bonnets, Bobbins, Beading and Buttony' on 3 July. You can sign up at portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/3... #SocialHistory #FamilyHistory
Father's Day, so a story about my father's World War 2 experiences www.grannystales.co.uk/cyrilswar
June 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Father's Day, so a story about my father's World War 2 experiences www.grannystales.co.uk/cyrilswar
This just landed - it was great fun to write www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-History-of... @penandswordbooks.bsky.social #FamilyHistory #WomensHistory #SocialHistory #Genealogy
May 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This just landed - it was great fun to write www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/A-History-of... @penandswordbooks.bsky.social #FamilyHistory #WomensHistory #SocialHistory #Genealogy
My Marginalised Ancestors book is currently on offer from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social Link is to the ebook but paperback also on offer. www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your...
May 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
My Marginalised Ancestors book is currently on offer from @penandswordbooks.bsky.social Link is to the ebook but paperback also on offer. www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your...
It is 63 years today since my grandmother died. You can read Ivy's Story here www.grannystales.co.uk/tales #FamilyHistory
April 25, 2025 at 4:30 AM
It is 63 years today since my grandmother died. You can read Ivy's Story here www.grannystales.co.uk/tales #FamilyHistory
That's the first presentation of my @pharostutors.bsky.social Putting your Female Ancestors into Context course done and dusted. Next stop Writing you Family History then Female Ancestors will run again in September. It is all go. #FamilyHistory #WomensHistory #Genealogy
April 15, 2025 at 4:47 AM
That's the first presentation of my @pharostutors.bsky.social Putting your Female Ancestors into Context course done and dusted. Next stop Writing you Family History then Female Ancestors will run again in September. It is all go. #FamilyHistory #WomensHistory #Genealogy
March 30, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Looking forward to providing @oneplacestudies.bsky.social members with a random selection of less obvious places to search when I chat to them tonight. #OnePlaceStudies #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory
March 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Looking forward to providing @oneplacestudies.bsky.social members with a random selection of less obvious places to search when I chat to them tonight. #OnePlaceStudies #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory
The story of my maternal line for #IWD2025 #FamilyHistory #WomensHistory #Genealogy www.grannystales.co.uk/general-8-23
March 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The story of my maternal line for #IWD2025 #FamilyHistory #WomensHistory #Genealogy www.grannystales.co.uk/general-8-23
My great uncle, Percy Woolgar, died 60 years ago today; this is his story www.grannystales.co.uk/general-8-31 #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
March 8, 2025 at 6:56 AM
My great uncle, Percy Woolgar, died 60 years ago today; this is his story www.grannystales.co.uk/general-8-31 #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Excited to see my Female Ancestors article in this month's @wdytyamagazine.bsky.social #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #WomensHistory
February 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Excited to see my Female Ancestors article in this month's @wdytyamagazine.bsky.social #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #WomensHistory
Chatting to Waltham Forest FHS about Marginalised Ancestors online tonight #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #SocialHistory
February 11, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Chatting to Waltham Forest FHS about Marginalised Ancestors online tonight #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #SocialHistory