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Fiona Stone
@timeaftertimefh.bsky.social
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Family and local historian of the Cotswolds area especially Gloucestershire. AGRA Associate.
Holds a One Place Study for Lechlade-on-Thames in Gloucestershire.Tries to see the funny side of life but it’s getting harder…
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danielloftus.projectinfant.ie
A hearty thank you to @adultadoptee.bsky.social for letting me speak to their members about the work we do at @projectinfant.ie in trying to restore the names of those who died in mother and baby homes, industrial schools & Magdalene Laundries around Ireland… watch here! ⬇️

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Daniel Loftus speaks to adoptees about Project Infant (26 Nov 2025)
YouTube video by Adult Adoptee Movement (UK)
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December 3, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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federationfhs.bsky.social
With thanks to our excellent guests, who can be found on Bluesky here! 🙌 @scientistsoph.bsky.social @miagen.bsky.social @janetfew.bsky.social @whoamiftr.bsky.social @cherrytreeheritage.bsky.social @chiddickstree.bsky.social @janehamlett.bsky.social @researchdogsbody.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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saloplarus.bsky.social
An hour ago, on Sunk Island in East Yorkshire, the sky lit up with #aurora. Dancing pillars and vivid reds to the naked eye, despite the almost full Moon! Welcome to winter! 💃
Aurora borealis over a tree-lined driveway with a particularly sharp pillar stretching past the Plough Aurora borealis over a tree-lined driveway as activity started to ramp up Aurora borealis over a tree-lined driveway, the reds visible easily to the naked eye Aurora borealis over a tree-lined driveway as activity reached a peak and a second band of green appeared above the red
December 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
timeaftertimefh.bsky.social
Prices going up everywhere!

www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/tna-fee...
Substantial new cost announced for WW2 service record access | Who Do You Think You Are Magazine
The National Archives has announced a new ordering system for Ministry of Defence records, with fees starting at £42.25
www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
timeaftertimefh.bsky.social
Someone had to start somewhere!
greenleejw.bsky.social Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 6d
It's Matthew Paris time!

That's right: 13th century England's premier mapmaker and monk! A friend to kings, & the kind of man who could draw an elephant right.

He drew the first maps of England (like the one below) and he's the subject my December bonus newsletter:
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The Cotton Claudius map of Britain, drawn by Matthew Paris in the 1250s. It shows the island as somewhat distorted, and much more straight up and down than we'd expect. North is at the top, and Scotland appears to be its own separate island. Britain is cut by lovely blue rivers, and is surrounded by a pale green sea. There are many cities and legends spread cross the map, and there are notations all around the outside of it. The map tells many stories. As they all do, really.
December 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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whoamiftr.bsky.social
This is great!
@pharostutors.bsky.social are featured in the FamilyTreeDNA Gift Guide!

I LOVE being a Pharos Tutor 🥰
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 AM
timeaftertimefh.bsky.social
Nature in action!
thismanyyearsago.bsky.social History Daily - This Many Years Ago @thismanyyearsago.bsky.social · 17d
205 years ago, on the 20th of November 1820, American wailing ship 'Essex' was rammed and sank by a sperm whale, inspiring Herman Melville's 1851 novel 'Moby Dick'. #otd #history 🗃️
A whale striking Essex on November 20, 1820, depicted in a sketch by Thomas Nickerson
November 20, 2025 at 8:52 AM
timeaftertimefh.bsky.social
The variation in dialects, even within counties, is one of the best aspects of our country. So interesting.
wokestudies.bsky.social Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · Aug 29
Those wonderful sheep-counting words from the North of England.
#language #dialect
November 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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ancestralenq.bsky.social
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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rwldproject.bsky.social
Well worth coming along to this public lecture if you can make it - from my @uophistory.bsky.social friend & colleague, @karlbell.bsky.social!

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karlbell.bsky.social Karl Bell @karlbell.bsky.social · Oct 22
Join me for 'Tidal Terrors: Folklore and Supernatural Storytelling at Sea', a public talk @ Portsmouth University on 3rd February (5.30-7 pm). It is free, but you need to book a place @ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/tidal-terr...
@uopmaritime.bsky.social @uophistory.bsky.social @reaktionbooks.bsky.social
Tidal Terrors: Folklore and Supernatural Storytelling at Sea
Public lecture: The real life lessons from supernatural stories of the sea.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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deadsleuth.com
Where there’s a Will - there IS a way!

If you need a guiding hand researching or deciphering a Last Will and Testament - help is at hand.

Why not let your fingers do the talking and tap a message to tee@deadsleuth.com?

#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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archive.org
A landmark moment. Supervisor Connie Chan led a unanimous San Francisco Board of Supervisors resolution honoring the #InternetArchive & establishing Internet Archive Day.
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More ⤵️
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#Wayback1T
November 4, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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We’re still checking transcripts of Hearth Tax lists for Yorkshire North Riding before publishing them on Hearth Tax Digital. There are about 11,000 entries on my rough calculation. So checking them all is taking a while. We’ll keep posting tidbits here to whet appetites.
November 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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simondmd.bsky.social
If anyone's curious about WeAre.xyz collaborative archiving platform, I'm presenting to GeneBloggers Sun 9th at 3pm ET. Will meander over ancestral country lanes, Kansas creeks & WW1 trenches; support from Kevin the drone
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Free, register here:
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November 5, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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archive.org
We are deeply saddened by the loss of Greg Newby, who led Project Gutenberg ( @gutenberg.org ) with passion and purpose. Greg’s belief in free and open access to knowledge continues to inspire us and so many others working to preserve our shared culture online. gutenberg.org/about/newby....
Greg Newby
October 22, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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groomb.bsky.social
Not all knocker-uppers were men. Mrs Bowers, of Sacriston, County Durham, was a familiar sight with her dog Jack. She got up at 1am each day to wake miners, starting in world war one and continuing for many years (Beamish Museum).
October 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
timeaftertimefh.bsky.social
That well known place in the Forest of Dean in Gloucestershire! Thanks Ancestry for the good laugh. Nil points for accuracy.
October 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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drlindseyfitz.bsky.social
In 1848, railroad worker Phineas Gage survived a 13-pound iron rod blasting through his skull. He lived, but his personality was never the same. His accident would change how we understand the brain forever. 🧵/1
A photo of Phineas Gage holding the iron rod. The photo is in black and white, and is in a gilded frame. Phineas left eye is closed - from the damage he received to his skull from the accident.
October 4, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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drlindseyfitz.bsky.social
Are you exhausted by the world? Come take refuge in my weird and wonderful corner of #Bluesky - where I post medical history content that will make you happy to live in 2025!

Medieval urine wheels! Opium toothpaste! Cemetery guns! I got it all. I love sharing my passion for this niche subject.
A photo of Lindsey dressed in a blue jacket with a medieval urine wheel, holding a sign that reads: "taste the urine!"
October 4, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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pharostutors.bsky.social
What a fabulous day we’ve been having, chatting to people about Pharos courses, meeting some of our students and catching up with old friends
#TheFamilyHistoryShow #Genealogy
October 4, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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rahaeli.bsky.social
Holy SHIT they've identified an actual biomarker!!!
thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · Oct 1
Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog.

Patients with brain fog may have disrupted AMPA receptor (AMPAR) expression—key molecules for memory and learning. Imaging of Long COVID patients showed elevated AMPAR density tied to more severe cognitive impairment.
Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog
Researchers employed a specialized brain imaging technique to identify a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for Long COVID. More than four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, scien...
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October 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
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nathandylangoodwin.bsky.social
Thanks to everyone who tuned in to my Legacy webinar last month. ☺️ If you missed it, it’s in the Legacy library along with my two other talks!
October 2, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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janetfew.bsky.social
Chuffed to be one of the top ten Legacy webinars for September with Ancestors on the Margins. You can listen to it and loads of other great #FamilyHistory webinars here familytreewebinars.com/top-10-genea...
Top 10 genealogy webinars PLUS the #1 rated — September 2025 - Legacy Family Tree Webinars
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October 2, 2025 at 6:35 AM
timeaftertimefh.bsky.social
Absolutely. Life does not move in convenient straight lines.
pastandotherplaces.bsky.social The Past and other Places @pastandotherplaces.bsky.social · Oct 2
"Colleges are needed to allow people like myself and loads of other students, who for whatever reason, school hasn't been good to them, to be able to get into education and get to places they deserve to get to."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'College gave me a second chance after my sister's murder'
Lindsay Brown, whose sister was a victim of serial killer Peter Tobin, now teaches forensics.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 7:48 AM
timeaftertimefh.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Conservationist Dame Jane Doodall dies aged 91
Dr Goodall was a world-leading expert on chimpanzees and a renowned conservationist.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 9:25 PM