Turnstone Genealogy - Jane Barton
@turnstonegenie.bsky.social
Pro genealogist (PGDip, RQG), librarian, statistician, maths tutor
#OPS for #WestwardAndBoltons & #RutherglenCemetery
CWGC volunteer
Wildlife watcher, wanderer in wild places
#AuDHD
#OPS for #WestwardAndBoltons & #RutherglenCemetery
CWGC volunteer
Wildlife watcher, wanderer in wild places
#AuDHD
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18th November 2025 07.48
November 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
18th November 2025 07.48
Matt Houlbrook's book is on my wishlist, but also I'm so interested in his thoughts on the use of microbiographies. I have been intuitively doing something similar in my #OnePlaceStudies but lack the wider reading and vocabulary to fully understand and articulate my approach.
I've been thinking about those microbiographies in relation to older traditions of social history.
They reflect that enduring & important ethical emphasis on recovering experience and listening to voices of ordinary people.
They reflect that enduring & important ethical emphasis on recovering experience and listening to voices of ordinary people.
November 17, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Matt Houlbrook's book is on my wishlist, but also I'm so interested in his thoughts on the use of microbiographies. I have been intuitively doing something similar in my #OnePlaceStudies but lack the wider reading and vocabulary to fully understand and articulate my approach.
Details matter! #FamilyHistory
Having just read a refence to a marriage taking place at "St
Pancras’ Old Church in 1854" in an otherwise excellent article about a case of bigamy, I thought it might be worth revisiting my blog about the St Pancras churches.
It's easy; the 'old' church is (kind of) the newer of the two...
Pancras’ Old Church in 1854" in an otherwise excellent article about a case of bigamy, I thought it might be worth revisiting my blog about the St Pancras churches.
It's easy; the 'old' church is (kind of) the newer of the two...
You Don’t Know What You’ve Got…
I realise that I’m running the risk of sounding like a broken record here but it seems like there’s always something else to say when it comes to assessing the work of the major commercial genealog…
lifelinesresearch.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Details matter! #FamilyHistory
A municipal cemetery is maybe not the first place you'd go looking for a pair of sleepy mallard, but here they are!
#DucksOutOfWater #RutherglenCemetery
#DucksOutOfWater #RutherglenCemetery
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A municipal cemetery is maybe not the first place you'd go looking for a pair of sleepy mallard, but here they are!
#DucksOutOfWater #RutherglenCemetery
#DucksOutOfWater #RutherglenCemetery
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Squirrel with acorns in the porch at St Kentigern’s Church, Crosthwaite near Keswick in Cumbria.
#Woodensday
#Woodensday
November 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Squirrel with acorns in the porch at St Kentigern’s Church, Crosthwaite near Keswick in Cumbria.
#Woodensday
#Woodensday
Presentations from #WikiTreeWeek2025 will be available for 30 days. Glad to be able to catch up after the event - last week I was too busy to watch live but this week is much quieter. Time to review how I'm using WT for my #OnePlaceStudies and plan my next steps.
#PutTheCoffeeOn #OnePlaceWednesday
#PutTheCoffeeOn #OnePlaceWednesday
Lots of #WikiTreeWeek2025 recordings are accumulating on YouTube, including New Member How-To presentations which you might find useful if you have been considering @wikitree.bsky.social as a potential online home for your #OnePlaceStudy. Check out the playlist on #OnePlaceWednesday
#WikiTreeWeek2025 Sunday (2 Nov 2025) New Member How-To #1
YouTube video by WikiTree
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November 12, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Presentations from #WikiTreeWeek2025 will be available for 30 days. Glad to be able to catch up after the event - last week I was too busy to watch live but this week is much quieter. Time to review how I'm using WT for my #OnePlaceStudies and plan my next steps.
#PutTheCoffeeOn #OnePlaceWednesday
#PutTheCoffeeOn #OnePlaceWednesday
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Norfolk Record Office - Soldiers' Wills
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Battlefield Wills Soldiers’ Wills Proved at the Norwich Probate Court
Of the estimated 15,000 Norfolk men who died in the First World War (FWW) just 228 wills appear in the volumes of wills proved in the Norwich Probate Court. These wills have come to light whilst i…
norfolkrecordofficeblog.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Norfolk Record Office - Soldiers' Wills
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Pleased to see project research featured in this week's 'Petersfield Post'!
It looks at the life of signalman Arthur Churchill, from time in the LSWR orphanage to his work on the railway & his family.
The best bit is it was co-written with Arthur's son, Gordon! #Railway200
It looks at the life of signalman Arthur Churchill, from time in the LSWR orphanage to his work on the railway & his family.
The best bit is it was co-written with Arthur's son, Gordon! #Railway200
November 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Pleased to see project research featured in this week's 'Petersfield Post'!
It looks at the life of signalman Arthur Churchill, from time in the LSWR orphanage to his work on the railway & his family.
The best bit is it was co-written with Arthur's son, Gordon! #Railway200
It looks at the life of signalman Arthur Churchill, from time in the LSWR orphanage to his work on the railway & his family.
The best bit is it was co-written with Arthur's son, Gordon! #Railway200
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In 2020, forty years after the CWGC memorials were removed, in a joint project with Wates Living Space, Victoria Cross Trust and the Royal British Legion, the Friends of Wardsend Cemetery found and marked the 16 graves with wooden crosses inspired by the temporary markers widely used in WW1.
November 5, 2025 at 7:40 AM
In 2020, forty years after the CWGC memorials were removed, in a joint project with Wates Living Space, Victoria Cross Trust and the Royal British Legion, the Friends of Wardsend Cemetery found and marked the 16 graves with wooden crosses inspired by the temporary markers widely used in WW1.
@rutherglen900.bsky.social this might be of interest to your followers
Lots of war graves tours taking place over the next two weeks to mark #RemembranceDay, including a tour of #RutherglenCemetery at 11am on 8th Nov. Come along to find out about the work of the #CWGC and the stories of those they commemmorate. Free but booking is required.
www.cwgc.org/visit-us/eve...
www.cwgc.org/visit-us/eve...
October 31, 2025 at 11:51 AM
@rutherglen900.bsky.social this might be of interest to your followers
Lots of war graves tours taking place over the next two weeks to mark #RemembranceDay, including a tour of #RutherglenCemetery at 11am on 8th Nov. Come along to find out about the work of the #CWGC and the stories of those they commemmorate. Free but booking is required.
www.cwgc.org/visit-us/eve...
www.cwgc.org/visit-us/eve...
October 31, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Lots of war graves tours taking place over the next two weeks to mark #RemembranceDay, including a tour of #RutherglenCemetery at 11am on 8th Nov. Come along to find out about the work of the #CWGC and the stories of those they commemmorate. Free but booking is required.
www.cwgc.org/visit-us/eve...
www.cwgc.org/visit-us/eve...
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 26: Figure
As the nights draw in, I like to walk up to the top of #RutherglenCemetery to watch the sun set. One figure stands out against the skies over Glasgow. I've photographed her many times. Here she is with crescent moon and Venus. Her name is Minnie.
Day 26: Figure
As the nights draw in, I like to walk up to the top of #RutherglenCemetery to watch the sun set. One figure stands out against the skies over Glasgow. I've photographed her many times. Here she is with crescent moon and Venus. Her name is Minnie.
October 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 26: Figure
As the nights draw in, I like to walk up to the top of #RutherglenCemetery to watch the sun set. One figure stands out against the skies over Glasgow. I've photographed her many times. Here she is with crescent moon and Venus. Her name is Minnie.
Day 26: Figure
As the nights draw in, I like to walk up to the top of #RutherglenCemetery to watch the sun set. One figure stands out against the skies over Glasgow. I've photographed her many times. Here she is with crescent moon and Venus. Her name is Minnie.
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Day 19 #31DaysOfGraves and the prompt is 'Social Group'.
I dont know anything about this grave marker, but I like it.
📍All Saints, Faringdon, Oxfordshire
I dont know anything about this grave marker, but I like it.
📍All Saints, Faringdon, Oxfordshire
October 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Day 19 #31DaysOfGraves and the prompt is 'Social Group'.
I dont know anything about this grave marker, but I like it.
📍All Saints, Faringdon, Oxfordshire
I dont know anything about this grave marker, but I like it.
📍All Saints, Faringdon, Oxfordshire
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 18: Mistake (a day late - oops!)
Nobody really knows whether the spelling of Christina's surname is a mistake, because it seems that nobody ever knew how to spell her surname in the first place. I'm willing to bet that it wasn't BEUEATE though!
#RutherglenCemetery #OPS
Day 18: Mistake (a day late - oops!)
Nobody really knows whether the spelling of Christina's surname is a mistake, because it seems that nobody ever knew how to spell her surname in the first place. I'm willing to bet that it wasn't BEUEATE though!
#RutherglenCemetery #OPS
October 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 18: Mistake (a day late - oops!)
Nobody really knows whether the spelling of Christina's surname is a mistake, because it seems that nobody ever knew how to spell her surname in the first place. I'm willing to bet that it wasn't BEUEATE though!
#RutherglenCemetery #OPS
Day 18: Mistake (a day late - oops!)
Nobody really knows whether the spelling of Christina's surname is a mistake, because it seems that nobody ever knew how to spell her surname in the first place. I'm willing to bet that it wasn't BEUEATE though!
#RutherglenCemetery #OPS
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#31DaysOfGraves day 18. The #Mistake would be yours if you thought this was a gravestone hidden in the woods. It is, in fact, a gale stone, marking an entitlement granted to a #FreeMiner to mine coal or iron-ore in the #ForestOfDean.
See: www.forestfreeminers.org for more information.
See: www.forestfreeminers.org for more information.
October 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
#31DaysOfGraves day 18. The #Mistake would be yours if you thought this was a gravestone hidden in the woods. It is, in fact, a gale stone, marking an entitlement granted to a #FreeMiner to mine coal or iron-ore in the #ForestOfDean.
See: www.forestfreeminers.org for more information.
See: www.forestfreeminers.org for more information.
My Lamcashire great grandma could knit beautiful children's gloves (with little tiny fingers) on four needles with no pattern. And she was a lightweight compared to the Terrible Knitters of Dent!
I kind of loathe the 'not your grandma's knitting' shit, AND the 'see it's not just silly woman stuff' push, because I think actually what we need to do is to accept that traditionally feminine crafts are actually very complicated and skilled, rather than divorce them from femininity to accept that.
October 18, 2025 at 7:04 AM
My Lamcashire great grandma could knit beautiful children's gloves (with little tiny fingers) on four needles with no pattern. And she was a lightweight compared to the Terrible Knitters of Dent!
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 17: Relocated
Grave monument of General Juan Manuel de Rosas of Argentina, who died in exile in England in 1877 and was buried in Southampton Old Cemetery. He was repatriated in 1989 and interred in the family vault at La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires.
Day 17: Relocated
Grave monument of General Juan Manuel de Rosas of Argentina, who died in exile in England in 1877 and was buried in Southampton Old Cemetery. He was repatriated in 1989 and interred in the family vault at La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires.
October 17, 2025 at 8:35 PM
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 17: Relocated
Grave monument of General Juan Manuel de Rosas of Argentina, who died in exile in England in 1877 and was buried in Southampton Old Cemetery. He was repatriated in 1989 and interred in the family vault at La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires.
Day 17: Relocated
Grave monument of General Juan Manuel de Rosas of Argentina, who died in exile in England in 1877 and was buried in Southampton Old Cemetery. He was repatriated in 1989 and interred in the family vault at La Recoleta Cemetery, Buenos Aires.
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Our kirkyards are at their very best just now so get your bones along to catch an angel or two
October 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Our kirkyards are at their very best just now so get your bones along to catch an angel or two
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 16: Obelisk
Somehow I dont seem to have good photos of any of the obelisks in #RutherglenCemetery (except the one I shared on Day 2) so let's play a game of 'spot the obelisk' instead.
Day 16: Obelisk
Somehow I dont seem to have good photos of any of the obelisks in #RutherglenCemetery (except the one I shared on Day 2) so let's play a game of 'spot the obelisk' instead.
October 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 16: Obelisk
Somehow I dont seem to have good photos of any of the obelisks in #RutherglenCemetery (except the one I shared on Day 2) so let's play a game of 'spot the obelisk' instead.
Day 16: Obelisk
Somehow I dont seem to have good photos of any of the obelisks in #RutherglenCemetery (except the one I shared on Day 2) so let's play a game of 'spot the obelisk' instead.
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16th October 2025. 07.35
October 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
16th October 2025. 07.35
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 15: Damaged
Sadly, many of the gravestones in #RutherglenCemetery are damaged, mostly due to neglect. Some have been in bits for decades, but the Plunkett gravestone fell and cracked in two some time during 2023/4. Please take care in cemeteries, especially near larger stones.
Day 15: Damaged
Sadly, many of the gravestones in #RutherglenCemetery are damaged, mostly due to neglect. Some have been in bits for decades, but the Plunkett gravestone fell and cracked in two some time during 2023/4. Please take care in cemeteries, especially near larger stones.
October 15, 2025 at 5:36 PM
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 15: Damaged
Sadly, many of the gravestones in #RutherglenCemetery are damaged, mostly due to neglect. Some have been in bits for decades, but the Plunkett gravestone fell and cracked in two some time during 2023/4. Please take care in cemeteries, especially near larger stones.
Day 15: Damaged
Sadly, many of the gravestones in #RutherglenCemetery are damaged, mostly due to neglect. Some have been in bits for decades, but the Plunkett gravestone fell and cracked in two some time during 2023/4. Please take care in cemeteries, especially near larger stones.
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 12: Notable woman
From a visit to Llanaber Church, Barmouth, Wales in the summer, the grave of Fanny Talbot (1824-1917). A friend of John Ruskin and a generous philanthropist, she is noted for gifting the first property, Dinas Oleu, to the newly formed National Trust in 1895.
Day 12: Notable woman
From a visit to Llanaber Church, Barmouth, Wales in the summer, the grave of Fanny Talbot (1824-1917). A friend of John Ruskin and a generous philanthropist, she is noted for gifting the first property, Dinas Oleu, to the newly formed National Trust in 1895.
October 12, 2025 at 8:37 AM
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 12: Notable woman
From a visit to Llanaber Church, Barmouth, Wales in the summer, the grave of Fanny Talbot (1824-1917). A friend of John Ruskin and a generous philanthropist, she is noted for gifting the first property, Dinas Oleu, to the newly formed National Trust in 1895.
Day 12: Notable woman
From a visit to Llanaber Church, Barmouth, Wales in the summer, the grave of Fanny Talbot (1824-1917). A friend of John Ruskin and a generous philanthropist, she is noted for gifting the first property, Dinas Oleu, to the newly formed National Trust in 1895.