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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · 1d

@afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social are out and about today at the @shropshirefhs.bsky.social Talking Family History Live day.

Great talk on what the #FewForgottenWomen team is all about by Ann - @gwilymsmum.bsky.social

We also have a stall with Ann and Margaret @researchdogsbody.bsky.social

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · 1d

Some stories and a new #ForgottenWomenFriday for #InternationalDayoftheGirl #DomesticServants #FamilyHistory #WomensHistory #Genealogy www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/weston-...

Weston Park Servants - Celebrating International Day of the Girl with stories and a new Forgotten Women Friday Everyday

This year, for International Day of the Girl, we have a series of offerings inspired by some of those who appear in the Weston Park Servants' Database. Weston Park is a 1000+ acre estate that straddle...

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · 23d

5 new stories uploaded today www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/five-mo... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #WomensHistory

Five More Women's Stories Told

A pot pourri of stories for you today. Two more are women born in 1819, part of Victoria's cohort. You can read about Mary Mindham and Charlotte Leech here. There are two women who attended The Mount ...

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · Sep 9

Will you be one of our volunteers? #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #WomensHistiry #SocialHistory #UlsterHistory www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/forgott...

Forgotten Women Friday 17 October - still time to volunteer

We still have space for a few more volunteers for our next Forgotten Women Friday collaborative research day on 17 October. We will be looking at women who were working in the linen industry in Ulster...

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · Sep 1

9 more new stories for you www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/9-more-... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #WomensHistory #SocialHistory

9 More Assorted Stories

We are gradually catching up with our backlog of stories to be uploaded. Today, we offer your seven more from Victoria's Cohort; those born in 1819. They are Sarah Bickley, Ann Goy, Mary Hinton, Rebec...

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · Aug 18

More stories now added, with more on the way #FamilyHistory #WomensHistory #Genealogy www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/8-stori...

8 Stories from Victoria's Cohort and Two More

There's been a lovely number of stories submitted lately, so apologies if you are waiting for yours to appear. Here are ten more and there are others in the pipeline. Today we have added eight more wo...

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · Aug 8

Safely received thank you😀

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · Aug 8

That would be a great help thank you. Please can you email us a current email address via our website www.fewforgottenwomen.com/contact-us

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · Aug 7

As we work on processing stories from our last Forgotten Women Friday, we are now seeking volunteers for the next one www.fewforgottenwomen.com/linen #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #WomensHistory

Northern Irish Linen Workers | Few Forgotten Women

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · Aug 1

We have more 1819 stories on their way but for now, here is a mix of other stories for you www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/a-pot-p... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #WomensHistory #SocialHistory

A Pot Pourri of Stories

The stories from the Forgotten Women Friday focussing on women born in 1819 are coming in thick and fast and we will be uploading more soon; thank you very much to all the volunteers. Today though, we...

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · Jul 23

Another 5 women's stories are added to our website #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #WomensHistory #SocialHistory www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/five-mo...

We have uploaded another five stories of women who were born in the same year as Queen Victoria and more are in the pipeline. For now, please meet Eliza Baker, Mary Bickley, Elizabeth Dixon, Mary Edge...

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · Jul 18

Our 400th Story! Thank you everyone. www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/it-is-o...
#familyhistory #genealogy #socialhistory #womenshistory

It is our 400th Story!

We are excited to announce that we have now uploaded our 400th story to the website. It was only November when we hit 300, so a huge thank you to all our lovely volunteers who have made this possible ...

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · Jul 15

More exciting news

We are nearly at another milestone - will your story be our 400th?

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · Jul 15

The first stories from Friday's Forgotten Women Friday are now available www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/first-s... Many thanks to all who contributed #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #SocialHistory #WomensHistory

First Seven Stories from Victoria's Cohort

The first stories from Friday's Forgotten Women Friday are now on the website and you can read them here. All these women were born in 1819, the same year as Queen Victoria but had very different expe...

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · Jul 11

... and that's a wrap, thank you all new volunteers and old friends, lovely to see so many of you today

#ForgottenWomenFriday
#Born1819

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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡 @allthosebefore.bsky.social · Jul 11

And I’m up and running with today’s #FewForgottenWomen research project. I look forward to dropping into the @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social Zoom call when I’ve made more progress.

A word cloud made out of women’s names who were all born in the year 1819 in either Wem in Shropshire or Wells next the Sea in Norfolk.

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · Jul 11

Checking in on all our lovely #ForgottenWomenFriday volunteers - how's it going

Interesting comparing the lives of the #Born1819 in Wem and Wells with Queen Victoria's life - VERY different

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · Jul 11

And we are off. It is #ForgottenWomenFriday and our volunteers should all have their emails with the name of a women born in 1819 to research.

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · Jul 4

What are you up to next Friday? Why not join us in researching a woman (or women) born in 1819…. Full details on our website

www.fewforgottenwomen.com/1819

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · Jun 27

Just two weeks until our next #ForgottenWomenFriday collaborative research day looking at women born in 1819 from #Wem and #Wells-next-the-Sea. Will you join us? #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #SocialHistory www.fewforgottenwomen.com/forgottenwom...

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · Jun 16

Such rotten luck; hope you begin to feel better soon.

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · Jun 13

We are thrilled and delighted to announce that Fiona Movley, one of our FFW team, has been awarded an MBE for Services to Charity in the King's Birthday Honours List.
Congratulations Fi from us all, with lots of love xxxx
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Harrogate arts charity chair ‘delighted’ by MBE honour | Harrogate International Festivals

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · Jun 12

The latest #ForgottenWomen on our site www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/three-p... #FamilyHistory #DeafHistory #DisabiityHistory #Genealogy

Three Pupils and a Prisoner

Following team member Helen’s excellent recent presentations about the West of England School for the Deaf to the Society for One-Place Studies and Devon Family History Society, we have added three mo...

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A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social · Jun 10

@helenshields.bsky.social will be talking about the history of the Exeter School for the Deaf for @oneplacestudies.bsky.social tonight and @devonfhs.bsky.social tomorrow. We are looking forward to this as it was part of one of our #ForgottenWomen Fridays #DeafHistory #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

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Dai Davies of GenealCymru @genealcymru.bsky.social · Jun 6

Announcing the Ancestors Lost By Suicide Commemoration Project! Over the next year I'm releasing 1 biography a month for each of my ancestors who died by suicide. My goal is to celebrate their lives & contributions to their loved ones & communities. genealcymru.com/albsc-project/ #Genealogy

The Ancestors Lost by Suicide Commemoration Project

Welcome to the Ancestors Lost by Suicide Commemoration Project. This is a limited blog series in the form of short biographies recounting the lives of all of my ancestors who died by suicide, all o…

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