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Ancestral Hawkshaw. Research Fiend and Genealogist for Hire Sleuthing YORK and Beyond.

Sometime Speaker. Storyteller. Whatever...

Genealogist: deadsleuth.com
Grave Hunter: @graveyardsquirrel.com
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Are you intrigued or perplexed about the history of your ancestors?

The Dead Sleuth is a registered company located in the City of York offering professional genealogical services for those looking to solve the riddles of their own family history.

#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #StillSleuthing 🔍
I. ‘Tis the day for more sleuthing into the working life of my Victorian protagonist and architect, one Charles Toft Newstead who in the year 1874 was instructing his trusty Excavator with his recipe for CONCRETE!

For the curious among us, kindly read on…
December 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
In search of a festive stocking filler?

Why not treat the history sleuth in your life with the new book about MICKLEGATE from @clemhallhistory.bsky.social

Although Micklegate is famous for its many taverns - there is much to discover about this 'Great Street of York' within the pages of this book.
November 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The decision to work with a genealogist as you embark on a fascinating journey to uncover the lives of your ancestors can be exciting - but, it can also prove daunting.

But when those long-lost ancestors finally reveal themselves?

I STILL feel a buzz like no other!

#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
November 17, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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"But this is a family matter!"

Words uttered in anger during a fierce family argument in the Spring of 1904 would damn an unrepentant defendant the following year as he stood in the dock of York Crown Court.

Those Ghosts of Christmas Past Await...

#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante #StillSleuthing 🔍
November 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
As the final hour of my desk and kettle duties on behalf of @yorkfhs.bsky.social approacheth - no more will I go a’ sleuthing.

Although our YFHS Research Room in York will close the doors for the final time on Thursday November 20 - I will be relieved of my duties forever at 4pm today.

Adieu!
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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'Went the day well?
We died and never knew;
But well or ill, England, we died for you.'

~ John Maxwell Edmonds

Lest We Forget 🥀

⚰ York Cemetery. York. UK.

#ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
'At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.' ~ Laurence Binyon

#ArmisticeDay #LestWeForget
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Remember! Remember?

In the NOVEMBER publication of THE DALESMAN MAGAZINE - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing infants', the meaning of ancestral inheritance and a legacy of murder.

#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍 @teebylo.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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 [email protected]?

#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
‘Is this Guy Fawkes you burn in effigy?'

In November 1812 a disgruntled and disgraced “barrel of gunpowder” Lady Caroline Lamb was participating in her own unique Bonfire Night celebration at Brocket Hall.

DANCES WITH BONFIRES at regencyrecondite.com

#BloggingByron #StillSleuthing 🔍
November 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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By the close of the annual horse fair in the year 1853 and as the visitors made their way home from the City of York - 'twas unfortunate however that the evening would not end well for all.

THOSE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PAST await your kind attention.

YOU walk. WE talk.

#PoliteTourist #LadyBrigante
November 4, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Remember! Remember?

In the NOVEMBER publication of The Yorkshire Dalesman magazine - I muse upon sleuthing the 'missing infants', the meaning of ancestral inheritance and a legacy of murder.

#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TeeAndTombstones #TombstoneTuesday #StillSleuthing 🔍 @deadsleuth.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I LOVE graveyards!

If I’m not in search of a missing ancestor or trawling through parish records - I will be wandering around a graveyard somewhere.

For those tombstone tourism exploits why not catch @graveyardsquirrel.com scurrying from graveyard to cemetery and then some?

#StillSleuthing 🔍
November 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
As the 'Witching Hour' beckons and the veil grows thin 'twixt the living and the dead - I've returned to desk and kettle duty.

And, for those curious about the trials and tribulations of the long-forgotten dead of Yorkshire - why not join me?

I vanish at 4pm.

Still Sleuthing 🔍@yorkfhs.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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Hey Tee! Enough already with the sleuthing, storytelling, scribbling or spiritual questing as TODAY is #NationalCatDay

Sincerely,
The Feline 😻

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Dear Furry Familiar,
Isn't every day National Cat Day around here?

Your Humble Servant,
Tee

P.S. How can I work under these conditions? 😘

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October 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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With a nod to Yuletide - The Polite Tourist presents an EVENING walk in YORK through NOVEMBER and DECEMBER.

Why not come along and listen to the tales of those folk for whom the celebration of Christmas would sadly be their last.

The Box Office awaits!
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October 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Signed. Sealed. Delivered. I'm Yours?

Alas, not for poor Elizabeth maister and her illegitimate daughter as her lover begged the parish wardens for anonymity with the promise of a generous cash settlement in the year 1806.

Who said romance is dead?

#StillSleuthing 🔍 The Borthwick. York. UK.
October 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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'This Star for a Moment Given'

Peppered with moss and standing tall among falling leaves underneath a greying October sky - the monument to one John Fisher who died at the age of three months in the year 1851.

🪦 Parish Churchyard of St Olave. York. UK.

#GraveyardSquirrel #StillSleuthing 🔍
October 19, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I have been haunting the archives since my teenage years and they are still one of THE most exciting places to visit when I’m in pursuit of those elusive ancestors!

If you need a sleuth to haunt an archive, why not cast your eye what's on offer at deadsleuth.com?

#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
October 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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I. The Polite Tourist offers true crime walks through Victorian history. Through York, Scarboro', and beyond.

As The Polite Tourist peels back the long shadows of dark Victoriana - find yourself spirited back to the cruel streets of another world where death was ever present...
October 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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DEAR TEE,

When those elusive ancestors have been left to their peace and the storytelling streets of York and beyond have fallen quiet - what do YOU do?

CURIOUS

- - - -

DEAR CURIOUS,

Inquiring minds may find a smidgen of satisfaction within the pages of the OCTOBER 'Dalesman'

SINCERELY TEE
October 14, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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'The lawn is pressed by unseen feet and ghosts return...' ~ T. S. Eliot

Nestled within Olde Yorke, 'tis whispered that sixty translucent folk and creatures patiently await and that you have until the second day of November by which to make their acquaintance.

Seek and see!

#StillSleuthing 🔍
October 14, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Are you intrigued or perplexed about the history of your ancestors?

The Dead Sleuth is a registered company located in the City of York offering professional genealogical services for those looking to solve the riddles of their own family history.

#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #StillSleuthing 🔍
October 13, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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A broken wing, a halo and with one tiny perfect foot peeking out from under an elaborate stone gown while protected by a delicate cobweb are all that remains of an angel perched upon an tombstone.

⚰ York Cemetery. UK.

#DeadSleuth #GraveyardSquirrel #TombstoneThursday #StillSleuthing 🔍
October 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Are you intrigued about the history of your ancestors?

The Dead Sleuth is a registered company located in the City of York offering professional genealogical services for those looking to solve the riddles and absurdities of their own family history.

Curious much?

#DeadSleuth #StillSleuthing 🔍
October 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM