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Liz Craig @willsmanonename.bsky.social · 4h

The grave of my great great grandparents Charles & Annie (Raymer) Keer, in my #OnePlaceStudy of #Sudbourne
#31DaysOfGraves
Day 9: hands

A hand reaching down from the top of a gravestone, holding flowers

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SusanM @samcaligal.bsky.social · 4h

The history of a place adds significantly to stories of our ancestors. Community defined their lives in so many ways. My German Bohemian ancestry —

www.tracingsbysam.com/germboh.html

#FamilyHistory #OnePlaceStudies

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Margaret Ford🌲🏠 @maggief.bsky.social · 4h

Railway workers and managers at Spon Lane Station West Bromwich. Station next to chance Glassworks
The area of glassworks part of my One Place Study West Smethwick
#railways
#westBromwich
#Oldbury
#OnePlaceStudy

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Liz Craig @willsmanonename.bsky.social · 3h

A hand with a heart in its palm

#31DaysOfGraves
Day 9: hands

A gravestone with a hand with a heart in its palm

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 1d

Doulton’s headquarters & factory building, #Lambeth #London
Architect - R. Stark Wilkinson - 1878

High #Victorian #Gothic architecture, with decorative details of Doulton’s terracotta.

#Exeter born, Stark Wilkinson designed the Digby Hospital, #Devon in 1886.

#WallsOnWednesday
#WindowsOnWednesday

A gothic corner building with turret, many windows & terracotta details.

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Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery (KAVS) @listerlanecem.bsky.social · 14h

#31DaysOfGraves Day 9: Hand
Gravestone showing hand with finger pointing upwards and commmemorating a 'Dear mother' Mary Ann Greenwood, who died 9th June 1892, aged 44.

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Newcastle Uni Special Collections & Archives @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social · 11h

New on CollectionsCaptured is a wonderfully illustrated set of 17 proof copies of early 17th Century maps, later included in John Speed's 'Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine'.

All 17 pages can be seen here on CollectionsCaptured: collectionscaptured.ncl.ac.uk/digital/coll...
[Ref. Freinds/JSM]

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Cristina @nightowlgenealogy.bsky.social · 5h

Great news for Wisconsin researchers. The Wisconsin Historical Society is migrating over to a new and more efficient site. See what they currently have here:
explore.wishistory.org
#Genealogy
#WisconsinGenealogy

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Steve Jackson @atcherleyons.bsky.social · 6h

Got some great #OnePlaceStudy records this way (Bishops Transcripts, School Log Book, Overseers Accounts, Vestry Minutes)! Some transcribed and added to my Waters Upton website, some still to be completed. Thanks again Áine! #GenHour

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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 6h

If the archives you need for your #FamilyHistory, #LocalHistory or #OnePlaceStudy research are difficult to get to, do check out what you can access remotely such as online catalogues with item descriptions/images, or virtual searchrooms! #GenHour

Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 13h

Did you know that even if you can't get to us in person, we're still open for research? Our virtual services are free to use no matter where you're researching from.

For more info, head to buckinghamshire.gov.uk/culture-and-tourism/archives/book-a-session-in-our-virtual-searchroom/

A black and white image of a computer lab with two people working. Text has been placed over the image saying 'Access the Archive Virtually, Research Anything from Anywhere'

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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 6h

Hope all that passes and you are back on top form soon Emily. #GenHour

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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 6h

#HouseHistory resources might help. Including, if they survive, rate books, in the relevant archive. For more possibilities, check out this video. 🙂 #GenHour

House History

YouTube video by Society for One-Place Studies

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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 6h

Boosting for the evening (including #GenHour) crowd! The links in both parts of our #AATP25 blog post include @sogorg.bsky.social YouTube playlists, @projectkin.bsky.social content, and the #OnePlaceStudy videos we released for the event.

Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 10h

A look back at the second half of #AATP25, with links to videos and more, in All About That Place 2025: Days 6 to 10).

Plus, an invitation to get vlogging, as well as blogging, about your #OnePlaceStudies (members – our YouTube channel needs 👉🏻you!👈🏻).

All About That Place 2025: Days 6 to 10 - Society for One-Place Studies

Following on from All About That Place 2025: Days 1 to 5, let’s now conclude our summary of #AATP25. The second half of this year’s ‘Mini-AATP’ followed the pattern of the first, with a theme for each...

www.one-place-studies.org

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Dave Annal Lifelines Research @davelifelines.bsky.social · 6h

Looking forward to this on Tuesday 21 October…

Society of Genealogists @sogorg.bsky.social · 6h

☕ #GenHour - Lunchtime Chat on Zoom: A Stroll Around Fleet Street
Join @elsesoggenealogist.bsky.social & @davelifelines.bsky.social for a relaxed, members-only chat exploring ancestors’ lives through maps & records.
🗓️ Tue 21 Oct, 12:30–14:00 | Online | Not recorded
Book now portal.sog.org.uk/Ev...

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Weird Bristol @weirdbristol.bsky.social · 6h

In 1872, Redland Court (built in 1732) was the scene of a daylight robbery when burglars used a ladder to enter an upstairs room as homeowner George O. Edwards and his family dined downstairs.
The thieves took only a few items but the crime made headlines across the country.
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Helen Parker-Drabble @helenpdrabble.bsky.social · 6h

#GenHour I've got a relative at what I believe is a house not a st, Claremont Terrace, Sheffield, 1841. I've been through trade directories, newspapers & maps. Any thoughts where else I could look, please? On Claremont Place?I'd like some evidence. No other house named on the census record near it.

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Dr Coralie Mills @dendrochronicle.bsky.social · 1d

A lovely ‘luggie’ stave vessel used to hold porridge and other liquid foods. Zoom in on the label for more info. In The Stewartry #Museum, #Kirkcudbright 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
#Woodensday

A wooden stave built vessel with two metal bands and a vertical handle, in a display case

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Steve Ellwood @tynesnapper.bsky.social · 3d

#StPeterPort #ChannelIsles A eye catcher - La Plaiderie House Lower Pollet St Peter Port Guernsey Channel Isles photographed 25th August 2025.

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LizD @bibby4.bsky.social · 17h

#31DaysOfGraves Day 9 Hand: At Lempitlaw in the Scottish Borders a hand holds a set of scales presumably for the weighing of souls on the day of judgment.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 18h

Chester Road, Stretford, early 1900s.

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Anna Fairley Nielsson @annaandthedead.bsky.social · 18h

#31DaysOfGraves Day 9 - Hand: The memorial to Maria Clementina Sobieski (1702-1735) at St Peter's Basilica features the personification of Charity holding out a flaming heart in her hand.

A close-up of the marble arm and hand of a statue. A gold flame is raised from the centre of the statue's palm.

This image shows the hand belongs to a woman, who holds a portrait of the deceased in her other hand, and has a cherub to her left.

Another angle of the monument shows additional cherubs, and that the monument is situated above a doorway. The photo has a orange tint due to the sunrise.

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Teresa Doherty @dohertyta.bsky.social · 11h

It's time for a #TeaUp and I'm delighted to have this new blog on Royal Berkshire Hospital's private nursing service to read! #HistNursing 🫖

#Reading #WomensHistory

www.rcn.org.uk/news-and-eve...

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National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social · 10h

Happy #WorldPostDay! 💌 Did you know you can explore thousands of postcards in our online catalogue?: catalogue.nli.ie/Search/Resul...

[IMAGE: Portrait of postman, possibly Pat McGovern, Burrishoole Lodge, Newport, Co. Mayo, 1962; catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls0...

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Karen Averby 🌊 @karenaverby.bsky.social · 10h

OH WE DO LIKE TO STROLL ALONG THE PROM< PROM, PROM!
I'll be giving this ONLINE talk on seafront buildings, 23 Oct 2pm- a jolly post-lunch slice of seafront buildings your ancestors may have encountered & enjoyed in years past.
#LocalHistory #FamilyHistory #Architecture #SeasideHistory #UKCoast

The Story of Britain’s Seafront Buildings

Talk on Zoom by Karen Averby, a seaside-loving historian, heritage research consultant and former archivist.

portal.sog.org.uk

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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 10h

A look back at the second half of #AATP25, with links to videos and more, in All About That Place 2025: Days 6 to 10).

Plus, an invitation to get vlogging, as well as blogging, about your #OnePlaceStudies (members – our YouTube channel needs 👉🏻you!👈🏻).

All About That Place 2025: Days 6 to 10 - Society for One-Place Studies

Following on from All About That Place 2025: Days 1 to 5, let’s now conclude our summary of #AATP25. The second half of this year’s ‘Mini-AATP’ followed the pattern of the first, with a theme for each...

www.one-place-studies.org

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