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The Ghost Monk @theghostmonk.bsky.social · 5d

Many are the stately homes of Britain cursed with an apparition that foretells a death. This placid drawing of the Combermere Abbey, #Cheshire, ghost fails to reflect a dramatic 1870 account of it running round and round the eyewitness's bed "in a wild and distressed way".
#PhantomsFriday #folklore

An 1898 illustration by A S Hartrick, scanned from a copy of Harmondsworth's Magazine. It shows a woman in the contemporary Victorian dress, carrying candle and shocked to see the translucent apparition of a girl in an outfit dating perhaps from the 17th century.

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Helen @helen60.bsky.social · 4d

My great-grandad's stepfather Samuel Heap. Reprimanded by the Chief Constable more than once e.g. for being found in bed drunk and "behind a haystack in the company of PC Arthur" he was also commended by the Chief Constable for apprehending 7 deserters and obtained 4 good conduct badges. #genealogy

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Miss History G, Linda @misshistoryg2.bsky.social · 3d

Stained Glass Window, Cheshire.
Lovely orange medieval glass in a plain leaded window at a country church. The church was built in 1511, but this German stained glass was a replacement for some heraldic glass moved elsewhere.
#Stunday #ColorADay #OrangeSun #glass #stainedglass #churches #Cheshire

A colour photograph in portrait format. It shows a plain leaded window in a church. Added to the central section is this amazing medieval German glass in shades of orange and red.

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CocoaNoko @cocoanoko.bsky.social · 1d

The trees of Alderley Edge are all just a bit special

#thicktrunktuesday #treetuesday #trees #alderleyedge #cheshire #blackandwhitephotogtaphy #classicmono #photohour

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Jackie Depelle @jackiedepelle.bsky.social · 1d

Essential reading for #FamilyHiistory #LocalHistory and #HouseHistory @balhnews.bsky.social @oneplacestudies.bsky.social

Family History Federation @federationfhs.bsky.social · 1d

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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social · 2d

BNA and newspapers at @findmypast.bsky.social have added

Jackie: 1964-1993

Memories of teenage years come flooding back

Front cover of the fist issue of Jackie magazine, with an image of a very young Cliff Richard

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 2d

The Grade 1 listed North Wing of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, London reopens after £9.5 million restoration with 2 William Hogarth masterpiece murals available for the public to see for the first time. 👇
BBC News - Hospital's Hogarth opens to public for first time
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Hogarth masterpieces restored at Barts Hospital open to public

The restoration of the north wing has 'recaptured its beauty and dignity', the project teams says.

www.bbc.com

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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social · 2d

#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social

Helpdesk sessions at #Chester #Tameside and #Wallasey

#ComputerClub meeting via Zoom on Wednesday

To join FHSC 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk

All Events 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/events.html

How to join our Discussion Groups see 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/subscribe-un...

Pinboard with FHSC Events picked out in post-it notes

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CocoaNoko @cocoanoko.bsky.social · 5d

Misty woods at Alderley Edge

#landscape #forestscape #scape #photography #trees #alderleyedge #cheshire #legends #photohour #inthewoods #blackandwhitephotography #blackandwhite #monochrome #classicmono

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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social · 5d

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp

A mixed selection of updated/new titles at the BNA this week, nothing for #Cheshire, but interesting new title

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐩𝐢𝐞: 1882, 1884-1886
A bit of eccentric Midlands satire!

Full list of all updates in the screenshots below. with Alt Text as usual

Updates to the BNA, part 1 -
Whiskey Trade Review (Dublin); The Queen; Swansea Journal, Commercial, Literary, and Agricultural Advertiser; Sunday Post; Southern Star (Skibbereen); Portsmouth Evening News; Morning Post; Matrimonial Post and Fashionable Marriage Advertiser; Magpie; London and China Telegraph

Updates to the BNA, part 2

London Courier and Evening Gazette; Bury Times; Birmingham Town Crier; Banbury Beacon; Arbroath Herald

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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social · 5d

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp

Nothing new for the UK at #Ancestry this week, three new databases from the States, details in the screenshot below, with Alt Text as usual

New databases from Ancestry week ending 3rd October 2025

Louisiana, U.S., State Birth Records, 1911-1923; U.S., Revolutionary War Burial Index, 1775-1875; Providence, Rhode Island, U.S., Dexter Asylum and Almshouse Records, 1828-1956

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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social · 5d

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp

New additions from #Suffolk and #London this week at @findmypast.bsky.social

🚩𝐒𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐤, 𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬' 𝐈𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬
5,373 inquests spanning 1767 to 1921
🚩𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐱 𝐁𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐦𝐬
918 new records 1657 to 1841

Link to blog 👉
www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/wil...

Understand the milestones of your ancestors' lives with new baptism and coroners' records | Blog

There are new additions from Suffolk and London to explore this week.

www.findmypast.co.uk

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Miss History G, Linda @misshistoryg2.bsky.social · 6d

Walled Garden, Tatton Park from 2016
A beautiful gate and door open to invite you inside.
#TattonPark #Cheshire #PalacesAndGardens #gates #PhotoOfTheDay #monochrome #PhotographyLovers

A black and white photograph in landscape format. It shows an old brick wall with a beautiful wooden door and metal gate in an arch shape within two lovely pillars. A walled garden is inside the walls.

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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social · 7d

First of the month 🐰🐰 so my usual list of #Free online events from various organisations

For the list, with links for further details and registration information 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/free-events-...

Word Cloud in the shape of a tree with FREE as the most important word

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Paul Chiddicks @chiddickstree.bsky.social · 9d

I volunteer at the @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social on a Monday and I wanted to share with you this amazing poem written by the granddaughter (aged 8) of one of our members that describes the horrors of war far more eloquently than I ever could
#WW1 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social · 9d

What We Saw at the @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social #Crewe Research Centre today

2 new book donations
'Jubilee of Crewe and Dedication of the New Queen's Park'
dated 1887

'Crewe Locomotive Works, Training School'
Foundation Stone Laying Ceremony; 22 September 1953

Both with fabulous images

Front cover of - 'Jubilee of Crewe and Dedication of the New Queen's Park' dated 1887

Orginal plan for Queens Park - pencil drawing

'Crewe Locomotive Works, Training School' front cover of the book

'Crewe Locomotive Works, Training School' Artists Impression

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International Society of Genetic Genealogy @isogg.bsky.social · 9d

“Another mutation of a protein in the virus’s membrane improved its ability to bind to entry point receptors in human cells, making it more resilient and infectious.” #isogg #DNA #epigentics #1918Flu #SpanishFlu
www.the-independent.com/news/science...

Century-old lungs stored in jar reveal how 1918 Spanish flu pandemic began

Findings could lead to better understanding of how viruses adapt to humans during a pandemic

www.the-independent.com

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 9d

A 22.5 metre Bolt of Lightning sculpture by Peter Naylor depicting a US Lockheed P-38F Lightning fighter aircraft from WW2 unveiled next to the M62 junction at Warrington to honour those who worked at RAF Burtonwood. 👇
'Bolt of Lightning' sculpture honours WWII airbase
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Burtonwood: 'Bolt of Lightning' sculpture honours WWII airbase

The artwork is a memorial to military and civilian personnel from Burtonwood Airbase.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳 @ancestralenq.bsky.social · 9d

The Musical Box, Liverpool's oldest record shop which has been in the Quinn family for 4 generations to receive a blue plaque. 👇
BBC News - Musical Box: Liverpool's oldest record shop to get blue plaque - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Musical Box: Liverpool's oldest record shop to get blue plaque

The Musical Box counted Beatles legend John Lennon and football manager Bill Shankly among its customers.

www.bbc.co.uk

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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social · 10d

Another interesting blog by Paul of @chiddickstree.bsky.social

Paul Chiddicks @chiddickstree.bsky.social · 11d

Their stories ended on the battlefields of WW1, but they won’t be forgotten. The final chapter - Thomas Wootton the boy who left home for the shores of Australia only to return a year later to die for his country - #WW1 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

chiddicksfamilytree.com/2025/09/28/t...

The Farm Boy Who Went to War

From Orchard Fields to Flanders Fields: The Story of Thomas Wootton Thomas Wootton was born on March 26th, 18921, in the village of Byford, Herefordshire, the sixth oldest of eight children born to…

chiddicksfamilytree.com

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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social · 10d

#WhatsOn at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social this week

Usual weekly #Helpdesks: #Chester & #Wallasey [Tue/Fri]

#F2F meeting at #Bebington with talk The First Mersey Tunnel
#Research night at #Runcorn

#Discussion Group via Zoom: Historical Newspapers

Details of our events 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/events.html

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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social · 12d

The National Farm Survey atThe National Archives is in the process of being digitised, which is fabulous news
Find out how to use these records and more here 👉

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/explore-the-...

Using The National Farm Survey as a gateway for research

Discover how one farm in East Sussex can lead us on a journey through stage and screen, motorsport successes, and celebrity connections during the 20th century.

www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social · 12d

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp

All about #Railways this week at the BNA with a number of new/updated titles

🚩𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬
🚩𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐬' 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐧
🚩𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬
🚩𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐑𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐳𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞

Full details of all updates in screenshot below with Alt Text as usual

New and updated titles at the BNA

Railway Press; 1888-1898. Scottish Railway Gazette; 1845-1846.
Railway Times; 1837-1900. Railway Servants' Chariot and Companion;
1881, 1886. Portsmouth Evening News; 1986, 1988-1999. Wigan Evening Post; 1986, 1990, 1992. TV Times; 1959

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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social · 12d

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp

At #Ancestry this week a new database for UK

🚩𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐍𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟎-𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐
Index of information from death/funeral notices, obituaries, and memoriams published in UK 1980-2022, no images of original docs

Screenshot with all updates and Alt Text as usual

New databases from Ancestry
UK, Death Notices, 1980-2022; Monroe County, Indiana, U.S., Obituary Index, 1824-2024

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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social · 12d

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp

New burial records at @findmypast.bsky.social this week

🚩𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐱:
122,911 new records
🚩𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧, 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐫𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐎𝐟 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐱:
1,280 new additions

Link to blog with full details 👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/gre...

Build your family tree with new burial records | Blog

Explore burial and will records from the Big Smoke this Findmypast Friday.

www.findmypast.co.uk

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