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Christmas in Lanzarote ♥️
The first batch of stories from our latest #ForgottenWomenFriday have been published, including mine on Sarah Wildblood from Wem, born just a few days before Queen Victoria. I really enjoyed threading together a comparison and is my want a short poem!
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We are nearly at another milestone - will your story be our 400th?
More exciting news
Booking for next year's 50th birthday #FamilHistory residential conference is now live. The direct booking link is www.devonfhs.org.uk/devon-fhs-co... Only a deposit is required at this stage. Further details of speakers, and tours are all available on the website www.devonfhs.org.uk/devon-fhs-co...
Congratulations to our incredible Few Forgotten Women #fewforgottenwomen member Fiona Movley, who has been awarded an MBE for Services to Charity in the King's Birthday Honours. bit.ly/FionaMovleyMBE
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Nearly time for our next FFW Friday 🥳🥳 we are researching women born in 1819 - same birth year as Queen Victoria who lived in Wells or Wem ♥️ Do sign up and join us on our next adventure #womenshistory #queenvictoria #forgottenfriday #fewforgottenwomen #Wells #Wem
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Listen to our radio play recording commemorating the anniversary of VE Day and released tomorrow morning on YouTube ♥️ #fewforgottenwomen #VEday
Just passed my final assignment at 83% 🥳🥳🥳♥️♥️♥️
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Not sure if I have done enough to progress on to the diploma 🤔 ….. I expect that I’ll hear soon ….. Great course 🥰 PG Certificate in Genealogy ✅
.. and we're off
Our 8th collaborative research project - looking at women who can be found as prisoners/staff in Dorchester Prison, Dorset in the census returns, or in the prison’s admission/discharge registers
Our volunteers have their name to search, watch out for updates during the day
Been off the radar for a while….. concentrating on finishing my last assignment for the PGCert with the #unistrathclyde #heraldry #genealogy #palaeography ♥️
This was my cover photo 🥰
Really excited…. Just booked a holiday cottage on the farm where my ancestors lived 200 years ago 🥰 #Eastriding #familyhistory #genealogy
Waiting for the #sunrise
Gave U3A talk on the Rowlings family. From Saltash, but as a member of the Waterguard (forerunner of the Coast Guard/Customs) moved around the coast of Suffolk, Norfolk and Lincolnshire before settling in Grimsby. What an adventure for a 20 year old travelling 350 miles for work in 1820! #coastguard
Found out yesterday that my Grandfather, whom I never met, was a travelling salesman for Hodgson and Simpson soap manufacturers ♥️ #hodgsonandsimpson #soap #1921census
Christmas tree up, 2/4 boys home - must be the beginning of the season to be jolly #christmas24 #fairycodfish