I've realised I've been missing #FamilyHistory chat on social media for a while. Somewhere to share those little thoughts and gems with no expectation. So going to re-engage with #AncestryHour and #GenHour. Not sure I'll always hit the exact hour whilst I get back into a rhythm....
Started work on the letter A for the A-Z challenge. But at this rate of research, I'll never ever get to Z. I'm thinking of giving it a miss after all. So much else to do...
Sorry to miss #AncestryHour #genealogy
Shared again, but with a working link (the one in the original post being truncated in the copy-and-paste process). #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #London #AncestryHour #GenHour
#AncestryHour Second will found today is the kind I like most: an aunt leaving things to her nieces and to the children of her late nephew, who is one of my people of interest.
#AncestryHour Looking about in the area to see what I can find and you know how Ancestry shoves a family tree in your face at the top of the search results?
That Samuel's wife's name is ... Mary.
#AncestryHour #DNA #Sale MyHeritage just put its DNA kits on sale for the ridiculously low low price of US $19.90. Check it out! www.myheritage.com/dna?utm_camp...
Or just "Mrs X" with no given name. Grrrr. #AncestryHour
#AncestryHour Yes, I'm completely spoiled by the post-1858 wills where the probate calendar obligingly tells me the occupation of the executor(s) so you can sometimes see at a glance whether you have the right family or not.
It's time to trace the properties, as much as I can from afar.
#AncestryHour
My number one frustration about reading wills: "My wife"
Her name, is it too much to ask? Even if it's 'Mary' and there are a hundred 'Mary' candidates, that's better than nothing.
Hi #AncestryHour. I have nothing to post about #genealogy today because I’ve been busy prepping for Passover (Pesach) which starts tomorrow night.
#AncestryHour I'm thinking about doing a self-answered question on Ancestry Full Text Search for Genealogy Stack Exchange. If you have questions and don't want to post yourself, let me know, and I'll try to include your type of search in my answer.
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There are only a few hours left to take advantage of the early-bird pricing for the Professional Genealogy Symposium on 24 June! You can attend online or in-person in Glasgow. Follow this link to find out what is included:
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✅All 31 Wills & admons received
✅Full Text Search at Ancestry (beta) is active!
✔️2026 Worlds for Synchronized figure skating is coming in April
✔️the preorder for Genealogy Methods and Techniques by Karen Cummings should arrive soon
Still waiting for:
- more new records
#AncestryHour Big thanks to Jane! I just found a will I wanted for a mini #OnePlaceStudy / #OneNameStudy I'm doing to sort out a line in my husband's family tree.
Greetings #AncestryHour? How's your #genealogy research going?
Normally my free newsletter comes out at the beginning of the month but I'm delaying it in April until after the release of the 1926 census. You can sign up with the below link. #Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #FamilyHistory #AncestryHour #GenHour
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Well, I'm all signed up for APG and Strathclyde #genealogy conference in Glasgow in June. Who else is going?
Now all I need is for Trump to stop buggering up the flights...
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‘I Can’t ... Yet’. How a Collaborative Family Narrative
Transformed Understanding of Childhood Institutionalisation. 1 of many presentations. 'Narratives of Impact: Connection & Belonging' is a free conference 2 April, in person + online. tinyurl.com/mw54jnjs #GenHour #FamilyHistory #AncestryHour
Logo for the Alan Ball Award 2025 featuring the large overlapping letters “ABA” in gold with a prominent grey “B” in the centre, the text “ALAN BALL AWARD” in grey beneath the initials, and “2025” in large grey numerals below, all on a white background. The object of the Awards is to encourage the production of high quality publicly or locally funded local history publications. They are open to all heritage and community organisations; and individuals that have self-published. Our criteria for assessing the award are not just about the quality and content of a publication, but its whole journey i.e. how it was conceived, who is involved and how it was funded.
Before antibiotics, thousands of British children vanished into hospitals for years. Cold wards. No toys. No parents. Their suffering was policy.
'Yet' tells their story.
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A #OnePlaceWednesday reminder. Can you share your expertise on the role of place in #FamilyHistory research, through a ten minute live or recorded presentation?
#AATP26 #Genealogy #GenHour #AncestryHour #OnePlaceStudies
#AncestryHour And that's most of the news I could think of for this week!
Hope everyone's research is going well.
#AncestryHour Clicking on the link takes you directly to that paper at BNA or Newspapers-dot-com or whatever digital repository it is.
#AncestryHour The other news of the week: I've learned that Pen and Sword Books has changed over to a system whereby if you purchase ebooks directly from them, you must read them in their own app.
I'll be buying from Kobo from now own.
www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/ebooks/help
screenshot of a Google map plus search results for newspapers with dates and links to each collection Plymouth, Devon, England Plymouth Mail 1861-1861 The British Newspaper Archive Plymouth and Devonport Weekly Journal 1832-1832 The British Newspaper Archive Royal Devonport Telegraph, and Plymouth Chronicle 1832-1832 The British Newspaper Archive Western Courier, West of England Conservative, Plymouth and Devonport Advertiser 1836-1854 The British Newspaper Archive Western Daily Mercury 1862-1912 The British Newspaper Archive Western Evening Herald 1895-1999 The British Newspaper Archive Western Morning News 1860-1982 The British Newspaper Archive Evening Herald 1895-1999 Newspapers.com Western Morning News 1860-1982 Newspapers.com
#AncestryHour This is a test search for papers from the UK from 8 databases, from a date range for 1700 to 1900. I've selected the pin for Plymouth (Devon, England). Most hits are from BNA but at the bottom you can see there are a few papers at Newspapers-dot-com as well.
List of places the database searches Major Holdings Advantage Archives ($) Chronicling America GenealogyBank ($) Google News Archive NewspaperArchive ($) Newspapers.com ($) Old News ($) Minor Holdings Ancestry.com ($) California Digital Newspaper Collection Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection Digital Michigan Newspapers Digital North Carolina FultonHistory.com Georgia Historic Newspapers Historical Newspapers of South Carolina Historical Oregon Newspapers Hoosier State Chronicles Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections Internet Archive Minnesota Historical Society Nebraska Newspapers NY State Historic Newspapers Pennsylvania Newspaper Archive The British Newspaper Archive ($) The Gateway to Oklahoma History The Portal to Texas History The University of Utah Trove Virginia Chronicle Washington Digital Newspapers Welsh Newspapers Wyoming Digital Newspaper Collection
partial list of available locations Major Holdings Australia Canada France Germany United Kingdom United States Minor Holdings Algeria Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belgium
#AncestryHour News from email (via Thomas MacEntee):
A new database for locating historical newspapers.
newspaperfinder.com
#AncestryHour ICYMI
There's a new Really Useful Bulletin!
2. I got a notice from NYC yesterday abt my mat GM. Here’s the OG death cert you sent us & your order was received on March 17th. I sent it in on February 2nd! 😆 Oh well. I expect I won’t see a result of that inquiry until May if Michigan is any indication of how backed up they are. #AncestryHour
Hi #AncestryHour. 2 things:
1. The tiny bit of genealogy research I did this week is look up my mat GF’s elementary school in Detroit on Archive Grid. I got one thing from 1907. The family went there ca. 1912-1921. 😞 Also looked up the hometowns for 2 of my mat. GGPs; got a hand of result.
1/2
#AncestryHour
✅All 31 Wills & admons received
✅Full Text Search at Ancestry (beta) is active!
✔️2026 Worlds Figure Skating championship is underway, competition begins tomorrow.
✔️the preorder for Genealogy Methods and Techniques by Karen Cummings should arrive soon
Still waiting for:
- more records
