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Looking forward to this Jane very much

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To mark Women’s History Month Ancestry are offering free access to some of their records including the 1921 Census of England & Wales. Free Access Ends 9 March 2025. Registration required. Terms apply. Link 👉 www.ancestry.co.uk/c/womens-his...

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Most good museums have a shop and ours is no exception! As well as souvenirs, many local history books/booklets (most written by our researchers) are available from our online shop. If you're interested in the local history of #Nantwich and #Cheshire have a browse nantwichmuseum.org.uk/our-shop/

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Nantwich and Wrenbury win at Cheshire Best Kept Stations Awards https://www.railadvent.co.uk/2025/03/nantwich-and-wrenbury-win-at-cheshire-best-kept-stations-awards.html #awards #cheshire #nantwich #TransportForWales #wrenbury

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#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social One F2F meeting this week at #Runcorn Group Oh Dear What can the matter be? Hints and tips on tracing your female ancestors with @researchdogsbody.bsky.social Link to all our events 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/events.html

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The March edition of the Cheshire Ancestor is now available to download from the @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social website Full of news, articles, events and more... Direct link 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/new-cheshire... Thanks as always to @macchistorian.bsky.social & the team for all their hard work

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. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's list on #Free online events from various archives and other providers Link for list 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/free-online-...

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#FamilyHistory I launched the Trade Union Ancestors website in 2006, then rather neglected it. But I have now overhauled it and added new and previously lost content - including all the trade union ‘family trees’ I first put together 20 years ago. It’s here… www.unionancestors.co.uk

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Roger Monks looking for a museum to take on his mining collection which he collected over 40 years. He started working at Allerton Bywater near Castleford Surprised that the @ncmme.bsky.social have not jumped at this 👇 'My 40-year mining collection should be in museum' www.bbc.com/news/article...

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@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp @thegenealogist.bsky.social have released over 5 million Directory Records primarily focusing on the post World War II era Link to news item with full details www.thegenealogist.co.uk/news/

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. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp Closest we get to #Cheshire from the BNA this week are two updates to #Shropshire titles, maybe our turn soon 🫰🫰 Shropshire Star: 1992 Wellington Journal: 1969-70 Full list of updates in screenshot below

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. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp Nothing new UK wise at Ancestry this week and only two new worldwide databases, one from the US and the other from Australia See screenshot for full details

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. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp New records on @findmypast.bsky.social this week 🚩Boarded-out & Home Children sent to Canada 🚩Emigration of Poor Law Children 🚩Poplar Poor Law Union, Home Children lists 🚩Women Sentenced, 1865-1907 Link to blog 👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/poo...

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Northern Lights over a giant straw Paddington sculpture at Snugbury’s Ice Cream Farm in Nantwich, Cheshire #NorthernLights #England #Cheshire #AuroraBorealis

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Our #IWD2025 plans #WomensHistory #FamilyHistory # Genealogy www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/interna...

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#Styal #Country #park in #Cheshire is an excellent #walk / #hike through the #woods. The contrast in #blackandwhite show the detail in the #trees #outdoors #walking #hiking #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #photography. See more #images at www.darrensmith.org.uk #nationaltrust

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At Nantwich Museum we're committeed to holding community events and on the last Friday of every month we have free drop-in coffee mornings. Our volunteers make delicious cakes - here are some of the irresistible offerings from last month! Our next coffee morning is Fri 28th Feb, 10.30-12.00

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Our latest ‘explainer’ article from our colleague @martinspychal.bsky.social looks at how many people could vote in the UK after 1832, using census and electoral registration data to calculate what % of adult men had the vote. Find out more here: victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2025/02/25/h...

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Chester Cathedral on rare sunny February day #Chester #cathedral #winter #chestercathedral #Cheshire #historicbuildings #history

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NT Styal Cheshire England. One of Britain's greatest industrial heritage sites, set in picturesque gardens and countryside #nationaltrust #ntstyal #styalcheshire #cheshire #photographyonbluesky #liverpoolphotographers

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Latest blog from @thegenealogist.bsky.social A Scottish Lady in the Arctic: The Remarkable Life of Isobel Wylie Hutchison Link 👉 www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarti...

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. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp At the BNA this week nothing new again for #Cheshire 😭😭 Updates to titles from #Hereford #Matlock and #Shropshire may be useful to your Cheshire research List of updates in the screenshots below

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. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp At Ancestry this week a new database for #Ireland 🚩Police Report Abstracts, 1845-1885 NB: The collection doesn’t include images of the original documents. Full list of all updates in the screenshot below

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. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp New this week from @findmypast.bsky.social 🚩 #Middlesex Births & Baptisms 🚩Greater #London Marriage Index 🚩Greater London Burial Index Link to blog with full details 👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/lon...

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Jodrell Bank Radio Telescope in the fading light of a Winters day. #Photography #science #cheshire #jodrellbank

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Here's a look back at the 2024 #chesterfestivalofideas and we're now looking forward to this year's festival on 3-6 July - which will feature a number of our book authors and editors - all in the splendour of Chester Town Hall and across #Chester #Cheshire www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhEH...

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Looking forward to our talk by @whoamiftr.bsky.social this evening Transported to Tasmania Zoom links should be in your inbox if you registered for the talk

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All the furniture from Buxton Museum's collections also needs to be carefully wrapped before being transported, requiring extensive parcel-wrapping skills! @museumsassociation.org

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All set up & ready to go in #York, for the @rmtunion.bsky.social Health & Safety Conference! Come along & find us if you're there - & if not, find us here: www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk #RMTHSConf25 #Railway200

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Was a set of triplets really born in @yhoitink.bsky.social Yvette Hoitink’s #FamilyTree (and her #OnePlaceStudy, of #Winterswijk) in 1702, and was one of the girls really named Gemma? Find out in Yvette’s blog post “Using Occam’s Razor in Genealogy.” #OnePlaceWednesday

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Graphic evidence of the 1579 Norwich plague - 58 burials in the parish of St John Maddermarket in one year compared with the usual handful. Approximately 40% of the population of the city is believed to have died...

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New Blog. The joy of solving the mystery of a treasured family #Wedding #OldPhotos due to the collaboration of myself & @lynnswafflespics.bsky.social sharing our skills #FamilyHistory #Billinghay #Lincolnshire #Genealogy @oneplacestudies.bsky.social familyhistorystories.blog/2025/02/16/m...

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#skystorians 🗃️👇

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One of very few English Catholic MPs in our 1832-68 period, John Towneley was born #OnThisDay 1806. He was Liberal MP for Beverley, 1841-52. For more on Catholic MPs, see victoriancommons.wordpress.com/2014/11/05/c...

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“Snow has fallen again, as it will sometimes do in February” What to Look for in Winter, 1959 Artist: CF Tunnicliffe Writer: EL Grant Watson

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The beauty of history is that it’s about the everyday—the homes we live in, the streets we walk, and the places where people gather. What secrets do they hold? Find out more in my new #Blog #History #Genealogy chiddicksfamilytree.com/2025/02/14/t...

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Congratulations to our Milner Centre for Evolution Director @turiking.bsky.social on being appointed a trustee of the British Science Association. #Science #WomeninSTEM

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Newspapers.com is Free to access this weekend Mind the T&Cs www.newspapers.com/go/freeacces...

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Chester Cathedral court room #Chester #Cathedral #court #room #treavel #history #photography #Cheshire

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Little Moreton Hall #Cheshire

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Heart-patterned Viking Age weight for #Valentine’s Day. From Mere, #Cheshire. It is lead with gilded copper alloy decoration on top. It bears an Irish style design with opposing scroll patterns. It is 22.07g used for weighing goods for #trade #medievalsky #viking

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New exhibition at Suffolk Archives, Ipswich exploring stories of emigration from Suffolk 👇 BBC News - New exhibition explores stories of people emigrated from Suffolk - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Latest blog from Paul 'Touching The Past' Loved it Paul - mini pub study 😂😂 Link in post below

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. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp New Free Historical Records from 31 Countries - February 2025 Update from Family Search www.familysearch.org/en/blog/new-...

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. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp @thegenealogist.bsky.social have added 🚩 Lloyd George Doomsday Survey for #Dorset Read about the records in the latest blog 👉 www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarti...

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. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp Nothing new #Cheshire wise at the BNA this week 🫣 Full list of updates in the screenshot below

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. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp At Ancestry this week a new database for Northern Ireland 🚩 Ballymena, Antrim Internments, 1875-1934 Full list of worldwide updates in the screenshot below

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. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp At @findmypast.bsky.social this week 🚩 #Northamptonshire Militia Lists 🚩 #Herefordshire Burial Index 🚩 #Middlesex Monumental Inscriptions Link to blog with full details 👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/yor...

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St. Mary's Church #Sandbach #Cheshire

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