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Daily Record's sickening lies reposted as locals hold vigil: talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/03/08/d...

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“Weemin were chist slaves”, John Cload, bachelor, late 2010s when he was in well into his 90s, describing the life of #Orkney farm women in his young day. Work on the farm, childcare, work in the house, baking, knitting, never an idle moment. #InternationalWomensDay

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My #Rootstech short recorded session 'Where am I? Are you searching in the right place?' is now available - along with my sessions from 2024. Looking forward to listening to any other offerings over the next few days. www.familysearch.org/.../speakers... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

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#Rootstech2025 is live now and my talk Where Do You Think You Are? is already available… www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech...

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Do like a #OnePlaceStudies blog prompt where I’ve written quite a lot already #OnePlaceEducation #Scotland #Orkney #OnePlaceWednesday janealogy.co.uk/north-walls-...

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Also for #OnePlaceWednesday the list of names plus occupations of apprentices and their masters in Melrose parish, Roxburghshire, Scotland 1743-1804. Compiled from apprenticeship records in London, this is an interesting insight into trades in Melrose then. melroseoneplacestudy.org/transcripts-...

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Excellent news - all 41 volumes of the journal Scottish Studies (1957-2025) are now available online at open.journals.ed.ac.uk/ScottishStud... A hugely valuable resource for Scottish ethnology, history, geography, archaeology, onomastics and languages. There is also an Index to the first 40 volumes

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Do you own or maintain a Scottish listed place of worship that has benefited from the UK Treasury VAT recovery scheme? The future of this vital scheme is in doubt. UK Govt seeking opinions on its importance until 25 March. Survey is here 👇 harlowconsulting.welcomesyourfeedback.net/s/listedplac...

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Great news from @virtualtreasury.bsky.social & @briangurrin.bsky.social who have recovered 1821 census returns for 7000 people in Carrigallen, Co. Leitrim. #IrishGenealogy #GenHour #AncestryHour

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Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.

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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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talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/02/28/t...

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Come see my talks at #RootsTech! See what I’m talking about here: www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech...

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#OnThisDay 1533 Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (one of most influential writers of French Renaissance) was born. He was known for popularizing essay as literary genre. Dunblane's historic Leighton Library has a 1636 edition of his "Les essais de Michel seigneur de Montaigne." His work is noted for…/👇

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Where is your #FamilyHistory, #LocalHistory or #OnePlaceStudy research taking you this week? Tell us about the places you're focused on, the people you're looking at, and any fascinating finds you've made, along with any other OPS news, views, pics and chat, using the #OnePlaceWednesday hashtag!

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Apt as ever

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For the love of love … Tax the richest to give to the poorest

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Excited to see my Female Ancestors article in this month's @wdytyamagazine.bsky.social #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #WomensHistory

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Research by Archaeology Institute PhD student Jenny Murray suggests the wooden box said to have contained the remains of St Magnus is contemporary with the martyrdom of the 12th century Orkney earl. #archaeology #research #Orkney #ThinkUHI archaeologyorkney.com/2025/02/25/s...

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Do read this article if you have any interest in the truth about CalMac ferry cancellations. Need to call out the untruths in mainstream media.

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Ladybird books in the spotlight. Crochet, Knitting, Sewing (1972-5) Artist: Eric Winter

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Scapa Bay, Orkney,cold and windy but cleansing the soul with dark blue sea and rolling waves. 5C.

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A troubling UK poll shows 52% of Gen Z think a “strong leader” without elections would make Britain better. As events in the US are showing, be vigilant against movements that strip personal freedoms, warns @guyanthonyayres.bsky.social

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#Rootstech2025 is fast approaching! I've recorded a short talk for the event all about the impact of administrative units on our English/Welsh research. Where Do You Think You Are? is available online from 11pm GMT on Wednesday 5 March. www.familysearch.org/en/rootstech...

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Nam sheasamh thall aig geat a’ phreiridh, feur glan fom bhotannan, lamhan fuar nam phocaidean, faileadh an dup gu fann gu neo-chinnteach a’ nochdadh mu mo chuinnlean… —Anne Frater, “Aig an Fhaing” #Gaelic #poetry 21 Feb is International #MotherLanguageDay

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If you're in the #Glasgow area, we'd love you to join us at our next meeting on Saturday, 22 February 2025 from 2 pm to 4 pm. This will be an in-person meeting only at the Renfield Centre, 260 Bath Street, Glasgow. #Aberdeen #Scotland #Genealogy

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Our 2025 #CultureOnStirCampus exhibition with @artatstirling.bsky.social looks at how #Stirling is reflected in our collections. Now on display in the Macrobert Arthouse www.stir.ac.uk/events/2024-... #Stirling900 @isstirling.bsky.social

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Seems its International Mother Language Day so I doot ah’ll better stop chantan an spaek Orcadian. #Orkney #Dialect 1/2

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I thought I’d experiment with posting on Substack so I imported my One Place Study from blogspot. Only 10 posts to import, all from 2022, but I have continued researching so I have more to write. open.substack.com/pub/transylv...

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On the night of 20-21 February 1437, James I was murdered by a group of disaffected nobles led by Sir Robert Graham of Kinpont at the Blackfriars monastery in Perth during a failed coup by James's uncle Walter Stewart, Earl of Atholl.

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#GenHour There is no evidence that immigration officials changed the names of arriving immigrants at Ellis Island. This is an urban legend which started in the 1970s around the time of the movie The Godfather. Let's unpack this a little. 🧵

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#OTD in 1472, Shetland and Orkney officially became a part of Scotland 💙 The islands, depicted here in Nicolas Sanson's 1665 map, had been annexed by the Kingdom of Norway in the 10th century 🏝️ Explore the map in more detail > maps.nls.uk/view/00000989

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PLEASE SHARE WIDELY to counter the lies - BBC Scotland's James Cook wallows in one town's drug deaths but does not tell you what is really happening there - the trend is down, the treatment is there and the new powerful drugs are pushed by English gangs talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/02/20/b...

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