Helen Parker-Drabble
@helenpdrabble.bsky.social
Award-winning author of Yet and creator of Who Do I Think You Were?® Recovering lives from the traces they leave behind. Genealogy, history, psychology: geneatherapy. New project — early access: helenparkerdrabble.com/coming-soon-marybio/
Page one of Mary's 1860 recipe book isn't a cake. It's how to keep the woollen moth out of your blankets: cloves, rhubarb, cedar shavings, tied in a bag. A recipe book was never only about food. tinyurl.com/frkhcpx2 #VictorianHistory #FamilyHistory #socialhistory
Any women in your #OnePlaceStudies who were “neither wives nor widows” as a result of being deserted by their husbands? What were their stories? #OnePlaceWednesday
Helen Parker-Drabble@helenpdrabble.bsky.social · last mo.Deserted in 1859, denied divorce by the court, Mary Allott spent fifty years as neither wife nor widow, a status Victorian law had no word for. Her recipe book is where she kept going. Prelaunch open now, follow to be notified. tinyurl.com/frkhcpx2 #VictorianHistory #GenHour #AncestryHour
I've goven up with hard drives and their corruption episodes...
Jan Murphy@packrat74.bsky.social · last mo.#GenHour It was hard to go from a pair of hard drives (2TB & 1 TB respectively) down to a 500 GB main drive plus external drives, even if the external drives are bigger.
ooh exciting, I love it when the stars align 🎉
@thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · last mo.#genhour I'm late to the party, because I've been having a really great records day! Does that ever happen to you? It felt like my ancestors were smiling down on me - I found 3 records from 3 different branches, 2 of which were in the same place, but a total coincidence to find both. Happy!
Old school, but I love it. Whatever gets it done!
Kevin Harradine @kevinharradine.bsky.social · last mo.#Genhour I bought an external CD drive for not too much. It doesn't have a separate power source, just the one cable with usb plug. I have some cds from a family history society that hasn't made them available for download. I also have a DVD player attached to the TV.
Nothing better than time with children. Hope you get back for some work soon🙂
@thefamilyarchives.bsky.social · last mo.Made a flying visit to London over the weekend - all the ancestral pins on my map were calling me! But it was a touristy/fun trip with the kids - "none of your boring dead people work Mum!" 😅 will have to go back soon on my own #genealogy #familyhistory #archives #nz #ancestryhour #genhour
Deserted in 1859, denied divorce by the court, Mary Allott spent fifty years as neither wife nor widow, a status Victorian law had no word for. Her recipe book is where she kept going. Prelaunch open now, follow to be notified. tinyurl.com/frkhcpx2 #VictorianHistory #GenHour #AncestryHour
Mary Allott was deserted by her husband in 1859, aged twenty-three. She opened a notebook that spring and wrote in it for the next fifty-two years. Three volumes recovering her life now on Kickstarter prelaunch page live now www.kickstarter.com/projects/hel... #GenHour #AncestryHour #WomensHistory
Coming soon: Mary: A Victorian Life Recovered in Three Books
The Recipe Book · Her Life · The Victorian Kitchen
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🕓 Dr Colin Chapman – Your Ancestors, Population & Birth Control portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/2... Come for the genealogy. Stay for the air conditioning. 😎 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #GenHour
#GenHour 🥵 Too hot to think? Escape the heatwave with the coolest family history day in London! ❄️ Join us on 6 Aug in our air-conditioned, canalside Resource Hub (or Zoom) for 2 talks: @davelifelines.bsky.social Lying Bastards: Exploring the Impact of Illegitimacy portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/2...
Thank you, Devizes. Last night I spoke to the Wiltshire Family History Society about my father, Harry, and what hospital separation did to children of his generation. The feedback this morning: people taking it home to their own families. He asked me to tell it. Last night it was heard.🙏 #GenHour
In 1937 my father, aged two, was taken from his mother at a hospital appointment. Seven weeks before she saw him again. Tomorrow I’m in Devizes Wiltshire Family History Society, Nursteed Centre, Nursteed Road, Devizes SN10 3AH on what separations did to children. Free, open to all, 7.30pm. #Devizes
A 1935 directory listed where Britain sent its disabled children. It recorded the hospital it sent Harry aged 2 to in 1937. It had no line for the steel cot, the toy he wasn't allowed, the mother who couldn't follow. What the records kept & what they left out: tinyurl.com/f378bczf #GenHour
1935 Directory of Orthopaedic Institutions for Family History
The 1935 Directory of Orthopaedic Institutions shows where Britain sent its disabled children. It can help you trace an ancestor's hospital.
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A hospital record may give us the date, diagnosis and ward. Not how long they cried for their mother. My new article looks at childhood hospital separation in Britain. (With free guide) tinyurl.com/mr3h548a #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #SocialHistory #MedicalHistory #GenHour #AncestryHour #TB
Childhood hospital separation
How childhood hospital separation shaped generations of British children kept apart from parents in hospital, and what family historians can recover.
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As a reminder for #GenHour.
Rebecca Stanley@genealogrebecca.bsky.social · 4mo agoHi #AncestryHour. I will be speaking with Jude Rhodes on 11 May at 8 pm GMT (3 pm ES/12 pm Pacific) at the Society of Genealogists’ Mental Health and Family History Day about family history tips for people with Alzheimer’s and dementia. Please come! portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/1...
Before antibiotics, bovine tuberculosis destroyed children's bones across Britain. They were taken from their families, left outside in all weathers. No toys. No books. No education. 'Yet' tells one child's story. It has just won a Silver from the Nonfiction Book Awards. #FamilyHistory #GenHour #TB
A two-year-old pulled from his mother's arms at a hospital appointment. Years in plaster. Told he would never amount to anything. He proved them wrong. Harry's story is in the May issue of @whodoyouthinkyouare — four pages, on sale now. #FamilyHistory #WDYTYA #Genealogy #GenHour #Ancestry
Happy 141st birthday, Grandad. Walter Parker was born 18 April 1885 into a family shaped by loss. I loved him, but he was distant. It took a decadee of research to understand why. I wrote a book about it. helenparkerdrabble.com/books/a-vict... #FamilyHistory #VictorianHistory #GenHour
In 1937, a two-year-old boy was admitted to a Sheffield hospital and spent much of his childhood there. He carried the shame for decades. Tonight I'm presenting his story at an international conference. Sign up for free chapters + 30% off my eBooks: tinyurl.com/3rhck37j #familyhistory #genhour #TB
Would you like to help with our next research project? #WomensHistory #FamilyHistory #Genealogy www.fewforgottenwomen.com/post/forgott...
‘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
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. 🔵 tinyurl.com/2794f9zw #GenHour #DisabilityHistory #AncestryHour #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Stories passed between generations can create belonging. 'Narratives of Impact' is a free conference 2 April, in person + online, and may be worth signing up for. Worth registering, especially if sessions are recorded. I'm presenting. tinyurl.com/mw54jnjs #GenHour #FamilyHistory #AncestryHour
Stories passed between generations can create belonging. 'Narratives of Impact' is a free conference 2 April, in person + online, and may be worth signing up for. Worth registering, especially if sessions are recorded. I'm presenting. tinyurl.com/mw54jnjs #GenHour #FamilyHistory #AncestryHour
CW: Victorian medical misogyny Diagnosis for disobedient women: hysteria. 'Treatment': forced institutionalisation, sedation, loss of rights. When Mary pursued divorce, she risked 'mad' label. Victorian medicine pathologised resistance. helenparkerdrabble.com/coming-soon-... #VictorianHistory
Mary: A Victorian Life Recovered in Three Books - Helen Parker-Drabble | Author | Speaker | Former counsellor | Family historian
Victorian recipe book biography: Mary Allott's true story of abandonment, scandal & survival through 280+ recipes in 1860s Sheffield. Women's history meets culinary archaeology.
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Victorian law: women were incubators. Before 1839: Fathers had ABSOLUTE custody rights. Mothers had NONE. Children belonged to him. Small reforms 1839 & 1873: → Mothers could petition → BUT only if they proved 'moral fitness' → Fathers still presumed fit tinyurl.com/3faz9fah #VictorianHistory
Mary: A Victorian Life Recovered in Three Books - Helen Parker-Drabble | Author | Speaker | Former counsellor | Family historian
Victorian recipe book biography: Mary Allott's true story of abandonment, scandal & survival through 280+ recipes in 1860s Sheffield. Women's history meets culinary archaeology.
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Remembering Mum, Doreen Drabble 😭 (1938-2002) on the eve of 88th birthday. I felt closer to her when I writing about her in my my book about Dad, 'Yet' A Story of Triumph Over Childhood Separation, Trauma, and Disability. Now I feel the loss of them both again. Taken too soon, sorely missed. 💔
CW: Victorian sexual health Mary's 1875 petition: Husband Charles infected with VD. CDA let police arrest women SUSPECTED of prostitution, force exams. Men? Never. Mary risked 'contaminated' label. Spoke anyway. helenparkerdrabble.com/coming-soon-... #VictorianHistory
Mary: A Victorian Life Recovered in Three Books - Helen Parker-Drabble | Author | Speaker | Former counsellor | Family historian
Victorian recipe book biography: Mary Allott's true story of abandonment, scandal & survival through 280+ recipes in 1860s Sheffield. Women's history meets culinary archaeology.
helenparkerdrabble.com
Mary's recipe book: 133 attributed recipes from 97 women over 50 years. Sister Elizabeth. Miss Evinson. Mrs Bunting. Victorian recipe books=collaborative documents. Female knowledge networks. Each attribution proved: you're still one of us. tinyurl.com/3faz9fah #VictorianHistory #WomensHistory
Mary: A Victorian Life Recovered in Three Books - Helen Parker-Drabble | Author | Speaker | Former counsellor | Family historian
Victorian recipe book biography: Mary Allott's true story of abandonment, scandal & survival through 280+ recipes in 1860s Sheffield. Women's history meets culinary archaeology.
tinyurl.com
