Maureen and Susan doing a wonderful job promoting #Huddersfield #FamilyHiistory Society with @sogorg.bsky.social Other #Yorkshire societies are available! www.yorksgroup.org.uk @huddsfhs.bsky.social

Family History Societies survive because of volunteers. Every hour given helps protect records, knowledge, and heritage. With just a little time you can get involved in many different ways. www.familyhistoryfederation.com/find-a-society

All family historians like a map, looking forward to seeing your brand new ones.

Alan Godfrey Maps (3,900+ publications and counting!)@alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · last wk.

**History Fair Announcement!** On October 24th we'll be at Huddersfield & District family history fair! We’re bringing a wide selection of high quality historical maps of Yorkshire, many of which will be brand new, of areas not previously published! Come say hello? hdfhs.org.uk/the-family-h...

We are collaborating with @sogorg.bsky.social and other groups for this important event at 2.00 pm 11 August - Researching in West Yorkshire. You need to book, it is free, and available to all afterwards. #genealogy #familyhistory #HDFHS Book your space here: portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/2...

Researching ancestors in West Yorkshire (Kirklees)? Join our FREE online event on 11 August, 2–4pm, to discover resources for Huddersfield, Batley, Dewsbury, Holmfirth & surrounding areas. Free live event + recording available afterwards Book your place: portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/2...

Huddersfield folk will know what an institution this has been for over 40? Years. Such a sad day to hear of the closure of all these coffee shops. #localhistory

Huddersfield Exposed@huddersfield.exposed · 3w ago

I'm not sure how you'd even begin to explain what "Merrie England" was to someone who'd never heard of them before. Imagine a handful of people eating roast beef sandwiches whilst sat underneath a cartwheel festooned with fake candle lightbulbs whilst entirely surrounded by very very VERY dark wood.

Looking forward to participating in this valuable event for those researching in our area.

Society of Genealogists@sogorg.bsky.social · last mo.

📍 Researching ancestors in West Yorkshire (Kirklees)? Join our FREE online event on 11 August, 2–4pm, to discover resources for Huddersfield, Batley, Dewsbury, Holmfirth and surrounding areas. 💻 Free live event + recording available afterwards 🎟️ Book your place: portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/2...

Looking forward to participating in this great free event, for family historians and genealogists wherever you are. @sogorg.bsky.social @federationfhs.bsky.social @huddersfieldhistory.org.uk @huddersfield.exposed

Society of Genealogists@sogorg.bsky.social · last mo.

📍 Researching ancestors in West Yorkshire (Kirklees)? Join our FREE online event on 11 August, 2–4pm, to discover resources for Huddersfield, Batley, Dewsbury, Holmfirth and surrounding areas. 💻 Free live event + recording available afterwards 🎟️ Book your place: portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/2...

Our Family History Fair is a week away now. 9.00am -4.00pm. We had to extend the time. Plenty of advice on Family History, so do come along an see us.

Anyone aware of UK emergency funds for saving public works of art at imminent risk or of any local (to Huddersfield) companies that might be interested in helping? Ta in advance! The race to save Little Abe and potentially also a second mural is back on. huddersfieldhub.co.uk/community-gi...

Community given just 14 days to raise £40,000 to save historic tiled mural of the 'Bishop of Berry Brow' - Huddersfield Hub

The community has been given just 14 days to raise £40,000 to save a historic tiled mural that could be lost when a block of flats is demolished

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🧵The legend of the Slaithwaite "Moonrakers" captures the wit and rebellious spirit of West Yorkshire’s historic canal-weaving communities. Nestled in the rugged Colne Valley, 19th-century Slaithwaite (Slawit) relied on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal for trade and for smuggling

Another big giveaway day at our research room tomorrow, drop in and find so much to help you with your family and local history research. #HDFHS #FamilyHistory #LocalHistory

May Really Useful Bulletin from @federationfhs.bsky.social focuses on Fairgrounds plus includes a great book offer and mentions #Huddersfield @huddsfhs.bsky.social www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/bulletins

Just voted! I forgot to take a photo - so here's one reminding me (us) that it matters!! Have your say!!

Shelley Methodist Church at Far Bank, Shelley near Huddersfield dates from 1785. It opened on Whit Sunday in 1785 & seceded to the Methodist New Connexion in 1797. Built from thinly coursed rubble & hammer dressed stone with a stone slate roof. A meeting room from 1850-60 is attached. /1

Amazing broadcast on BBC Radio 4 today on the impact of DNA tests on families. Worth a listen. @federationfhs.bsky.social @apgenealogists.bsky.social @gravesandgenealogy.bsky.social @graveyardsquirrel.com @uoyborthwick.bsky.social @ighrgenealogy.bsky.social

Family History Societies survive because of volunteers. Every hour given helps protect records, knowledge, and heritage. With just a little time you can get involved in many different ways. www.familyhistoryfederation.com/find-a-society

Many thanks, Ian had a great day too!

Ancestral Enquiries - Tony Smith 🌳@ancestralenq.bsky.social · 4mo ago

A very enjoyable day touring Kirkburton, Thunder Bridge, Shelley, Shepley, Cumberworth & Holmfirth looking at churches, old pubs & weaving cottages with a US client. A special thanks to Ian from @huddsfhs.bsky.social for the great itinerary, arranging the opening of the churches, visiting a /1

Some very exciting news from Ancestry which we came across yesterday. They have just published these records: England, Prerogative and Exchequer Court of York Wills, 1389-1858. The collection contains images of #Wills for #Yorkshire, England, between 1389 and 1858. An amazing 2,462,539 records.

Only thing I can think of was that his wife was evacuated from London and ended up living for a while in Almondbury. Neither her or her husband's family had any links to Yorkshire.

Well, Leonard Herbert Taylor of Surrey, try as I might I can't find a single thing in the archives to link you or your wife to the Huddersfield area, but CWGC says otherwise so you've made the list 🙂 huddersfield.exposed/s/78675

To date, I've been focusing on the Saturday editions of the Huddersfield Examiner to identify names in the regular "In the Forces" column, but I suspect I'll have to start over again and this time scour the "death" & "in memoriam" notices too in order to find those who never made the weekly columns.

...and a reminder that, for any location on the site, there'll be a new "Roll of Honour" tab listing individuals with links to that location or to nearby.

Slowly inching towards 33% completion of the WW2 project, although I suspect there'll still be more names still to be added to the list. huddersfield.exposed/wiki/WW2_Pro... huddersfield.exposed/archive/sear...

To mark #InternationalWomensDay2026 here's a blogpost I wrote five years ago about the under-representation of women in the key sources that we use for our family history research... lifelinesresearch.co.uk/2021/03/08/w...

Where have all the women gone?

To mark International Women’s Day I wanted to have a look at the key records that we use to research our English & Welsh family history, and to consider how those records routinely under-repres…

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Today for #InternationalWomensDay we celebrate the life of a pioneering #Huddersfield nurse - Elsie May Harling (nee Hallas) who was truly a 'Woman of Substance'. www.facebook.com/huddersfield...

Societies from #Yorkshire gathering for quarterly meeting - exchange of news and ideas www.yorksgroup.org.uk @huddsfhs.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social @awfhs.bsky.social @federationfhs.bsky.social

Dave Annal Lifelines Research@davelifelines.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It’s quite simple… Use them or lose them! #YourFamilyHistorySocietyNeedsYou

Burglars steal the mayor of Dewsbury's ceremonial gold plated chains which date from 1897 from Dewsbury Town Hall. 👇 BBC News - Mayoral chains stolen in Dewsbury Town Hall burglary - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mayoral chains stolen in Dewsbury Town Hall burglary

Police and council officials appeal for help in trying to recover the

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It's our big booklet giveaway on Saturday at our research room from 11.00 - 4.00. This is a one-off event as we move towards digital downloads. We have hundreds of booklets to give away, a simple way to see family baptisms, marriages and burials grouped in alpha order. #familyhistory #localhistory