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Seventeenth Century Speak, School Days and Shipboard Disasters

Apart from the delights of the annual invasion of no longer so small folk, life continues to be hectic. Despite saying ‘never again’ numerous times, I find myself in the throes of residential confe…

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Seventeenth Century Speak, School Days and Shipboard Disasters

Apart from the delights of the annual invasion of no longer so small folk, life continues to be hectic. Despite saying ‘never again’ numerous times, I find myself in the throes of residential conference organising once again. A sell-out event to commemorate Devon Family History Society’s 50th anniversary this one. Please can anyone explain why, when I am definitely ticking things off the to do list, it isn’t getting any shorter?

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S11EP02 - 'The Plaiter' with Janet Few - The Family Histories Podcast

Host Andrew meets Dr. Janet Few and hears about a highly skilled woman, and they go looking for clues of a 19th century woman's parents in Highgate, Middlesex.

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Another Nine Fatherless Girls Remembered

We have just uploaded nine more stories of girls who spent time in the Orphanage for fatherless girls in Brixton; you can read these here. We are pleased to introduce Grace Mary Ambrose, Esther Sophia...

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Women of Herringfleet: call for volunteers

Our 13th Forgotten Women Friday collaborative research project will be on 25 September, when we will be looking at women who lived in the Suffolk village of Herringfleet in 1881. This is the first of ...

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Genealogical Round-up

You would think that there would have been little time for family history with all this gadding about hither and yon in recent weeks. After all, I’ve been away every month for the last five months …

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Baptism record at Manchester Cathedral offers insight into Black Mancunian life in Georgian-era England

A parish entry reveals an argument that proved pivotal to the abolitionist cause, at a time when an estimated 20,000 Black people were living in the country

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A Final Day in Wales- Newton House

It always feels odd uploading holiday posts once I am safely back home but here is our final day in Wales. Today is our last day and we head north to Newton House, to tick the ‘National Trust property in Carmarthenshire’ box. We found this property a bit ‘alternative’. It is used more as a community space than as a way to share an historical narrative.

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Llanelli Wetlands – so good we went there twice

There were plans for three out of the four days of our stay, so a decision had to be made about what to do with the spare day. We are aware that there are parts of the country we’ve never been, so places have to be particularly special for us to be thinking of a return visit. With that in mind, we are unlikely to stay in this area again, so I chose a return visit to the wetlands to see the section we didn’t have the energy for last time.

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Weobley Castle and the Gower Peninsula

The weather forecast insists it will be 19 degrees and cloudy. We dress accordingly and set off for Weobley Castle. Oddly the sat nav thinks this is in two different places about half a mile apart and although I am enjoying following along on my OS map, it is hard to see where the entrance might be. Inevitably, we have opted for the wrong sat nav possibility and here we are in a farm.

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Llanelli Wetland Centre

A short drive along the northern shores of the River Lougher and we are at the Llanelli Wetland Centre. We have a lovely wander round, popping in and out of various hides and unlike many of our forays to see wildlife, we do see a wide variety of wildfowl. The list is below if anyone is interested. There is also a distinct and pervading smell of cannabis at one point, although no other people are in view; very strange.

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A Welsh Adventure

As caravan club frequent flyers, we are offered three night’s stay for the price of two. Always a sucker for a special offer, we look to see if, between the two of us, there is a gap in the diary. Fortuitously, there are a few days when we are both free, almost unheard of, especially at the time of the year but an opportunity not to be missed.

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Happy Pride! 1826, 1926, 2026, and Beyond! - GenealCymru

In her 1999 book All About Love1, bell hooks offers up M. Scott Peck’s definition of love as one of the few clear literary explanations of love in our society. For Peck, love is “the will to extend on...

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The Organiser: Elizabeth Margaret Davies of Kensington, London (1882–1946) - GenealCymru

Elizabeth Margaret Davies, commonly known as Bessie, grew up among the rolling, green hills of the Teifi Valley in west Wales. She was the eldest daughter of the well-known Davies' of Velindre House. ...

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Museum Re-opening - All invited

A few months ago, a change by our web host meant that all the captions for our Museum were lost. This has taken many hours to fix but we would now like to invite you to our newly opened and fully reva...

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Call for Papers: Women’s History Scotland Annual Conference 2026 – Women's History Scotland

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