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Is your ancestor gazetted for a military medal or promotion in #WWI? 🎖We’d love to hear about it. If you haven't looked, our dedicated WWI area is a great place to start your search. #ancestryhour

The first episode of our Eighth Series is now out! familyhistoriespodcast.com/2024/11/05/s08… #Ancestry #FamilyHistory #AncestryHour #Genealogy #Genealogia

Hi #AncestryHour. This past weekend I sang at #ForYourTomorrow to commemorate the 1475 British fatalities on D Day, and the crucial role of the French Resistance. It was very moving to see the life-size figures — one for each soldier/airman/sailor who lost his life. #Remembrance

We've come quite a long way from our 1990s #storage in Brixton and Charlton, with climate-controlled stores and research room and mountains of Solander and Really Useful Boxes, sleeves and tissue. Much done, much repacking still to do! #Museum30

Today I learned about Hull's 'bantam' Pals battalion in #WW1. Bantam or 'Bill's' batallions were devised for men who were in good health but between 4'10 and 5'3 tall. Hull's bantam battalion had 300 men. yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/tiny-troo…

I am a little late for #RemembranceDay with this new blog — the story of Percy Kirk, my husband’s great grandfather, a Hulls Pal, who was KIA on his 30th birthday. And his new wife Hannah, who endured zeppelin air raids in Hull with a newborn baby. digupyourancestors.com/2024/11/12/han…

Some scenes from Hull after the zeppelin attacks of 1915-1918

I'm now on Bluesky @ digupyourancestors bsky.app/profile/digupy… For now I'll be posting on X and Bluesky.

Are you stuck finding out more about your ancestors before 1800? Genealogy Jude shows that there could be much more detailed and interesting information about your family in 18th century records than you might think.

Yesterday saw a very rare event: the relics of Eanswythe of Folkestone, one of the earliest Anglo-Saxon saints, were translated into a new shrine. Her remains were hidden at the Reformation, rediscovered, and recently confirmed to date to the 7th century. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Cumbrian marriage tradition, 1803: 1. Married in church 2. 'Bumpter after bumpter' quaffed at ale house 3. Men race on horseback to the bride's home 4. Winner crowned with a laurel 5. Bride 'bespattered with dirt' but it did not 'obscure the general lustre of her beauty'

Hello #AncestryHour I have a brand new blog to share, about my hunt for the 33 children (!) of William Wilson of Whitehaven. I've shared my research journey to track down the 'missing' children, along with some tips and tricks on online searches. digupyourancestors.com/2024/11/16/the…

I watched this very recently and thought he was wonderful. Funny, sharp, kind and so humble.

Congratulations to Andrew Wilson , who won the Day 2 copy of The Mysterious Case of the Victorian Female Detective in the Advent Giveaway! The 3rd letter of the Advent Quiz is the initial shared by two Brontë sisters: 1 sickened at school, the other wrote a haunting novel.

So excited to have won a copy of this new book about Victorian female detectives! Do give Dr Lodge a follow and enter her Advent Quiz.

This gravestone has been on my mind for some time, its inscription so perplexing and sinister: ‘Nameless - Be sure your sin will find you out.’ It stands at an angle in a tiny Wolds village churchyard not far from my Mum’s, and recently I went to find it.

#OnThisDay in 1866, the Oaks mining disaster, the worst in English history, claimed the lives of 361 miners and rescuers in Barnsley, Yorkshire. 📸 Getty

My friend Pontus Skoglund and his colleagues have JUST published this incredible new piece of research into Viking-era migrations - using ancient DNA and a brand new method called TWIGSTATS. This epic piece of research is matched by an epic cover of first 2025 issue of Nature!

At St Michael's, Blewbury, Dame Alice Daunce d1523 is a firm believer in advertising her family connections on her cloak! The tasselled cord holding it on is rather fabulous too! #TextileTuesday