1597 will - testator leaves a ewe and a 'tegge' to his daughter. A 'tegge' is a young sheep - every day is a school day! @ihgs.bsky.social
Migrant ancestors like Joe Swash? Get started with research today @ihgs.bsky.social www.ihgs.ac.uk/researching-...
New WDYTYA? returns next week! @ihgs.bsky.social www.ihgs.ac.uk/new-wdytya-r...
There are four major providers of courses for those who wish to learn more about English and Welsh genealogical sources. Three of these offer advanced courses leading to qualifications that are recognised by AGRA as fulfilling some of our admission requirements. www.agra.org.uk/join-education
Happy #Kent Day to all who celebrate. 😛
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New to Latin and old handwriting (Palaeography?) in your archival work/family history/historical project? Rusty with these skills or looking to improve them?
Not sure how to get started properly? Then this series of summer schools in Birmingham are for you. #Skystorians
Volunteer Iona has completed an index of the Yarmouth gaol register 1838-50 — 3,965 entries. She found prisoners from Europe, the US, Canada, India, Yarmouth and Norfolk; ages 7-82. Offences range from pickpocketing to murder. #VolunteersWeek
A quick image quality comparison...
Image #1 is Ancestry's version of a page taken from a WW1 British Army Service Record
Image #2 is the same page from Findmypast
I'll leave it up to you decide which you prefer...
The Society is deeply saddened to hear of the death on 16 May of Michael Gandy FSG, aged 76.
A long-standing member, Chairman and Fellow of the Society, Michael served as editor of The Genealogists’ Magazine from 2000 and was a much-valued friend and supporter of the genealogy community.
The School, formerly the Keele Latin and Palaeography Summer School, returns for its 49th year. In 2025 The Ranulf Higden Society took over the organisation of the Latin and Palaeography Summer Sch…
#FamilyHistory #CatholicGenealogy
A thorough priest!
Edward Barron was born and baptized in 1902. In 1935, he married my cousin, Mary McGarrity. Mary died in early 1946, and Edward remarried later that year.
All the details are cross-referenced on Edward's baptismal record.
#AboveAndBeyond
Kent Day is celebrated on 26th May, the feast day of St Augustine. In honour of the day we present our portrait of the county and a Map of Kent. Kent is a maritime county at the south-easternmost p…
