Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡
@allthosebefore.bsky.social
Family historian, blogger, podcast guest and speaker. Pharos student. Also Mum, wife, and full-time public servant of 33 years and counting. Fuelled alternatively by coffee and wine.
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #OnePlaceStudy
www.allthosebefore.org.uk
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #OnePlaceStudy
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Several people have commented about Ancestry's updated #DNA ethnicity estimates over the past 24 hours. I've written a short blog post about how mine have changed. To sum up: more Dutch, no longer Scottish. I also stand in solidarity with the people of #Yorkshire!
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Great advice!
We need to talk about enparishification…
Does your research lack detail? Are you unsure about where your ancestors actually came from? Can you tell the difference between a village and a parish of the same name or do you often conflate the two?
If you answered ‘yes’ to those questions, watch this…
Does your research lack detail? Are you unsure about where your ancestors actually came from? Can you tell the difference between a village and a parish of the same name or do you often conflate the two?
If you answered ‘yes’ to those questions, watch this…
Setting The Record Straight: Episode 27 - Enparishification
YouTube video by Lifelines Research
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Great advice!
Reposted by Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡
We need to talk about enparishification…
Does your research lack detail? Are you unsure about where your ancestors actually came from? Can you tell the difference between a village and a parish of the same name or do you often conflate the two?
If you answered ‘yes’ to those questions, watch this…
Does your research lack detail? Are you unsure about where your ancestors actually came from? Can you tell the difference between a village and a parish of the same name or do you often conflate the two?
If you answered ‘yes’ to those questions, watch this…
Setting The Record Straight: Episode 27 - Enparishification
YouTube video by Lifelines Research
youtu.be
November 28, 2025 at 8:33 AM
We need to talk about enparishification…
Does your research lack detail? Are you unsure about where your ancestors actually came from? Can you tell the difference between a village and a parish of the same name or do you often conflate the two?
If you answered ‘yes’ to those questions, watch this…
Does your research lack detail? Are you unsure about where your ancestors actually came from? Can you tell the difference between a village and a parish of the same name or do you often conflate the two?
If you answered ‘yes’ to those questions, watch this…
If you have Scottish ancestors you might want to look at this.
Registration for the Scottish GENES Webinar "The Godly Commonwealth: Discover Scottish Church Records", this Sat 29 Nov, 7pm (UK), is £10, via us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... (A recording will be available for a week after, and there will be a handout) #genealogy #Scotland
November 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
If you have Scottish ancestors you might want to look at this.
Wishing all my American friends a very Happy Thanksgiving.
November 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Wishing all my American friends a very Happy Thanksgiving.
Oh, my! Look what arrived in the post today: not one but TWO parcels of books. One from the @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social book sale (half of Mr H’s ancestors were from Winsford) and the other … well, I can’t wait to dive in!
November 27, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Oh, my! Look what arrived in the post today: not one but TWO parcels of books. One from the @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social book sale (half of Mr H’s ancestors were from Winsford) and the other … well, I can’t wait to dive in!
This must be one of the more unusual planning applications to be considered by a council planning committee: construction of an artificial badger sett. This is so that an established family of badgers can be moved to a more peaceful part of the park.
democracy.tunbridgewells.gov.uk/documents/s8...
democracy.tunbridgewells.gov.uk/documents/s8...
democracy.tunbridgewells.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This must be one of the more unusual planning applications to be considered by a council planning committee: construction of an artificial badger sett. This is so that an established family of badgers can be moved to a more peaceful part of the park.
democracy.tunbridgewells.gov.uk/documents/s8...
democracy.tunbridgewells.gov.uk/documents/s8...
This was a great read on the train into work today.
Did Oliver Cromwell Really Ban Christmas? by Anna Cusack. In a word, no… there was a ban, but it was Parliament that introduced it. Cromwell’s involvement was limited at best.https://how-to-history.com/2025/11/26/did-oliver-cromwell-really-ban-christmas/
November 26, 2025 at 6:09 PM
This was a great read on the train into work today.
This morning’s walk into the office was a competition between tractor horns in Trafalgar Square and Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ in Parliament Square this morning.
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This morning’s walk into the office was a competition between tractor horns in Trafalgar Square and Beethoven’s ‘Ode to Joy’ in Parliament Square this morning.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Legacy Webinars is having their massive Black Friday sale! You can get a full year of unlimited access to my 3 webinars—plus over 2,500 other genealogy classes—for 50% off. That's just $24.98 for the entire year.
The sale ends Nov 30th. Check it out here:
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The sale ends Nov 30th. Check it out here:
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FFS 😡
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
November 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
FFS 😡
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
FINLAND IS NOT RE-GAUGING ITS RAILWAYS
Just because an urbanist influencer has posted a 6 months old piece (that was anyway inaccurate) about it does not mean it is happening!
Finland *might* lay some additional standard gauge track from Sweden to Oulu
So this week’s focus for my @pharostutors.bsky.social course on 17th century records is all about the English Civil War. I’m getting flashbacks to a very old TV drama I watched when I was young. I think it was called ‘By the sword divided’. Does anyone remember this?
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
So this week’s focus for my @pharostutors.bsky.social course on 17th century records is all about the English Civil War. I’m getting flashbacks to a very old TV drama I watched when I was young. I think it was called ‘By the sword divided’. Does anyone remember this?
One for the England cricket fans …
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
One for the England cricket fans …
I’ve ordered the hardback edition already. Now I’m waiting … 😊
Morton Farrier is back!
The Hop-Picker Murders now available in 2 places before release on 20 December.
Hardback (early access): The Great British Bookshop
Ebook (early access): Curios or my website – readable on Kindle, Kobo, iPad, phone… anything.
Or pre-order now everywhere!
(Links in comments)
The Hop-Picker Murders now available in 2 places before release on 20 December.
Hardback (early access): The Great British Bookshop
Ebook (early access): Curios or my website – readable on Kindle, Kobo, iPad, phone… anything.
Or pre-order now everywhere!
(Links in comments)
November 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I’ve ordered the hardback edition already. Now I’m waiting … 😊
What is this thing called “too many books”? 😂 But yes, this #BlueSky vibe is my life.
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 10:32 PM
What is this thing called “too many books”? 😂 But yes, this #BlueSky vibe is my life.
In the CofE the Sunday before Advent is known as Stir-up Sunday because of the collect:
Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
November 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In the CofE the Sunday before Advent is known as Stir-up Sunday because of the collect:
Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
I’m not impressed with the research here. There’s some misunderstanding here about how the death penalty and transportation operated. Also, there’s no mention that this offence was part of the Swing Riots that swept Kent in 1830, protesting about tithes, the Poor Law and mechanisation in farming.
The dark history of Penenden Heath, Maidstone, Kent where executions took place from the 7th century to 1830. 👇
BBC News - Maidstone suburb park has a 'dark history' of executions - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Maidstone suburb park has a 'dark history' of executions - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Maidstone suburb park has a 'dark history' of executions
Researchers have
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:25 AM
I’m not impressed with the research here. There’s some misunderstanding here about how the death penalty and transportation operated. Also, there’s no mention that this offence was part of the Swing Riots that swept Kent in 1830, protesting about tithes, the Poor Law and mechanisation in farming.
Sorry to have missed #OPSconf25 yesterday; it sounds like you had some excellent presentations and some lively discussion too.
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Sorry to have missed #OPSconf25 yesterday; it sounds like you had some excellent presentations and some lively discussion too.
Reposted by Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡
They are proud to be uneducated, watch YouTube videos and think they know more than experts, think everything they don’t understand is “woke,” lunatics running the asylum
November 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
They are proud to be uneducated, watch YouTube videos and think they know more than experts, think everything they don’t understand is “woke,” lunatics running the asylum
Reposted by Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡
This, from the Guardian, is Ryanair at its very worst.
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
November 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This, from the Guardian, is Ryanair at its very worst.
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
I guess that when you take your opponent’s piece you eat it! 😂
November 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I guess that when you take your opponent’s piece you eat it! 😂
Reposted by Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡
A Monarch on a Mexican Sunflower.
#Butterflies #Insects #Macro #MacroPhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin
#Butterflies #Insects #Macro #MacroPhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 AM
A Monarch on a Mexican Sunflower.
#Butterflies #Insects #Macro #MacroPhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin
#Butterflies #Insects #Macro #MacroPhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NaturePhotography #PhotographersUnited #BlueskyArtShow #EastCoastKin
Hello, #GenHour! I’m pleased to report that I’ve passed module 8 of my Intermediate Certificate programme with @pharostutors.bsky.social and @sogorg.bsky.social. I’m already well into module 9, which for me is 17th century sources. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
November 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Hello, #GenHour! I’m pleased to report that I’ve passed module 8 of my Intermediate Certificate programme with @pharostutors.bsky.social and @sogorg.bsky.social. I’m already well into module 9, which for me is 17th century sources. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
I’m booked for three days of studying maps with @ihr.bsky.social in January.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Historic Maps: Interpreting Stories of Place
Discovery Course 1
www.history.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I’m booked for three days of studying maps with @ihr.bsky.social in January.
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
About 11am this morning, here in Kent (south of England). 😱
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
About 11am this morning, here in Kent (south of England). 😱
Hello, #AncestryHour. I’ve not had much time for #FamilyHistory research, what with studying and also celebrating my son’s 18th birthday. But I’m working on my elusive #DNA link to Mormons in Utah. I’ve found a new family group who emigrated, but they went to Australia, not the USA. 🤦🏼♀️
November 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Hello, #AncestryHour. I’ve not had much time for #FamilyHistory research, what with studying and also celebrating my son’s 18th birthday. But I’m working on my elusive #DNA link to Mormons in Utah. I’ve found a new family group who emigrated, but they went to Australia, not the USA. 🤦🏼♀️