The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳
@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social
Welcome to Cheshire. We are a very friendly and helpful Society, with a lot of knowledgeable volunteers always ready to help you find the Who, What, When, and Where of your ancestry no matter where it's based
https://www.fhsc.org.uk
https://www.fhsc.org.uk
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#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social
Discussion Groups
#DNA, Family Tree Maker, Publishing
Research Buddies
Alsager
Helpdesks
#Chester #Nantwich #Wallasey
Talks
Great British Christmas, Bygone Breweries of #Macclesfield, A seasonal miscellany
Details 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/events.html
Discussion Groups
#DNA, Family Tree Maker, Publishing
Research Buddies
Alsager
Helpdesks
#Chester #Nantwich #Wallasey
Talks
Great British Christmas, Bygone Breweries of #Macclesfield, A seasonal miscellany
Details 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/events.html
. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp
Nothing new for #Cheshire at the BNA this week, maybe we'll get an early Christmas present in a week or two? 🎄
List of all updates in the screenshots below with #AltText as always
Nothing new for #Cheshire at the BNA this week, maybe we'll get an early Christmas present in a week or two? 🎄
List of all updates in the screenshots below with #AltText as always
November 28, 2025 at 8:51 AM
. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp
Nothing new for #Cheshire at the BNA this week, maybe we'll get an early Christmas present in a week or two? 🎄
List of all updates in the screenshots below with #AltText as always
Nothing new for #Cheshire at the BNA this week, maybe we'll get an early Christmas present in a week or two? 🎄
List of all updates in the screenshots below with #AltText as always
. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp
At Ancestry just one new UK/ireland dataset
🚩 #Ireland, Judicial Rents, 1882-1902
Full list of additions this week in screenshot below with #AltText as always
At Ancestry just one new UK/ireland dataset
🚩 #Ireland, Judicial Rents, 1882-1902
Full list of additions this week in screenshot below with #AltText as always
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp
At Ancestry just one new UK/ireland dataset
🚩 #Ireland, Judicial Rents, 1882-1902
Full list of additions this week in screenshot below with #AltText as always
At Ancestry just one new UK/ireland dataset
🚩 #Ireland, Judicial Rents, 1882-1902
Full list of additions this week in screenshot below with #AltText as always
. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp
New records at @findmypast.bsky.social
🚩 Institute of Electrical Engineers
🚩 #NewZealand birth, marriage and death records
🚩 #Northumberland & #Durham Baptisms & Burials
Link to blog with full details
👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/ele...
New records at @findmypast.bsky.social
🚩 Institute of Electrical Engineers
🚩 #NewZealand birth, marriage and death records
🚩 #Northumberland & #Durham Baptisms & Burials
Link to blog with full details
👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/ele...
Delve deeper with essential new additions | Blog
Explore new employment records and births, marriages and deaths spanning the globe.
www.findmypast.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp
New records at @findmypast.bsky.social
🚩 Institute of Electrical Engineers
🚩 #NewZealand birth, marriage and death records
🚩 #Northumberland & #Durham Baptisms & Burials
Link to blog with full details
👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/ele...
New records at @findmypast.bsky.social
🚩 Institute of Electrical Engineers
🚩 #NewZealand birth, marriage and death records
🚩 #Northumberland & #Durham Baptisms & Burials
Link to blog with full details
👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/ele...
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Host Andrew welcomes DearMYRTLE and hears about a kindly nurse who becomes a new mother during a devastating pandemic.
https://familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/11/25/s10ep03-the-kindly-with-dearmyrtle/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
https://familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/11/25/s10ep03-the-kindly-with-dearmyrtle/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
November 25, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Host Andrew welcomes DearMYRTLE and hears about a kindly nurse who becomes a new mother during a devastating pandemic.
https://familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/11/25/s10ep03-the-kindly-with-dearmyrtle/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
https://familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/11/25/s10ep03-the-kindly-with-dearmyrtle/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
Reposted by The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳
Reposted by The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳
Unusual stained glass in St Chad's Church, Farndon, in #Cheshire, both for its date and subject matter. It was commissioned in about 1660 by #Royalist squire William Barnston to celebrate his success defending the city of Chester from #Parliamentarian forces in 1643-5.
#StainedGlassSunday #CivilWar
#StainedGlassSunday #CivilWar
November 23, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Unusual stained glass in St Chad's Church, Farndon, in #Cheshire, both for its date and subject matter. It was commissioned in about 1660 by #Royalist squire William Barnston to celebrate his success defending the city of Chester from #Parliamentarian forces in 1643-5.
#StainedGlassSunday #CivilWar
#StainedGlassSunday #CivilWar
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Tomorrow evening we will celebrate the creative work of the prizewinners and shortlisted authors from the 2024 Cheshire Prize for Literature competition with the launch of the new anthology and readings from the authors themselves. Here's a reminder of last year's cover:
#cheshire #CreativeWriting
#cheshire #CreativeWriting
November 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Tomorrow evening we will celebrate the creative work of the prizewinners and shortlisted authors from the 2024 Cheshire Prize for Literature competition with the launch of the new anthology and readings from the authors themselves. Here's a reminder of last year's cover:
#cheshire #CreativeWriting
#cheshire #CreativeWriting
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Census enumerators either wrote like calligraphers or like they were being chased. There’s no middle ground. #genealogy #FamilyHistory
November 12, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Census enumerators either wrote like calligraphers or like they were being chased. There’s no middle ground. #genealogy #FamilyHistory
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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 8:01 AM
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/
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We're already heading towards our mid-season episode (?!), so here's a little re-cap of where we're up to...
We started of course with our Season 10 trailer.. yes TEN!
familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/11/07/s...
#genealogy #ancestry #trailer #podcast #FamilyHistory
We started of course with our Season 10 trailer.. yes TEN!
familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/11/07/s...
#genealogy #ancestry #trailer #podcast #FamilyHistory
Season 10 arrives! - The Family Histories Podcast
The tenth Season of The Family Histories Podcast has arrived.... with 8 guests across 7 brand new episodes!
familyhistoriespodcast.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:48 PM
We're already heading towards our mid-season episode (?!), so here's a little re-cap of where we're up to...
We started of course with our Season 10 trailer.. yes TEN!
familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/11/07/s...
#genealogy #ancestry #trailer #podcast #FamilyHistory
We started of course with our Season 10 trailer.. yes TEN!
familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/11/07/s...
#genealogy #ancestry #trailer #podcast #FamilyHistory
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A #blackandwhitephotoas part of a #seriesdepicting #lifeof #narrowboatowners along the #waterwaysof #England.There is often little #gemsof #architecturelike this #bridgealong the #canal#CanalRiverTrust#bnw.#ImageShot by a #local#photographerfrom #Cheshire.
November 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A #blackandwhitephotoas part of a #seriesdepicting #lifeof #narrowboatowners along the #waterwaysof #England.There is often little #gemsof #architecturelike this #bridgealong the #canal#CanalRiverTrust#bnw.#ImageShot by a #local#photographerfrom #Cheshire.
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The latest #ReallyUsefulBulletin is out now! Read all about it! www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/files/1006-1...
November 23, 2025 at 12:00 PM
The latest #ReallyUsefulBulletin is out now! Read all about it! www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/files/1006-1...
#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social
Discussion Groups
#DNA, Family Tree Maker, Publishing
Research Buddies
Alsager
Helpdesks
#Chester #Nantwich #Wallasey
Talks
Great British Christmas, Bygone Breweries of #Macclesfield, A seasonal miscellany
Details 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/events.html
Discussion Groups
#DNA, Family Tree Maker, Publishing
Research Buddies
Alsager
Helpdesks
#Chester #Nantwich #Wallasey
Talks
Great British Christmas, Bygone Breweries of #Macclesfield, A seasonal miscellany
Details 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/events.html
November 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social
Discussion Groups
#DNA, Family Tree Maker, Publishing
Research Buddies
Alsager
Helpdesks
#Chester #Nantwich #Wallasey
Talks
Great British Christmas, Bygone Breweries of #Macclesfield, A seasonal miscellany
Details 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/events.html
Discussion Groups
#DNA, Family Tree Maker, Publishing
Research Buddies
Alsager
Helpdesks
#Chester #Nantwich #Wallasey
Talks
Great British Christmas, Bygone Breweries of #Macclesfield, A seasonal miscellany
Details 👉 www.fhsc.org.uk/events.html
Reposted by The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳
During the summer of 2025 I visited the WW1 battlefields and I made a promise. At every cemetery I visited, I would choose one individual and tell their story. This is the second fulfillment of that promise
#WW1 #Military #Genealogy #MilitaryHistory
chiddicksfamilytree.com/2025/11/22/i...
#WW1 #Military #Genealogy #MilitaryHistory
chiddicksfamilytree.com/2025/11/22/i...
In the Shadow of the Great War: Remembering William George Curtin
In the summer of 2025, I travelled to the battlefields of the Western Front to pay tribute to three members of my extended family who gave their lives in the First World War. The experience was bot…
chiddicksfamilytree.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:19 AM
During the summer of 2025 I visited the WW1 battlefields and I made a promise. At every cemetery I visited, I would choose one individual and tell their story. This is the second fulfillment of that promise
#WW1 #Military #Genealogy #MilitaryHistory
chiddicksfamilytree.com/2025/11/22/i...
#WW1 #Military #Genealogy #MilitaryHistory
chiddicksfamilytree.com/2025/11/22/i...
21st November 1918 – The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is passed, allowing women to stand for Parliament in the UK.
Thanks to British History for the image
Thanks to British History for the image
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
21st November 1918 – The Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act 1918 is passed, allowing women to stand for Parliament in the UK.
Thanks to British History for the image
Thanks to British History for the image
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!!! Three more organisations have joined the global #OurFutureMemory movement!
* @iua-official.bsky.social Librarians’ Group (IUALG)
* Boston Library Consortium
* @libraryfutures.bsky.social
🔗 Full announcement: www.internetarchive.eu/2025/11/21/t...
🔗 Promote the campaign: ourfuturememory.org
* @iua-official.bsky.social Librarians’ Group (IUALG)
* Boston Library Consortium
* @libraryfutures.bsky.social
🔗 Full announcement: www.internetarchive.eu/2025/11/21/t...
🔗 Promote the campaign: ourfuturememory.org
November 21, 2025 at 10:05 AM
!!! Three more organisations have joined the global #OurFutureMemory movement!
* @iua-official.bsky.social Librarians’ Group (IUALG)
* Boston Library Consortium
* @libraryfutures.bsky.social
🔗 Full announcement: www.internetarchive.eu/2025/11/21/t...
🔗 Promote the campaign: ourfuturememory.org
* @iua-official.bsky.social Librarians’ Group (IUALG)
* Boston Library Consortium
* @libraryfutures.bsky.social
🔗 Full announcement: www.internetarchive.eu/2025/11/21/t...
🔗 Promote the campaign: ourfuturememory.org
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POV: Our journey into the Special Collections office this morning.
If you also regretted not brushing up on your skating skills this morning we've got a handy Skating and Sliding guide in our 19th Century Collection!
Read about the origins of the book on our blog: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/speccoll/201...
If you also regretted not brushing up on your skating skills this morning we've got a handy Skating and Sliding guide in our 19th Century Collection!
Read about the origins of the book on our blog: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/speccoll/201...
November 21, 2025 at 11:56 AM
POV: Our journey into the Special Collections office this morning.
If you also regretted not brushing up on your skating skills this morning we've got a handy Skating and Sliding guide in our 19th Century Collection!
Read about the origins of the book on our blog: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/speccoll/201...
If you also regretted not brushing up on your skating skills this morning we've got a handy Skating and Sliding guide in our 19th Century Collection!
Read about the origins of the book on our blog: blogs.ncl.ac.uk/speccoll/201...
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With this years Ashes beginning in the early hours of this morning, we thought we'd point you in the direction of @TheVictCommons where they explore the link between cricket and the Victorian House of Commons
historyofparliament.com/2025/11/20/c...
historyofparliament.com/2025/11/20/c...
Cricket in the Commons: a Victorian First Eleven - The History of Parliament
With the 2025 Ashes between England and Australia getting underway this week, we have a cricketing themed post from our House of Commons, 1832-1945 project.
historyofparliament.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:38 AM
With this years Ashes beginning in the early hours of this morning, we thought we'd point you in the direction of @TheVictCommons where they explore the link between cricket and the Victorian House of Commons
historyofparliament.com/2025/11/20/c...
historyofparliament.com/2025/11/20/c...
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Giants & Witchcraft! The latest episode of Tales From Antiquaria is 1/2 on 'A Sheaf of Gleanings' from 1883. Some of the tales in this offer real insight into the magical thinking of the Shropshire folks in centuries past! talesfromantiquaria.com/episodes
#folklorepodcast #shropshirefolklore
#folklorepodcast #shropshirefolklore
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Giants & Witchcraft! The latest episode of Tales From Antiquaria is 1/2 on 'A Sheaf of Gleanings' from 1883. Some of the tales in this offer real insight into the magical thinking of the Shropshire folks in centuries past! talesfromantiquaria.com/episodes
#folklorepodcast #shropshirefolklore
#folklorepodcast #shropshirefolklore
The Collections Story - Moving Methods
One of the questions we’ve been asked most regularly in the run-up to our big move is: “Which records are heading to Crewe, and which are staying in Chester?”
Find out more from Cheshire's archives👉 www.cheshirestoryshared.org/home/the-col...
One of the questions we’ve been asked most regularly in the run-up to our big move is: “Which records are heading to Crewe, and which are staying in Chester?”
Find out more from Cheshire's archives👉 www.cheshirestoryshared.org/home/the-col...
The Collections Story - Moving Methods — Cheshire's archives: a story shared
One of the questions we’ve been asked most regularly in the run-up to our big move is: “Which records are heading to Crewe, and which are staying in Chester?” A little while back, we share...
www.cheshirestoryshared.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The Collections Story - Moving Methods
One of the questions we’ve been asked most regularly in the run-up to our big move is: “Which records are heading to Crewe, and which are staying in Chester?”
Find out more from Cheshire's archives👉 www.cheshirestoryshared.org/home/the-col...
One of the questions we’ve been asked most regularly in the run-up to our big move is: “Which records are heading to Crewe, and which are staying in Chester?”
Find out more from Cheshire's archives👉 www.cheshirestoryshared.org/home/the-col...
Reposted by The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳
Plas Newydd exhibition, 2022
Newly created textiles by artist Sarah-Joy Ford reflected the lives of the Ladies Of #Llangollen, the famous residents of #PlasNewydd, North #Wales. Here, a bedspread is lit by coloured light from the stained glass window.
#PalacesAndGardens #UpholsteryAndTextiles
Newly created textiles by artist Sarah-Joy Ford reflected the lives of the Ladies Of #Llangollen, the famous residents of #PlasNewydd, North #Wales. Here, a bedspread is lit by coloured light from the stained glass window.
#PalacesAndGardens #UpholsteryAndTextiles
November 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Plas Newydd exhibition, 2022
Newly created textiles by artist Sarah-Joy Ford reflected the lives of the Ladies Of #Llangollen, the famous residents of #PlasNewydd, North #Wales. Here, a bedspread is lit by coloured light from the stained glass window.
#PalacesAndGardens #UpholsteryAndTextiles
Newly created textiles by artist Sarah-Joy Ford reflected the lives of the Ladies Of #Llangollen, the famous residents of #PlasNewydd, North #Wales. Here, a bedspread is lit by coloured light from the stained glass window.
#PalacesAndGardens #UpholsteryAndTextiles
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#FamilyTreeDNA have pulled together a guide to #genealogy #courses as part of their Gift Guide series, and we are delighted to see our DNA courses featured. Read the full post here:
blog.familytreedna.com/top-genealog...
#Ancestry
blog.familytreedna.com/top-genealog...
#Ancestry
Top Genealogy Education Gifts – FamilyTreeDNA Gift Guide 2025
Support the family historian in your life with genealogy education gifts that strengthen their research skills and deepen their connection to the past.
blog.familytreedna.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
#FamilyTreeDNA have pulled together a guide to #genealogy #courses as part of their Gift Guide series, and we are delighted to see our DNA courses featured. Read the full post here:
blog.familytreedna.com/top-genealog...
#Ancestry
blog.familytreedna.com/top-genealog...
#Ancestry
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#DisabilityHistoryMonth starts today!
The Railway Work, Life & Death project is an important resource for understanding occupational disability in the past, via the railways.
Read more about just a few of the people whose life stories we've explored:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk?s=disability
The Railway Work, Life & Death project is an important resource for understanding occupational disability in the past, via the railways.
Read more about just a few of the people whose life stories we've explored:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk?s=disability
You searched for disability - Railway Work, Life & Death
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
November 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
#DisabilityHistoryMonth starts today!
The Railway Work, Life & Death project is an important resource for understanding occupational disability in the past, via the railways.
Read more about just a few of the people whose life stories we've explored:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk?s=disability
The Railway Work, Life & Death project is an important resource for understanding occupational disability in the past, via the railways.
Read more about just a few of the people whose life stories we've explored:
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk?s=disability
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The team building a replica of the 88ft Sutton Hoo ship are looking for appropriate names for the boat. 180 volunteers are working on the replica ship. 👇
BBC News - Sutton Hoo ship name contest urges no 'Boaty McBoatface' suggestions - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Sutton Hoo ship name contest urges no 'Boaty McBoatface' suggestions - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sutton Hoo ship name contest urges no 'Boaty McBoatface' suggestions
Sutton Hoo Ship's Company wants help naming their replica, but urges people not to make joke suggestions.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The team building a replica of the 88ft Sutton Hoo ship are looking for appropriate names for the boat. 180 volunteers are working on the replica ship. 👇
BBC News - Sutton Hoo ship name contest urges no 'Boaty McBoatface' suggestions - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Sutton Hoo ship name contest urges no 'Boaty McBoatface' suggestions - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp
Nothing new for #Cheshire at the BNA this week 😒
Details of all updates in screenshots below with #AltText as usual
Nothing new for #Cheshire at the BNA this week 😒
Details of all updates in screenshots below with #AltText as usual
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 AM
. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp
Nothing new for #Cheshire at the BNA this week 😒
Details of all updates in screenshots below with #AltText as usual
Nothing new for #Cheshire at the BNA this week 😒
Details of all updates in screenshots below with #AltText as usual