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Jane Hough 🌳🧬🏡
@allthosebefore.bsky.social
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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
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One for the England cricket fans …
A cartoon of a man watching TV, telling his wife that he’s so depressed by the speculation surrounding the Government’s budget statement on 26 November that he’d prefer to watch a replay of the first Ashes Test match. (England were roundly beaten by Australia.)
November 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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The pudding bowl is an old Cornishware one. The glaze has crackled a bit over the years, but it still takes a long steaming in its stride.
A pudding basin with blue and white stripes, sitting on a trivet.
November 23, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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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.
The ingredients for making my Christmas pudding, including dried fruit, eggs, sugar, breadcrumbs, a lemon, an apple, butter and black treacle. Me, stirring the pudding and making a wish. All the family take turns. The pudding, covered with foil and gently steaming in a large saucepan.
November 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
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Could be friends with my favourite from Salisbury Cathedral.
A carved stone face of a man with a beard and flowing hair who is smiling. The face is located at the junction of two archways inside a cathedral.
November 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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About 11am this morning, here in Kent (south of England). 😱
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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I see from a screenshot captured by @sjcaracciacpa.bsky.social yesterday evening that the full text search covers “books, stories and newspapers”. That suggests it’s not across record sets, so for example, you couldn’t search for witness names on marriage register entries.
A screenshot from the Ancestry website showing a new search option for full text searching.
November 19, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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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. 🤦🏼‍♀️
My son standing at the bar and buying his first pint of beer. The woman serving him checked his ID, and then congratulated him.
November 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Here he is buying his first pint of beer in our local pub. It’s been a wonderful weekend with family, and friends who are godparents. I’ve been quite emotional at times, but I’m pleased to have given a short speech last night. It makes a change from speeches being a man thing! 😂
On the right is a very handsome young man (my son) buying his first beer at a bar on his 18th birthday. On the left is the barmaid, delighted to be serving someone on their 18th birthday.
November 16, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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The vicar of St Neot's in Huntingdonshire was busy on 19 May 1803 - he baptised nine children. I'd love to know if anyone has found more than this! #FamilyHistory #Genealogy
An extract from a parish register of baptisms dating from 1803 showing nine taking place on one day.
November 15, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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With a day off work I'm working on my Huntingdonshire ancestors, now that parish registers are on Ancestry. But look at these pages - they're all oriented wrong! I'm having to turn each one round, in the opposite direction for alternate pages.
A page from a parish baptism register which has been presented in landscape format not portrait.
November 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Special delivery! 18 years ago today I had an unplanned C-section and look who arrived. Tonight he buys his own beer, and tomorrow we celebrate with family and godparents. Feeling thankful for the miracle of IVF treatment.
The face of a newborn baby, wrapped in a blanket and sleeping soundly.
November 14, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Wishing my aunt Margaret a very happy 87th birthday today. My cousin asked at the weekend if anyone could send a card, and look what happened.
A large pile of birthday cards, ready to be opened.
November 13, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Last year I wrote a collection of pen portraits of those in my family tree who lost their lives in wartime. Sharing here, along with photos taken in Whitehall yesterday.

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The Cenotaph in Whitehall in London, with wreaths placed on Remembrance Sunday. A sea of poppy wreaths at the base of the Cenotaph. Close to the Cenotaph in Whitehall, the memorial commemorating all the women who contributed to the UK’s war effort during the Second World War.
November 11, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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A dull, damp and grey start to the week. Commuting is hard work this time of year.
A picture taken at the far end of a railway platform, looking back towards the small station building.
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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Goodness - I remember going there as a child! This photo was taken at Hilton maze in summer 1974 - I’m the cheeky one on the right. My sister is the grumpy-looking baby.
A mother and her three young children sitting on a bench. Her eldest daughter sits on the right, her son is standing on the bench, and she holds her baby on her lap.
November 8, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Not so Wookiee today after a visit to the dog groomer. #Luca #DogsOfBluesky
A brown cockapoo dog sitting in front of a bookcase.
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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And right now, he’s lurking under a chair, wagging his tail, but vehemently not coming out to be fussed.
A dog hiding under an armchair.
November 4, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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And in the meantime, I can offer you a completely stupid chilled-out dog picture. Our hound is a softie of the first order! 😂
A brown cockapoo dog lying on his back, being stroked and clearly feeling very chilled out.
November 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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If anyone ever wanted to know why owning a dog is so special, this picture sums it up. #Luca
He’s due for a haircut, but he’s so utterly chilled! 😂
A brown cockapoo dog, laying on a sofa with his paws in the air, utterly chilled and relaxed.
November 3, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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I thought there was one missing: this one arrived in the post today.
A book entitled ‘Manors and Manorial Documents after 1500’.
November 1, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Looks like I have another afternoon hiding upstairs in my study! 😂 #Rugby
A poster advertising the England v Australia rugby international match.
November 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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As I finish one course with @pharostutors.bsky.social I’m straight into the next - hello to the 17th Century! More (second hand) books for my rapidly growing collection.
A stack of books for family history research sitting on top of a box with marquetry on the front.
October 31, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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#31DaysOfGraves day 30 - colour. This slightly out-of-focus picture is the grave of my parents-in-law. Back in the spring I transplanted some autumn-flowering cyclamens from my garden, and here’s one in flower. The plants originally came from their garden, so it seemed an appropriate addition.
A small, pale pink cyclamen flower growing in the bed of gravel of a grave. The shiny granite headstone is just visible at the back.
October 30, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Because every science centre should have a #DNA themed #DoubleHelix climbing frame. Many years ago at Herstmonceux Observatory in Sussex.
A small boy wearing an orange sweater on a climbing frame at a children’s playground. The climbing frame is shaped like a double helix of DNA. In the background is the green dome of a building housing a telescope.
October 30, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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#31DaysOfGraves day 29 - #Occupations. This is the grave of my 3xGGF Joseph Entwistle, his 3rd wife Sarah Swinden and 2nd wife Mary Ward. Joseph is described as “joiner of this town” and “maker of 6,600 coffins”. Edgerton Cemetery, #Huddersfield.

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A close up picture of a dark gravestone marking the burial of Sarah Swinden, Mary Ward and Joseph Entwistle. The two women are the 3rd and 2nd wives of Joseph respectively.
October 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM