@findmypast.bsky.social is doing a great 50% off subscription promotion on their .ie domain.
#IrishGenealogy #AncestryHour #GenHour #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
#IrishGenealogy #AncestryHour #GenHour #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
November 2, 2026 at 9:42 PM
@findmypast.bsky.social is doing a great 50% off subscription promotion on their .ie domain.
#IrishGenealogy #AncestryHour #GenHour #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
#IrishGenealogy #AncestryHour #GenHour #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
Oh goodness, I was already thrilled to be on the program and now realize what an awesome cohort this is. Thank you, lovely to meet you all.
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #GenHour
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #GenHour
We're delighted to welcome;
- Susan Ilie
- Ben Shaw
- Barbara Tien (@projectkin.bsky.social)
- Pooran Bridgelal
- Natalie Pithers (@genealogystoriesuk.bsky.social)
- Randy Seaver
- Karen de Bruyne (@karen-genealogist.bsky.social)
- Susan Ilie
- Ben Shaw
- Barbara Tien (@projectkin.bsky.social)
- Pooran Bridgelal
- Natalie Pithers (@genealogystoriesuk.bsky.social)
- Randy Seaver
- Karen de Bruyne (@karen-genealogist.bsky.social)
November 2, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Oh goodness, I was already thrilled to be on the program and now realize what an awesome cohort this is. Thank you, lovely to meet you all.
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #GenHour
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy #GenHour
Greetings #GenHour friends! How is your #genealogy, #FamilyHistory, #LocalHistory, #HouseHistory, #OnePlaceStudy, or #OneNameStudy research going this week?
October 29, 2026 at 8:03 PM
Greetings #GenHour friends! How is your #genealogy, #FamilyHistory, #LocalHistory, #HouseHistory, #OnePlaceStudy, or #OneNameStudy research going this week?
#GenHour If you have a Lost Cousins account, check your My Details page and make sure your email address is up to date. #genealogy #FamilyHistory
October 29, 2026 at 9:06 PM
#GenHour If you have a Lost Cousins account, check your My Details page and make sure your email address is up to date. #genealogy #FamilyHistory
I don't know if anyone will be interested, but I didn't record this as I said I would. Sadly, I won't be doing another in the future. #Genealogy #GenHour
November 3, 2026 at 9:32 AM
I don't know if anyone will be interested, but I didn't record this as I said I would. Sadly, I won't be doing another in the future. #Genealogy #GenHour
#GenHour I'll be so glad after we go back to Standard Time this weekend.
Reminder to North American* friends: the UK has already switched their clocks back, so #AncestryHour and #GenHour will be an hour *later* to us this week than we usually see them.
Next week, after we've fallen back, we'll be in sync again.
* Arizona & other places that don't do DST, I salute you
Next week, after we've fallen back, we'll be in sync again.
* Arizona & other places that don't do DST, I salute you
October 29, 2026 at 7:46 PM
#GenHour I'll be so glad after we go back to Standard Time this weekend.
20% off tickets for the Family Tree Live #FamilyHistory show, at Statfold Country Park near Tamworth, Staffordshire next year!
#Genealogy #GenHour #AncestryHour
#Genealogy #GenHour #AncestryHour
We're opening up our early bird (or should that be 'bat'?) offer for Family Tree Live tickets!
Use code BOO-FTLIVE27 before 1st Nov to claim a 20% off tickets to the family history event, at Statfold Country Park, 22-23 May 2027!
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Use code BOO-FTLIVE27 before 1st Nov to claim a 20% off tickets to the family history event, at Statfold Country Park, 22-23 May 2027!
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October 29, 2026 at 6:28 PM
20% off tickets for the Family Tree Live #FamilyHistory show, at Statfold Country Park near Tamworth, Staffordshire next year!
#Genealogy #GenHour #AncestryHour
#Genealogy #GenHour #AncestryHour
#GenHour I hope @davelifelines.bsky.social does this talk. Now I'm on the lookout for records in my own collection (I posted one choice census enumeration in his replies already).
I'm considering writing a new talk, looking at the attitudes of certain clergymen, census enumerators and poor law officers to the less fortunate members of society and how those attitudes are expressed in the records.
The title of the talk?
Self-Righteous Judgemental Bastards
Thoughts? 😬
The title of the talk?
Self-Righteous Judgemental Bastards
Thoughts? 😬
October 29, 2026 at 8:13 PM
#GenHour I hope @davelifelines.bsky.social does this talk. Now I'm on the lookout for records in my own collection (I posted one choice census enumeration in his replies already).
#GenHour Still on the to-do list: getting back to learning how to use Clooz. I want it for FAN research, for the #OnePlaceStudy, for #HouseHistory, so many things.
clooz.com
clooz.com
Clooz by Ancestral Systems – Connecting people through documents
clooz.com
October 29, 2026 at 8:35 PM
#GenHour Still on the to-do list: getting back to learning how to use Clooz. I want it for FAN research, for the #OnePlaceStudy, for #HouseHistory, so many things.
clooz.com
clooz.com
I’m a lazy amateur genealogist with what may seem like a silly question: how distant do people go when adding to their tree? My ancestors tree runs in the 1000s. I go back & forth on adding anything beyond 6th cousins coming into the present but go further than that going back.
October 27, 2026 at 7:45 PM
I'll see you all next week for #AncestryHour at its usual time, or on Thursday for #GenHour at its out-of-sync timeslot.
Reminder to North American* friends: the UK has already switched their clocks back, so #AncestryHour and #GenHour will be an hour *later* to us this week than we usually see them.
Next week, after we've fallen back, we'll be in sync again.
* Arizona & other places that don't do DST, I salute you
Next week, after we've fallen back, we'll be in sync again.
* Arizona & other places that don't do DST, I salute you
October 27, 2026 at 8:08 PM
I'll see you all next week for #AncestryHour at its usual time, or on Thursday for #GenHour at its out-of-sync timeslot.
#GenHour I soent the afternoon going through someone’s house clearance purchase. Despite being in a car boot miles away it all related to a person who’s photo archive I have just taken delivery of!
October 29, 2026 at 8:12 PM
#GenHour I soent the afternoon going through someone’s house clearance purchase. Despite being in a car boot miles away it all related to a person who’s photo archive I have just taken delivery of!
Well everything that could go wrong did go wrong at my A History of the Census Takers Chat Party last night. Hardly anyone turned up, despite registering, and some of those who did turn up were trolls intent on causing havoc. A Halloween disaster! 🎃 #Genealogy #GenHour #Ancestry #Neveragain
October 31, 2026 at 8:18 AM
Well everything that could go wrong did go wrong at my A History of the Census Takers Chat Party last night. Hardly anyone turned up, despite registering, and some of those who did turn up were trolls intent on causing havoc. A Halloween disaster! 🎃 #Genealogy #GenHour #Ancestry #Neveragain
Our talks for this season include:
portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/2...
T. Cribb & Sons: A Family Funeral Business in East London on 29 October, followed by A Virtual Tour of the National Funeral Museum + Death & Resurrection: The Body Snatchers on Halloween itself.
There's more to discover! #GenHour
portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/2...
T. Cribb & Sons: A Family Funeral Business in East London on 29 October, followed by A Virtual Tour of the National Funeral Museum + Death & Resurrection: The Body Snatchers on Halloween itself.
There's more to discover! #GenHour
October 29, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Our talks for this season include:
portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/2...
T. Cribb & Sons: A Family Funeral Business in East London on 29 October, followed by A Virtual Tour of the National Funeral Museum + Death & Resurrection: The Body Snatchers on Halloween itself.
There's more to discover! #GenHour
portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/2...
T. Cribb & Sons: A Family Funeral Business in East London on 29 October, followed by A Virtual Tour of the National Funeral Museum + Death & Resurrection: The Body Snatchers on Halloween itself.
There's more to discover! #GenHour
#GenHour due to my current project I really don’t have time to look at records. Except when I was scanning a 1937 directory and noticed my great grandparents address. They moved to Leeds at some point and now I know it was before 1937! Though my Grandad used the address for absentee voting in 1939.
October 29, 2026 at 8:26 PM
#GenHour due to my current project I really don’t have time to look at records. Except when I was scanning a 1937 directory and noticed my great grandparents address. They moved to Leeds at some point and now I know it was before 1937! Though my Grandad used the address for absentee voting in 1939.
#GenHour This week I made an exciting new discovery, then when I went to correlate the information with the other records I had about the family, I discovered I had already seen that record. 🤦
Double-checked all the Quaker dates, discovered a typo in a marriage date, then fixed it.
Double-checked all the Quaker dates, discovered a typo in a marriage date, then fixed it.
October 29, 2026 at 8:05 PM
#GenHour This week I made an exciting new discovery, then when I went to correlate the information with the other records I had about the family, I discovered I had already seen that record. 🤦
Double-checked all the Quaker dates, discovered a typo in a marriage date, then fixed it.
Double-checked all the Quaker dates, discovered a typo in a marriage date, then fixed it.
And earlier this week I got a sneak preview of a similar type of database devoted to records from the Austrian and Hungarian Empire. It looks incredible!
Unfortunately, this database will be behind a paywall of the organization hosting it, so it won't be as widely accessible.
#GenHour
Unfortunately, this database will be behind a paywall of the organization hosting it, so it won't be as widely accessible.
#GenHour
October 29, 2026 at 8:01 PM
And earlier this week I got a sneak preview of a similar type of database devoted to records from the Austrian and Hungarian Empire. It looks incredible!
Unfortunately, this database will be behind a paywall of the organization hosting it, so it won't be as widely accessible.
#GenHour
Unfortunately, this database will be behind a paywall of the organization hosting it, so it won't be as widely accessible.
#GenHour
#GenHour Also, I regret to say, I do not like findmypast's new online tool which is supposed to help one find people on war memorials. My initial search for my study place failed, and I had to search for county, then look through the parishes until I found my place.
#OnePlaceWednesday If you use findmypast's new online tool, be prepared to find servings of AI-generated sludge riddled with errors.
Write the stories of the people in your #OnePlaceStudy yourself. Writing—no matter how tedious you may find it—is far more enjoyable than correcting computer vomit.
Write the stories of the people in your #OnePlaceStudy yourself. Writing—no matter how tedious you may find it—is far more enjoyable than correcting computer vomit.
Findmypast has launched a new online tool making it easier to trace men commemorated on First World War memorials - and they want family historians to try it out now!
www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...
www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...
October 29, 2026 at 8:19 PM
#GenHour Also, I regret to say, I do not like findmypast's new online tool which is supposed to help one find people on war memorials. My initial search for my study place failed, and I had to search for county, then look through the parishes until I found my place.
Hi #GenHour!
Body snatchers, funeral museums and the stories behind our ancestors' deaths.
Explore the darker side of family history this Halloween with the Society of Genealogists' In Memoriam talks.
Find out more: portal.sog.org.uk/event/list/s...
#Halloween #Genealogy
Body snatchers, funeral museums and the stories behind our ancestors' deaths.
Explore the darker side of family history this Halloween with the Society of Genealogists' In Memoriam talks.
Find out more: portal.sog.org.uk/event/list/s...
#Halloween #Genealogy
October 29, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Hi #GenHour!
Body snatchers, funeral museums and the stories behind our ancestors' deaths.
Explore the darker side of family history this Halloween with the Society of Genealogists' In Memoriam talks.
Find out more: portal.sog.org.uk/event/list/s...
#Halloween #Genealogy
Body snatchers, funeral museums and the stories behind our ancestors' deaths.
Explore the darker side of family history this Halloween with the Society of Genealogists' In Memoriam talks.
Find out more: portal.sog.org.uk/event/list/s...
#Halloween #Genealogy
TreeLab Pro will have an annual subscription. It carries ongoing costs, including map data, cloud storage and processing, which necessitates a reasonable fee.
Importantly, everything currently on TreeLab will remain free. TreeLab Pro will be an optional upgrade.
#GenHour #AncestryHour #Genealogy
Importantly, everything currently on TreeLab will remain free. TreeLab Pro will be an optional upgrade.
#GenHour #AncestryHour #Genealogy
October 29, 2026 at 8:02 PM
TreeLab Pro will have an annual subscription. It carries ongoing costs, including map data, cloud storage and processing, which necessitates a reasonable fee.
Importantly, everything currently on TreeLab will remain free. TreeLab Pro will be an optional upgrade.
#GenHour #AncestryHour #Genealogy
Importantly, everything currently on TreeLab will remain free. TreeLab Pro will be an optional upgrade.
#GenHour #AncestryHour #Genealogy
#GenHour I really don't understand why all the big companies now feel they have to offer us AI-generated stories and summaries. Are we baby birds, only capable of eating regurgitated food? That's not an aid to research, it's an impediment.
October 29, 2026 at 8:19 PM
#GenHour I really don't understand why all the big companies now feel they have to offer us AI-generated stories and summaries. Are we baby birds, only capable of eating regurgitated food? That's not an aid to research, it's an impediment.
#GenHour Woodlark passenger Lucy McLachlan/Irvine's incredible life: married at 15 to an eccentric man of 41, they moved to Whakarapa, Hokianga. She had 11 children & was the 1st teacher at Te Hāpua Native school. Fluent in Māori she later taught Dame Whina Cooper! app.weare.xyz/public/the-w...
Lucy McLachlan (1860 - 1954) Profile
Lucy [Poynter] McLachlan was born in the York Street Workhouse, Westminster on 21 Oct 1860. She married at the tender age of 15 to Charles Dopping Irvine, a civil engineer (age 41), on 14 Aug 1876 in ...
app.weare.xyz
October 29, 2026 at 8:28 PM
#GenHour Woodlark passenger Lucy McLachlan/Irvine's incredible life: married at 15 to an eccentric man of 41, they moved to Whakarapa, Hokianga. She had 11 children & was the 1st teacher at Te Hāpua Native school. Fluent in Māori she later taught Dame Whina Cooper! app.weare.xyz/public/the-w...
Reminder to North American* friends: the UK has already switched their clocks back, so #AncestryHour and #GenHour will be an hour *later* to us this week than we usually see them.
Next week, after we've fallen back, we'll be in sync again.
* Arizona & other places that don't do DST, I salute you
Next week, after we've fallen back, we'll be in sync again.
* Arizona & other places that don't do DST, I salute you
October 27, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Reminder to North American* friends: the UK has already switched their clocks back, so #AncestryHour and #GenHour will be an hour *later* to us this week than we usually see them.
Next week, after we've fallen back, we'll be in sync again.
* Arizona & other places that don't do DST, I salute you
Next week, after we've fallen back, we'll be in sync again.
* Arizona & other places that don't do DST, I salute you
Hi #GenHour, how has your week been?
I've been amazed with the new record databases that are popping up, thanks to the help of AI.
The one grabbing a lot of attention is: archival.name, that now has amassed >25 million records in just a few weeks. I've found a few records there myself!
I've been amazed with the new record databases that are popping up, thanks to the help of AI.
The one grabbing a lot of attention is: archival.name, that now has amassed >25 million records in just a few weeks. I've found a few records there myself!
archival.name: Jewish and civil records of Central and Eastern Europe
26,685,502 records in 63 collections: the Russian Empire census of 1897, vital records and censuses of Lwów, Kraków, Galicia and Central Poland, records of Kyiv, Kharkiv, Volhynia and Subcarpathia, of...
Archival.name
October 29, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Hi #GenHour, how has your week been?
I've been amazed with the new record databases that are popping up, thanks to the help of AI.
The one grabbing a lot of attention is: archival.name, that now has amassed >25 million records in just a few weeks. I've found a few records there myself!
I've been amazed with the new record databases that are popping up, thanks to the help of AI.
The one grabbing a lot of attention is: archival.name, that now has amassed >25 million records in just a few weeks. I've found a few records there myself!