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Do you have a Ten Minute Talk idea to share with us? We're always looking for new stories of local history research!

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November 13, 2026 at 8:03 AM
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#ICYMI: Join the Hampshire Archives Trust on 18 November for a talk by Jackson Batchelor and Simon Berry exploring a Portsmouth family archive and stories of love, loss and resilience spanning nearly sixty years.

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November 14, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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#ICYMI: Are you going to be at History Day, hosted by the Institute of Historical Research? We'd love to meet you! We'll be there on 18 November, and the theme this year is grassroots history, grassroots collections.

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November 11, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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The British Records Association's annual conference takes place on 24 November! Explore maps, plans and charts as historical records - and the challenges of preserving them - at this brilliant event.

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A person is conserving a historic record.
November 9, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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Join the Hampshire Archives Trust on 9 December for an illustrated talk by Dr Alistair Dougall exploring how disputes over celebrations divided early Stuart England and helped shape allegiances in the Civil War.

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November 10, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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Join us next week as David Scrimgeour explores the lives of Yorkshire’s watermen and their families, revealing how genealogy and canal boat registers shed light on the people who powered the county’s waterways.

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November 12, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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Join the Hampshire Archives Trust on 18 November for a talk by Jackson Batchelor and Simon Berry exploring a Portsmouth family archive and stories of love, loss and resilience spanning nearly sixty years.

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November 8, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Join us on 19 November, as David Scrimgeour explores the lives of Yorkshire’s watermen and their families, revealing how genealogy and canal boat registers shed light on the people who powered the county’s waterways.

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November 6, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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We're at Swansea Museum for the Royal Institution of South Wales’ annual local history book fair! Come and say hello, and browse a range of our publications.

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November 7, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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We're at Swansea Museum on Saturday for the Royal Institution of South Wales’ annual local history book fair! Come and say hello, and browse a range of our publications.

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People at the Royal Institution of South Wales’ annual local history book fair
November 3, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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Join us next month for our annual Dymond lecture!

Dr Joan Heggie will be sharing how the Register of Deeds can evidence women's capital investment in 19th century Yorkshire.

Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/dymond2026

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Excerpt from Indenture of Mortgage, 1887, North Riding Register of Deeds, Vol 17/737/338, held by North Yorkshire Archives. It shows the mark of a woman in the form of an inked cross.
November 2, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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"Sinister" heraldic bats for #Halloween 🦇🦇🦇!
Memorial for John Bludworth (d.1688) All Saints Church, Piddletrenthide, Dorset, who married Elizabeth, daughter of William Collier esq. of Piddletrenthide.
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October 31, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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As Ernest Hemingway said, “One cat just leads to another”, so here are a few heraldic cats to celebrate #nationalcatday! 🐱🐾🐾🛡️
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October 29, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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Join us next week as Dr Erica Canela explores how the first Quakers in Herefordshire and Worcestershire challenged ministers and magistrates.

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A 17th-century oil painting by Egbert van Heemskerck, which portrays a Quaker meeting
October 28, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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We're delighted to join other local and family history societies at the Huddersfield Local and Family History Fair today! If you're in the area, please come and say hello.

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October 24, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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We're delighted to join other local and family history societies at the Huddersfield Local and Family History Fair tomorrow! If you're in the area, please come and say hello.

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October 23, 2026 at 7:00 AM
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Are you going to be at History Day, hosted by the Institute of Historical Research? We'd love to meet you! We'll be there on 18 November, and the theme this year is grassroots history, grassroots collections.

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October 21, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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A huge thank you to John Norris for his fantastic talk about the heraldic bosses in the medieval cloister at #lacockabbey Our next talk takes place on Saturday 21st November. For further details, please visit our website:
www.bath-heraldry.org.uk
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October 20, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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Today is the day! We're in Sherborne to learn about rebellion and protest in the South West of England across six centuries.

Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/dorset26

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October 17, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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Join us tomorrow for our one-day conference with Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries to learn about rebellion and protest in the South West of England.

Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/dorset26

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October 16, 2026 at 7:01 AM
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Very much looking forward to tomorrow's talk! 🛡️

For more information please visit: www.bath-heraldry.org.uk

#bathheraldry #hookedonheraldry #heraldry #visitbath #whatsonbath #whatsoninbath #genealogy #visitwiltshire #lacockabbey #WeAreLocalHistory #localhistorymatters
October 16, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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Join us on 5 November as Dr Erica Canela explores how the first Quakers in Herefordshire and Worcestershire challenged ministers and magistrates.

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A 17th century oil painting by Egbert van Heemskerck, which portrays a Quaker meeting.
October 14, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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In our latest blog, Hugo Javier Freitas reveals how local records and family memories can restore individual lives to the history of mass migration.

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Portrait of Jesús Alonso, c. 1920. Studio photograph from the author's family archive.
October 12, 2026 at 7:02 AM
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Last chance to book for our conference next weekend about rebellion and protest across six centuries. Tickets are available until 12 October, so make sure to secure your tickets!

Find out more: www.balh.org.uk/dorset26

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October 11, 2026 at 11:01 AM
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Do you have a Ten Minute Talk idea to share with us? We're always looking for new stories of local history research!

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October 10, 2026 at 7:01 AM