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Kelly Cornwell

@whoamiftr.bsky.social

Who Am I? Professional Genealogist, Tutor (with Pharos Tutors) and Family History Speaker. Tells tales about Transportation to Tasmania.

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Our next Lunchtime Lecture for our membership will be on working outside of your comfort zone by Valerie Brenton on 16 March.

09.03.2026 12:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Present at the Women in Circus Symposium Call for papers now open! Submit your proposal for the one-day research event at the University of Sheffield.

Want to change that? There’s still time to submit a proposal, and present at the #WomenInCircus symposium at @sheffielduni.bsky.social

Submit your proposal before Monday 23 March πŸ“

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Belated Birthday wishes to Mr H. πŸ₯³β€οΈ

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Sign up to our newsletter for all the latest Pharos information. www.pharostutors.com/subscribe-ne... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #DistanceLearning #OnlineCourses #GenealogyCourses

08.03.2026 12:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wonderful records 😍

08.03.2026 19:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been researching since the early 1980s.
But remember it's not how long you've researched your #genealogy. It's whether you've tried to up your game and improve your skills that matters.

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Ah thank you. And thank you for having me ❀️

06.03.2026 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My Genealogy Alphabet PartΒ 3 So we have come to the third and final part of my Genealogy Alphabet. If you haven’t read the first instalments, you can catch part 1 here, and part 2 here. Q-Z has been rather challenging, b…

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My Genealogy Alphabet PartΒ 2 Here is the second instalment of my Genealogy Alphabet. Part 1 discussed genealogically valuable records from A-H. In part 2 of this blog, I look at collections from I-P. If you haven’t read …

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My Genealogy Alphabet Part 1 Happy New Year! A time for new beginnings, and as the great Julie Andrews once said β€œLet’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start.Β  When you read you begin with A-B-C…&…

A few years ago I wrote a 3-part blog about My Genealogy Alphabet. Take a look and see if there are any types of records that are new to you.

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #ABC #Research #Archives

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06.03.2026 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh that pasta is so cool! 😍

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a cartoon character named bugs bunny is wearing a striped shirt with the number 3 1/2 on it ALT: a cartoon character named bugs bunny is wearing a striped shirt with the number 3 1/2 on it

I’ve had a wonderful evening speaking with my accomplice - the wonderful
@dunedingenie.bsky.social - to the @sogorg.bsky.social about transported convicts.

05.03.2026 21:29 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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What better way to celebrate #WorldBookDay than to pre-order a copy of my brand new book, Genealogy Methods and Techniques, due to be published (UK) two weeks today!

#genealogy #ancestry #researchmethods

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05.03.2026 09:50 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow!! That’s incredible 😲

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FamilySearch.org Discover your family history. Explore the world’s largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records and resources.

Day 1 #NotAtRootsTech
- Talk that made me want to immediately try out the method: 'Timelines for Genealogy' by @janetfew.bsky.social
- Most interesting talk: 'Victorian Burials' by Dr Michala Hulme.
#GenHour #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #History

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Stunning!

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Women's History Month - March 2026
Excited about our exhibit/display in the entrance foyer of Westminster Quaker Meeting House on St Martin's Lane, Covent Garden. Each Friday in March from 5:30 - 7pm. Look forward to seeing you if you're about Westminster. All Welcome! #Australia #convict #history

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Printed text, "Depriving Catherine of Royal Style"

Printed text, "Depriving Catherine of Royal Style"

Oh Henry VIII, no matter how much you proclaim it, you can't ever take away Catherine of Aragon's style. Have you not seen Six? She's a queen.

[From Tudor Royal Proclamations]

01.03.2026 21:40 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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BOOKING IS NOW OPEN for our week of webinars in July on the theme "The Ones Who Got Away", ranging from case studies on tricky ancestors and more difficult to research groups of people to technological solutions: www.pharostutors.com/webinars
#Genealogy #OnlineTalks #Webinars #OnlineLearning

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Bastardy examination from 1768 signed by R Sneyd

Bastardy examination from 1768 signed by R Sneyd

Payments made to bastards, 1819, including 'Sneyd William'

Payments made to bastards, 1819, including 'Sneyd William'

I use Google Docs for almost all my work and for filing digitised genealogical records. I noticed today that the search function now works with hand-written documents in my folders. A search for 'Sneyd' (a name I knew I had come across but couldn't place) found the name in these 2 records. V. handy!

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Wow! That’s beautiful ❀️

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He really does!! 🀩

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Woo hoo! Very exciting. ❀️
Well done. πŸŽ‰

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There are many providers of online genealogy courses out there so how do you chose who to study with? At Pharos we are all about flexibility. www.pharostutors.com/howtochoose.... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #DistanceLearning #OnlineCourses #GenealogyCourses

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Another day, another archive. 😁❀️

Thankfully, the records I’m looking at today are a little later. Mid-18th Century.

#Archives
#Genealogy
#FamilyHistory
#Research

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😁 Why not! πŸ˜„

26.02.2026 08:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My brain still hurts from looking at pages of this all day, but I’m pleased to say I got the answer to my objective in the end.
Exploring an armigerous family from Essex, specifically looking at a branch in the early-mid 1400s.

#ManorialDocuments
#Genealogy
#FamilyHistory

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