Debbie Hearn

Debbie Hearn

@debbiehearnuk.bsky.social

I love genealogy, plants, beach walks and life. I'm a big believer in happiness research and other science-backed ways of making life better.

375 Followers 91 Following 1,576 Posts Joined Oct 2023
10 hours ago

That looks really good fun. Hope you enjoy and have a very successful evening, Julie.

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A magnolia tree in full bloom. Each flower about 20 cm across. Indoors, a display table with individual callia flowers of different kinds. They are competition entries. Tall vases holding deep pink magnolia flowers with smaller ones holding a range of daffodils also seen.

Glorious spring flowers at RHS Rosemoor today.

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1 day ago

What a place to tie the knot! Congratulations on your Silver Wedding. I hope you both have some celebrations planned, either with the family, or just the two of you. 😊

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1 day ago

Heard about this on the radio, yesterday. Quite sobering, really.

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1 day ago

I think bats are so cool. We had them at my last house, but the chimney was struck by lightning & they all disappeared (it happened in June). When we renovated the cottage here in Devon, we allowed a slit for pipistrelles to use as and when. I like to think they manage the gnats for us. 😊

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2 days ago

Happy birthday, Helen! πŸŽ‚

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2 days ago

I bought my daughter a spider brooch. πŸ•·οΈ

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3 days ago
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Rowena Abbott Genealogy Professional Transcription and Family History Services

Having just finished up a project, I’d like to let people know that I’m available for clients! I offer historical document transcriptions and genealogy research.
rowenagenealogy.com
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Devon #Palaeography

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3 days ago

A proud mum moment for me. I'm used to seeing the words "Kings Bench Division" when searching for ancestors. But I've just viewed my daughter quietly working in a Kings Bench Division courtroom, on video footage of proceedings this week. 🦚😊(No, I'm not going to provide a citation for that 🀣)

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4 days ago
Photograph of an unidentified building

We have a mystery we hope someone can solve! πŸ•΅ Does this building look familiar to you? We believe it could be somewhere in North Berkshire or maybe even Oxfordshire. Let us know in the comments if you recognise it!

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4 days ago

Hurrah! πŸ‘πŸ»

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5 days ago

Congratulations, Dave! What a joy, to have one's particular specialism and hard work are acknowledged in such a way! πŸ‘πŸ˜Š

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6 days ago

It sounds an addictive combination. Must have been very popular. πŸ₯ƒ

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6 days ago

I saw this website this morning and have found it really easy to use, the information is so accessible. And guess what? I found an important lead in the quest to identify the parents of one of my 5Xg-grandmothers. Another exciting rabbit hole to explore although it may well result in a tale of woe.

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6 days ago

Can I just say that I like nothing more, when researching old newspapers, finding my ancestors competing at quoits, winning prizes for their potatoes at the village show or even compering at local whist drives. Makes me glad to be who I am. 😊 #genealogy #genhour #ancestry

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1 week ago
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Happy International Women’s Day!

Today we are celebrating all women worldwide.

Here is a link to a playlist where you can catch up on all the expert women speakers from our live events: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

#internationalwomensday #equality #justice #happiness #wellbeing

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1 week ago

Bless her heart! So sorry for your loss, Julie.

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1 week ago

How fantastic that you can see how work in this way. 😊

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1 week ago
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The Black Death’s counterintuitive effect: as human numbers fell, so did plant diversity New study finds that plant biodiversity collapsed in landscapes where arable production was abandoned during and after the Black Death era.

@trisnorton.bsky.social : you'll be interested in this. Discussion of a pollen study showing the relationship between mixed farming and plant biodiversity, impacted negatively by population decline during the Black Death. All those weeds around the margins lost theconversation.com/the-black-de...

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1 week ago

Have a fab time! πŸ₯‚

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1 week ago

Lordy! I'll be taking a proper look at this! πŸ˜€

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1 week ago

Yes, I've signed up, but will travel home at the end of each day as it's fairly local to me.

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1 week ago

Whereas I only took up genealogy after moving away from where many of my ancestors lived. There are Hearns in this area, but I haven't found any connection to my own Hearns, yet. But when the septic tank needs emptying, we do use Hearn Haulage! 😁Are you going to the Devon FHS 50th anniversary event?

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1 week ago

Then you'll also enjoy Benjamin Bunny, who also lived in Hampshire. Somewhere near Andover, I seem to recall.

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1 week ago

I've come across a good few Bastards in parish registers. But today, I had the pleasure of seeing the Rabbits family growing. πŸ‡πŸ‡πŸ‡

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1 week ago

Yes, just a few miles from Holsworthy. It can be very windy at Bude. 😁

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1 week ago

Ah, I see. I remember you responding to my visit to Hannafore about this time last year. 😊

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1 week ago

I'm a few miles inland, across the border. It is a lovely place. We often go for walks on the beach in Bude and then hit the supermarket.

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1 week ago

Gool Peran Lowen, to you too, Jane! I like your flag. 😊 Unlike my tiny but proud Welsh chunk of DNA, any Cornish-ness of mine is scientifically unproven and putative at best. But I do shop in Lidl and enjoy a Cornish cream tea....

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1 week ago

I will listen as soon as I get the chance. My mother was in the ATS in WW2 and my parents wouldn't have met otherwise. They both married in army uniform.

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