Dr David Barton

🥘📚 From Saxons to Mary Berry: 1,000 years of English cookbooks!
🗓️ Thurs 14 Aug, 2PM
📍 In person at Society of Genealogists (or online)

See rare cookbooks + bring your own for “show & tell”!

🎟️ Book: portal.sog.org.uk/Ev...
#FoodHistory #Genealogy #Cookbooks #PeterRoss #LondonEvents

Oh I really need to do that!

Some people changed their surname just to appear first in the phone book!

In the pre-Google days, “Aa” names like Aaronson saw a huge spike, especially in cities where visibility meant business.

Would you change your name for the top spot? Let us know below!

#SurnameFacts

🎺Opportunities for young musicians🎺

Check out our opportunities page which is regularly updated with news about scholarships, competitions, training, discounts and more - in London and beyond.

www.londonyouthchoirs.com/opportunitie...

New resource hub for our Basics series!📢

Includes:
- Free downloadable crosswords and fingering charts
- Author blogs
- Teacher webinars
- Links to view sample pages & downloadable accompaniments

www.fabermusic.com/ed/basics

Archives apprentice job in Cambridge, UK: www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42... #archives #jobs

Looking for George Austen at Monk Sherborne - Hampshire Archive Trust In this anniversary year, spare a thought for Jane Austen’s elder brother George. The historical record says something about his life. We know that he had

🚨New blog post!🚨

We’ve loved learning more about #JaneAusten as part of the #JaneAusten250 anniversary and we’re excited to share this fab piece about her brother George Austen by Peter Marshall

hampshirearchivestrust.co.uk/stories/blog...

Logo of Hampshire Archives Trust featuring a stylized magnifying glass over a blue-green diamond shape next to the organization's name in gray text.

BALH recently featured on the @HArchivesTrust Podcast! We discussed how the organisation champions local history across the UK, from supporting societies to fostering wider public engagement.

Find out more: ow.ly/r1cv50Wqojn

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

From Parish Pews to Pixels

Counting down the hours! For anyone with Suffolk ancestry (about 60% for me) this is such an exciting week 😀 www.suffolk.gov.uk/council-and-...

Promotional poster for the Brownhills Canal Festival, featuring Ebony the shire horse standing beside a person. Ebony wears a brightly decorated harness, set against a backdrop of lush greenery. Text highlights the event dates—August 16–17, 2025—and includes the Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust logo and website link: lhcrt.org.uk/brownhills-canal-festival.

🐴 Say hello to Ebony the shire horse at Brownhills Canal Festival, 16–17 August 2025!

Thanks to Brookhouse Shires, this gentle giant will be back to wow the crowds and celebrate our working horse heritage. Don’t miss her! 🐎

#UKCanals

It’ll end up like that here 😂

Society for One-Place Studies. Come and meet us. Saturday 25 October 10:00 to 16:00 at Oxfordshire FHS family history fair, Cherwell School, Oxford. Free entry! www.ofhs.uk/fair2025 One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

Come and meet us at the Oxfordshire Family History Society Family History Fair🔗, which will be held on Saturday 25 October 2025! And to find out how you and/or your #OnePlaceStudy can be a part of our stand at the Fair, check out our blog🔗.

#OnePlaceWednesday

Ooh how interesting! I basically have a genealogy bookshelf now 😂

Is it just me who looks out for books which mention ancestors (and buys them)? 😂 This was a good find at @scarthinbooks.bsky.social this afternoon! Best £4 spent this holiday! 😂

One Place Studies A talk by Janet Barrie to Bradford Family History Society. Image: Photo of Bradford City Hall. Thursday 4 Sep 2025, 10:00 to 12:00, at Bradford Mechanics Institute and by Zoom. www.bradfordfhs.org.uk/events One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

A #OnePlaceWednesday reminder of a talk🔗 about #OnePlaceStudies to be given by our Chair, Janet Barrie, to the Bradford Family History Society on 4 Sep 2025, 10am-12 noon. In-person at the Mechanics Institute (£1.50 for BFHS members, £2.50 non-members) and by Zoom (£2, BFHS members only).

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For anyone who caught the premiere of 'Bird Songs' on BBC Radio 3's Great British Classics Prom, you'll have heard that Rufus got a mention!
We are resharing this video because it never fails to make us smile.
Listen here: bit.ly/46KPFky

Old map with overlaid text: New Recordings

NEW RECORDINGS: Rhind Lectures 2025: Scotland's Place-Names

Covering language, archaeology, the church and more, all six recordings from the Rhind Lectures 2025 with Dr Simon Taylor are now available on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Sponsored by Ordnance Survey

📅 TOMORROW – 7 August

📍 11:00 Archive Visit: Port & River + Sainsbury Archive, London Docklands
🔗 portal.sog.org.uk/Ev...

⚖️ 14:00 Zoom Talk: King's Bench & Common Law Records w/ Dan Gosling, TNA
🔗 portal.sog.org.uk/Ev...

#Genealogy #Archives #FamilyHistory #LegalRecords

Image shows Clifton suspension bridge and conference logo

We've extended the booking deadline for our conference:
In person: 11th August
Online: up to the first day of the conference: 27th August
Find out more here.
openingdoors.eventsair.com/ara2025/
#ARA2025

Howells Sarum Service 💕

St Mark’s Churchyard, Cromford. The church was built as a chapel of ease in 1877 and demolished in the 1970s. The churchyard remains with a large grassy mound where presumably the church stood. The lychgate remains.

Thursday Live Plus! begins tomorrow with Professor David Saint playing Howells, Bach and Langlais on the fabulous Walker organ in @stchadsbirm.bsky.social .
Then during August there’s a recital EVERY Thursday!
Full details: paulcarr.co.uk/thursday-live-plus
All welcome!
@rcbirmingham.bsky.social

Not long to go… are you coming to sing? A fabulous opportunity not to be missed. Still a few places left…

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Karen Marshall says of The Willis Student Recital Collection: "As a teacher, I’m immediately drawn to the memorable and appealing pieces, which are rich in teaching value, that I’m…

https://pianodao.com/2025/03/09/the-willis-student-recital-collection/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Organizing Your Genealogy. Whether you are just starting your research or whether you have been at it a while, it is important to be organized and have a record keeping system.

**NEW** from RSCM Publications

The memoir of the man behind the music at Princess Diana's funeral

'Time to Declare: My Life in Church Music' by Martin Neary

Available to order now www.rscmshop.com/books/978085...

#ChurchMusic #ChurchMusician #Organist #ChoralConductor #Memoir #NewBooks

#OnePlaceWednesday. Image: Photo looking towards a grassy field, a tall laurel hedge (with benches at its base) beyond, and the roof (topped with a small clock tower) of a building behind it. In the foreground is a tarmacced lane curving round to the right and out of sight; the view is framed by the foliage of trees (including Sycamore, Cherry and Beech) on the left and right, reaching over the lane to almost touch at the top of the image. One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

A warm #OnePlaceStudies welcome to #OnePlaceWednesday! Have you been researching a place and/or its people and history? Do you have OPS-related news, pictures, blog posts or other resources or updates to share? Questions to ask or general OPS chat? Post away, with the hashtag, at any time today!

Promotional poster for a Volunteer Recruitment Fair hosted by Support Staffordshire. A group of people in blue "VOLUNTEER" shirts stands beside a word cloud featuring terms like "Helping," "service," and "impact." Bold text announces the event: "Volunteer Recruitment Fair – Weds 6th August 2025, 12pm–2pm, Lichfield Guildhall, Bore St WS13 6LU." A call to action invites attendees to meet over 30 organisations recruiting volunteers. Benefits listed include meeting new people, building skills, and making a difference. Contact details: 07912 479444 and simon.jennings@supportstaffordshire.org.uk.

Come and see us at the Support Staffordshire Volunteer Fair!
📍 Guildhall, Lichfield
🕛 Today from 12pm

Find out how you can get involved and make a difference – we’d love to chat! 😊

#Lichfield #WeDigCanals #Volunteer

I really enjoyed 17th Century Sources, thought it was my first, so a bit of a baptism of fire 😂