Grandmas Essex

This lovely little poem is so true of life but also rings a bell for family historians tracing people whose name in the records changes over the years making our verification so difficult.

Essex FHS North East Branch - Talk ( live and zoom) Getting the most from the UK Censuses by Toni Neobard on Saturday 11 October 2025 at at 2:30pm more details from www.esfh.org.uk/branches/col...

To get to @suffolkarchives.bsky.social or @sfhs1975.bsky.social from Essex, Park and ride bus from copdock is best.They run every 20 mins.The stop you need in town is "Adj. Fore Street" in Grimwade St. a short walk down the road to Fore Street, turn left and the Hold is 100 yds on your left.

Rootsmagic is my personal FH software of choice and I have just made the £19.95 upgrade to the UK Rootsmagic11 and so far it looks a much cleaner and more intuitive program than RM10. Its a shame that while @rootsmagic.bsky.social have registered they are not yet posting on Blue Sky.

Essex FHS South East Branch talk - It's DNA all the way!
by Mandie Adams on Saturday 4 October 2025 at 2:30pm
More details from www.esfh.org.uk/branches/sen...

That's a shame but worth waiting a little longer to get things right. Thanks for your help.

When I visit Freebmd2 I get a requirement to enter a name and password. Do you know if that is the norm or is it my computer?

Other than the big sites; favourite resources for me its Essex FHS Parish Records database www.esfh.org.uk/pages/dbsand... and Helen Barrells site Essex and Suffolk Surnames essexandsuffolksurnames.co.uk

West Essex Branch of Essex FHS talk - Life of a Bomber Crew in WW2 Speaker: Mike Wainright 2.30 Saturday 27 September 2025
For more info - www.esfh.org.uk/branches/har...

Essex FHS have a really interesting Zoom talk on the effect for good and bad AI has on historic photos - Is Artificial Intelligence a help or hindrance to photo restoration and research by Steve Gill at 7pm on Wed 24 September 2025 More details from www.esfh.org.uk

The time that I felt under most pressure deciphering handwriting recently was in Sainsbury's three weeks ago when I was entrusted to the shopping by my wife & was given a quickly handwritten list full of abbreviations with a stern - do not forget anything! Who knew that pk ct meant pack of carrots?

@sfhs1975.bsky.social have just released a new BMD CD to add to their great collection - The new one is Colneis and Samford Deaneries 1538-1649 . Not yet in their shop but will be there very soon. suffolkfhs.co.uk/shop/index.p...

Lost Cousins newsletter has a good suggestion for the many errors in Ancestry family trees. Open tree .. top right click tools then view comments and a button at the bottom is add comment. You can then make a comment on the correct details so that people viewing the page don't just blindly copy.

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Essex FHS meeting Topic: Ragged, poor and mischievous or young thieves and Street Arabs - Speaker: Linda Hammond
Date: Saturday 23 August 2025 2:30pm
Explore a fascinating and often overlooked area of genealogy children labelled as criminals throughout history.
www.facebook.com/WestEssexFam...

Good news from ‪Suffolk Archive mailing list is that their BMD records for most of Suffolk will be available on ancestry from 14 August 2025 after digitalization.Now lets hope that ‪@suffolkarchives.bsky.social‬ start posting on blue sky soon to complement the great posts from @sfhs1975.bsky.social

Great event at Althorne

Essex FHS ZOOM meeting - Topic: Essex Monasteries after the Dissolution Speaker: Ken Crowe Date: Monday 21 July 2025
7:00pm more details from www.esfh.org.uk

Gabriel appears to Zechariah in the temple, a detail of the late 19th Century reredos at Stow Maries, Essex. 'Good of its kind' thought @YalePevsner, though there doesn't seem to be a record of the workshop.

Just opened at Suffolk Record Office is an exhibition - Anchors Aweigh which explores Suffolk’s rich and swashbuckling maritime history. More details www.suffolkarchives.co.uk/anchors-away...

Essex FHS West Essex Branch - Topic: Bread, Gruel and Suet Dumplings - Workhouse Life Speaker: Ian Waller Saturday 5 July 2025 Time: 2:30pm zoom and in person. #EssexSocietyforFamilyHistory More details from www.esfh.org.uk/branches/har...

Essex FHS Zoom meeting - Incorporating Artificial Intelligence (AI) into your family tree research with Penny Walters
Mon 30 June 2025 7:00pm. DNA has changed Family History & AI indicates further major changes which makes this an important talk for us all. More details from www.esfh.org.uk

@essex100.bsky.social - Sounds a lovely talk at Hadleigh and a great photo. Even the speaker has an appropriate name Houndsell) for this talk!

Nothing new for Essex but this weeks new additions from @findmypast.bsky.social contain my new favourite title for a newspaper - the Cornish Evening Tidings . Has anyone heard of a nicer newspaper title?

Essex FHS West Essex Branch Meeting Talk & Zoom - Topic: Land Girls - The Women's Land Army Speaker: Carol Harris Date: Saturday 7 June 2025 2:30pm More details from www.esfh.org.uk/branches/har...

Essex FHS South East Branch meeting - Topic: No Empty Vassalls with Speaker: Carole Mulroney Date: Saturday 7 June 2025 2:30pm more details from www.esfh.org.uk/branches/sen...

Good point about a great resource. Essex is fortunate in having 44 villages. Wormingford, Steeple Bumpstead, Tilbury Juxta Clare, Toppesfield and Middleton are all on the list and on the boundary so as people moved backwards and forwards between Essex and Suffolk how about sharing those?

Fancy some hands on history voluntary work? The RAF Bradwell Bay Preservation Group needs your help in manning their exhibition at Othona, Bradwell on Sea on Saturdays and Sundays from 12 – 4. No experience required & days to suit. More info from Eric Simonelli via www.facebook.com/groups/Bradw...

Fancy some hands on history voluntary work? The RAF Bradwell Bay Preservation Group needs your help in manning their exhibition at Othona, Bradwell on Sea on Saturdays and Sundays from 12 – 4. No experience required & days to suit. More info from Eric Simonelli via www.facebook.com/groups/Bradw...

Essex FHS talk

Long way for me to travel from the Dengie Hundred but great news for members of Suffolk FHS is that the talk is on zoom.