Nicola Harris Author 💙📚💙📚 @nicolaharrisauthor.bsky.social I’ve written three novels in my eight book Tudor Queens series, and I’m currently deep into writing Catherine Howard. No direct messages. Universal link: https://linktr.ee/Nicola_Harris_Author #KU #hisfic #wivesofhenryviii
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South Wales Record Society @swalesrecordsoc.bsky.social Publishing sources for the history of south Wales
Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social Professor of Social Policy and LGBTQ+ Studies, and Head of Sociology, Social Policy & Criminology, University of Stirling he/him 🏳️🌈
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2014-1241
Gerard DeGroot @groovydegroovy.bsky.social Historian, journalist, dad, dog lover, Emeritus professor. Writes book reviews for The Times. Exile from Facebook and Twitter, still getting the hang of Bluesky. https://gerarddegroot.substack.com, www.begurvilla.net
Kate Lister @k8lister.bsky.social Sex Historian. Writer. Presenter. Columnist. Host of (award winning) Betwixt the Sheets Podcast. FLICK: A History of Female Pleasure, Out Now https://linktr.ee/drkatelister
Mainly Museums @mainlymuseums.bsky.social A personal take on museums big and small from contributors across the globe.
Martin Spychal @martinspychal.bsky.social Senior Research Fellow & Digital Humanities Lead, History of Parliament, House of Commons, 1832-1945 project. History, politics, prints, cats. Author of 'Mapping the State' OUT NOW. bit.ly/3RQmUeK
Lou Roper @roperlou.bsky.social Historian of the Anglophone world in the very long seventeenth century, emeritus History prof SUNY-New Paltz: https://go.bsky.app/BtkNcRq. ORCID 0000-0001-8375-0939 #earlymodern
patrickspeople.scot @patrickspeople.bsky.social https://www.patrickspeople.scot is a family history database of mainly, but not exclusively, Scottish and Irish families linked by blood or marriage. It’s run by Mary McGonigal, is free to use and may be copied for strictly non-commercial purposes.
Josh Banks @tramfires.bsky.social Old Aberdonian posting on the antiquities of Easter Mar (and probably elsewhere)
@photofit.bsky.social @photofit.bsky.social History & heritage
Jennifer Jordan @sociologyofplants.bsky.social Historical sociologist working on beer, food, cities, waterways, textiles. My book on hops in 19th century Wisconsin out in Fall 2026, https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo271049878.html aka @sociologyofplants aka @historicalhops
Vera @veranmiller.bsky.social Genealogy, blogger (https://lostrussianfamily.wordpress.com/), writer (Genealogy at a Glance: Ukrainian Genealogy Research & Genealogy at a Glance: Russian Genealogy Research), genealogy research speaker, https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/2-vera-miller
Lisa | Regency Relatives @regencyrelatives.bsky.social Hello, I'm Lisa. Family historian with a love of the Regency era, strong tea, and research rabbit holes. Honest about the chaos of genealogy. Founder of Regency Relatives: regencyrelatives.co.uk
Rebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social Sr. acquisitions editor at SUNY Press (gender & queer studies, lit crit, Latin American studies, education, & more); author, Returning the Gift: Modernism and the Thought of Exchange (2018). Screamy about publishing, labor, most things. She/her.
Dorian 📚 ☕️ 💙 🌊 @dreamingoforkney.bsky.social Ancestral Orkney dweller among the Hepburns. Loves gardens and pathways, walking and hiking, the sea, and wide skies. Admirer of crofters and crafters and their wares, and all things woolie 💙 🌊 🦭 🐚
Matthew Blake @matthew-blake.bsky.social This week: Commonplace book of James Whitehall, Poaching, Orkney, Churchwardens, Early Medieval stuff, Cider, Mercia, Orchards, little people
JamesHobson @jameshobson.bsky.social History, politics, animal welfare and vegetarianism. Liverpool FC and the European Union.
Author of eight books on radical Britain 1600-1900
Little Bowden, Market Harborough.
Peter Ross @peteralanross.bsky.social Author of Upon A White Horse: Journeys In Ancient Britain & Ireland. Also, Steeple Chasing: Around Britain By Church, & A Tomb With A View: The Stories & Glories of Graveyards. Substack: https://smallfinds.substack.com
Dr Kathryn Rix @kathrynrix.bsky.social Co-editor of the History of Parliament's House of Commons, 1832-1945 project. Cambridge/London.
Michael D. Barton @darwinsbulldog.bsky.social Historian & Darwin aficionado. Editor, John Tyndall Correspondence Project. Father & advocate for connecting children to nature (natureplaysign.com). He/him/his. Portland, OR.
Kate Bevan @katebevan.com Cat pics, tech, ranting. Sweary. Londoner. Enemy of gerunds in headlines. When I want advice, I'll ask for it.
Lorraine @wolfq4.bsky.social Historian | Archivist | Taphophile | Architecture | Built Heritage | 16-17th century witchcraft in the west of Scotland |
Music fan with wanderlust. Personal acct, so views my own! Occasionally random posts
https://archivisthistoryblog.wordpress.com/home/
MargaretR @margr.bsky.social Bibliophile. Yorkshire to the core.
Addicted to family, local and military history research.
Always learning.
@alexdefircks.bsky.social @alexdefircks.bsky.social Family historian, writer and storyteller, https://www.alexdefircks.com/ 
Kris Inwood @kris-inwood.bsky.social Economic historian w broad interests including population health, First Nations, mobility, inequality & lives of the incarcerated. Directing https://thecanadianpeoples.com & editing Asia-Pacific EcHR https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/2832157x
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Free UK Genealogy (FreeBMD • FreeREG • FreeCEN) @freeukgenealogy.org.uk Free UK Genealogy is a charity providing free access to UK historical genealogy records for family historians worldwide.
Publishers of FreeBMD, FreeREG and FreeCEN.
Volunteer-powered | Open access | Genealogy for everyone.
Rowena Abbott @rowena-abbott.bsky.social Professional Genealogist | Devon-focused British family history | Historical handwriting enthusiast
OPEN FOR CLIENTS
#palaeography #Devon #transcriptions
https://rowenagenealogy.com/
Lauren Working @laurenworking.bsky.social Early modernist at the University of York | A GOLDEN WORLD (Faber, 2026) | TEMPEST for Oxford World's Classics (2024) | BBC Radio 3 New Gen Thinker | Rep'd by Emma Bal at Madeleine Milburn.
Suitcase Genealogist @suitcasegen.bsky.social @hjarmstrong.bsky.social's eventual genealogy, heritage, history and preservation travel project. Also building @yoretravel.bsky.social.
Humbled daily by my ancestors. Neurodivergent and a misfit.
Bryna O'Sullivan @charteroakgen.bsky.social Historian, genealogist, and genealogical translator, specializing in French to English translation, Connecticut history and genealogy, and lineage society applications. 
South West Heritage Trust @swheritagetrust.bsky.social Celebrating and protecting our rich heritage, helping everyone to enjoy it now and in the future.
Lisa Constanti - Chronicology @chronicology.bsky.social Professional Genealogist. Family History and Heraldic enthusiast. Cyprus Research and Cemeteries project. UK and European family histories.
Eamonn O’Keeffe @1812andallthat.bsky.social Pratt Fellow in History, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Author of Musical Warriors: British Military Music and the Napoleonic Wars (McGill-Queen's, 2027).
Previously a Research Fellow at Queens' College, Cambridge.
https://eamonnokeeffe1812.com/
Michael Hall @humberlevels.bsky.social Theatre Lighting professional. Interested in the arts, growing, cooking and eating vegetarian food. Public transport user, serious about infra structure past and present. A Green, Leftie ,Yorkshireman , still proudly European.
@lincolnshirefhs.bsky.social @lincolnshirefhs.bsky.social Founded in 1990, The Lincolnshire Family History Society covers Holland, Kesteven, Lindsey & the Isle of Axholme, the four parts of the Historic County.
#Lincolnshire #genealogy #familyhistory #Volunteers
https://lincolnshirefhs.org.uk
Secret Edinburgh @secretedinburgh.bsky.social Underemployed flâneuse sharing info about #Edinburgh beyond the castle ie overlooked, neglected, underappreciated, everyday & mundane treasures inc
- Graveyards
- Guerrilla Gardens
- Street Art
- Indie Retail
- Hidden Gems
she/her
ScottishGenealogy.ca @scottishgenealogy.bsky.social Offering supported, small-group research trips to Edinburgh for amateur family historians to explore their Scottish family history. www.scottishgenealogy.ca Also posts as @kathychung.bsky.social
Irish Family History Society @ifhs.bsky.social The Irish Family History Society (IFHS) is a voluntary non-profit making organisation, established in 1984. We are based in Ireland, but open to anyone who is interested in looking to trace their Irish roots, wherever in the world they are based.
Dr Ioannes Chountis de Fabbri @chountisdefabbri.bsky.social New here: Historian of 18th-century politics, Empire, and ideas | Edmund Burke | Whig culture.
Think tanker, Demos | Research Fellow, University of Aberdeen | Adviser, House of Lords.
Words: Engelsberg Ideas, The Critic, The London Magazine.
Arundel Castle Archive @arundelcarchive.bsky.social The archives at Arundel Castle form one of the largest private collections in the UK, with holdings from the 12th century. All images © The Duke of Norfolk. www.arundelcastle.org/archives/
Legal History Miscellany @legalmiscellany.bsky.social Blogging on the history of law, crime, and justice at www.legalhistorymiscellany.com.
Bethlem Museum of the Mind @bethlemmuseum.bsky.social A museum dedicated to the history of mental healthcare. Free admission.
Current exhibition - Kindred 16 January - 27 June 2026
Judy G. Russell @legalgen.bsky.social Genealogist, photographer, owned by Ragdolls
Extraordinary Stories of Britain Podcast @storiesofbritain.bsky.social Fun and informative award-nominated history podcast. Listen at www.storiesofbritain.com
Taylor Aucoin @aucointaylor.bsky.social Honorary Fellow in History Edinburgh Uni丨Cultural & Social Historian 丨Medieval & Early Modern Britain 丨 Work, Play, Festivity, Carnival 丨 Louisianan 丨⚜️ 🐯
Website and blog: https://drtayloraucoin.com
Matt Houlbrook @tricksterprince.bsky.social History, Britain, culture, cities, selfhood, sexuality, gender, #20s30s.
Now - The Institute: The untold story of Pelmanism and its followers
Just out - Songs of Seven Dials: An intimate history of 1920s and 1930s London (MUP)
He / him
Oxfordshire History Centre @oxhistcentre.bsky.social We are part of Oxfordshire County Council - we're the archive and local studies for the county, including photographic collections
Website - http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/oxfordshirehistory
Catalogue - https://heritagesearch.oxfordshire.gov.uk/
Philip K. Allan - Author @philipkallan.bsky.social Author of Naval Fiction, Writer and Speaker on Naval History
Visit my website to learn more at http://philipkallan.com- C Corinne Roughley @croughley.bsky.social Lecturer on the Cambridge Foundation Year; landscape archaeologist; passionate about data literacy and natural history
dgplacenames (now in Orkney) @dgplacenames.bsky.social Place-names, maps, languages dgplacenames.wordpress.com
auldnorse.wordpress.com/owersettins/
Loren Rhoads @morbidloren.bsky.social No rest for the morbid! Still Wish You Were Here, 222 Cemeteries to See Before You Die, Death's Garden Revisited, This Morbid Life: Essays, Lost Angels, & Unsafe Words: Stories. she/her
Rspinelli @librarianchef.bsky.social Independent researcher, archivist and librarian researching in the fields of conspiracy theories and death studies. Always open to discussing new projects and collaborations.
https://www.robert-spinelli.com
Katie Crane @ohfolkthat.bsky.social She who hangs out a lot in cemeteries | PhD candidate in Folklore | She/Her
Lauren Johnson @historylauren.bsky.social Historian / Heritage Live Interpretation bod.
AHRC-funded PhD (refugees, religion & diplomacy in early modern Europe) and a book about Margaret Beaufort in progress…
Dr. Ruth Marshall is still kicking against the pricks @wtfis2bdone.bsky.social Antifascist prof. Political theory, postcolony, anathema, the end of days, demon sperm. Views entirely my own.
Free Palestine! 🇵🇸
Long & Lazy Lewisham @longlazylewisham.bsky.social Glimpses into the history of our streets in Lewisham, London SE
Blog at: https://longlazylewisham.wordpress.com/blog/
Ilford Historical Society @ilfordhistory.bsky.social The Bluesky account for the Ilford Historical Society. Posts by @ColinRuneckles
Website:
https://ilfordhistoricalsociety.weebly.com/
@stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social @stjohnsgraveyard.bsky.social 
Black Plaques @blackplaques.bsky.social Memorials to Misadventure; Black Plaques® lift the carefully-placed rug to discover an awkward stain. London book out now.
Lorraine Evans @thedeathhistorian.bsky.social Research Fellow, Death Historian/Archaeologist & Best-selling Author researching non-conformist funerary practices, symbolism, art & architecture & Aviation Archaeology www.lorraineevans.com- H @hearthtaxnews.bsky.social @hearthtaxnews.bsky.social News from and about the Hearth Taxes in England, 1660s and 1670s,from the British Academy Project based at the University of Roehampton,London.
Rachael Unsworth @leedstours.bsky.social Urban geographer & walking tour guide in Leeds 🌍 - local, in a global setting
https://www.leedscitywalkingtours.co.uk/
Researcher, writer ('Leeds: Cradle of Innovation'), presenter, Leeds Phil & Lit, musician 🎻 European
Professional chat posts only
David Olusoga @davidolusoga.bsky.social British-Nigerian Historian - BAFTA Winning Producer/Presenter - Best Selling Author - AGENT cwalker@unitedagents.co.uk
Leslie Hills @skylinefilm.bsky.social Film producer. Book 10 Scotland Street - an opinionated history of one house over two centuries now out in paperback
Dr John Davies @jed1848.bsky.social FRHistS. Independent scholar.Eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Archivist.
Currently researching the life of Charles Francis Greville (1749-1809).
Laura H @ninewitchknots.bsky.social 18th cent public historian; woodworker; long time fiber artist (knitting, sewing, handspinning, etc); chronic reader and occasional writer
David Underdown @davidunderdown.bsky.social Data Engineer at The National Archives. Digital Preservation/Digital Archiving. Also cycling, bellringing, photography, choral singing, promming and much more
Mark Hailwood @markhailwood.bsky.social Historian of everyday life in England, c.1500-1700 | Bristol Uni | First Gen | Devon & Somerset
Map Myths @mapmyths.com Map Myths delves into the stories and people behind the phantom geography found on maps - by @rhewlif.xyz
Myth map 👉 https://mapmyths.com
Long reads 👉 https://mapmyths.com/blog
Margaret Fox @mf6060.bsky.social Archivist at Traquair House, Scotland's oldest inhabited house, since 1991. Enjoying telling all the fascinating stories...
In another life, spending quality time in the wonderful #Berwick-upon-Tweed
Martine Brennan @saytheirnamesir.bsky.social Public historian #IrishSlaveholders #SouthCarolina & beyond. https://irishhistorians.ie/members/martine-brennan/ and https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/stained-and-bloodied-cloths-of-ireland-9781350445703/
johnpmcloughlin.bsky.social @johnpmcloughlin.bsky.social London.Irish.Historian.Fun discovering #linguistics at QMUL.Interests too diverse: 17 cent.fundraising, hist/philanthropy, learning French, eccles. hist. In past: 12 century, amicitia, John of Salisbury.Career of major-gift fundraising, alumni relations.
Sarah Wride @srwride.bsky.social Historian of culture & ideas | hows, whys, & effects of writing & making c18th+ | now: political activism's role in framing practice; ethics of reimagining historical homicides | @york.ac.uk, @ihr.bsky.social, & in the wild | shop window 👉 sarahwride.co.uk
Dave Downing @doublediode.bsky.social 
Stuart Manson 🇨🇦 @quarterbean.bsky.social Historian | Author | Heritage Cemetery Advocate | Buyer of Non-US Stuff | New Johnstown, Upper Canada | stuartmanson.wordpress.com
Sharon Howard @sharonhoward.bsky.social History, data, art, food. Still lazing about.
http://sharonhoward.org/
Australian Convict & Colonial Research - London @ozconvictresearch.bsky.social London based group - convicts transported from Britain & Ireland to Australia 1787 - 1868 + colonial era to 1901 & beyond
Current project: Transported Female Convicts of Westminster
Come on a tour to support our work: https://echoesofoztours.wordpress.com/
Kent Archives @kentarchives.bsky.social A nationally accredited archive repository for Kent, established in 1933 and based in Maidstone. Get involved and keep up-to-date with the latest news and events from our service.
This account is monitored from Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 5pm.
Alan Godfrey Maps (3,900+ publications and counting!) @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social Reprinted Old Ordnance Survey Maps across Britain & Ireland introduced by specialist authors.
https://www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/
USA sales - https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/alangodfreymaps?_trksid=p2334524.m570.l113337
#CombatCartography #MatchMap
Rhian Williams @rhianwilliams.bsky.social Cymraes. Gogledd Orllewin Cymru
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
The Huguenot Society of Great Britain & Ireland @huguenotsociety.bsky.social The Huguenot Society of GB and Ireland, founded 1885, offers its members lectures, events, and research resources via digitized and Huguenot Library holdings.
RJ1611 @rfj1611.bsky.social Genealogist & family historian, studying with the IHGS | 17th century & British/English Civil Wars researcher | Biographer of ECW painter William Dobson | currently cataloguing 1640s British portraits | Loves Jack Russells, tea and peanut butter
@horhpodcast.bsky.social @horhpodcast.bsky.social Hollywood or History? Unpack fact vs. fiction in film. Great for teachers, trivia buffs, and history fans. New episodes every other week.
Available on Spotify, Apple, and YouTube
https://youtube.com/@hollywoodorhistorypodcast?si=gNOPQUnVXde2_NZz
The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing @oxfordlifewriting.bsky.social The Oxford Centre for Life-Writing, Wolfson College.
Sign up for our events: https://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/events
Join our writing classes & groups: http://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/writing-group
Subscribe to our newsletter: https://oclw.web.ox.ac.uk/SignUp
The History Syndicate Podcast @historysyndicate.bsky.social A podcast for all with a common interest in history. Run and hosted by Mark Martin, the pod is his hobby. He’s an Arsenal fan and Wargamer.
Listen on any podcast app: https://bit.ly/4huFXEJ
Fasol.nl ~ Genealogie.nu @genealogienu.bsky.social Dagelijkse updates over stamboomonderzoek uit Nederland, Vlaanderen en daarbuiten.
Mastodon: genealogie_nu@fasol.org
Bluesky: genealogienu.bsky.social
Threads: genealogie.nu@threads.net
Website: www.fasol.nl/tng
Lynne Cleaver @lynnemcleaver.bsky.social Local history author; professional genealogist (retired) and researcher; AGRA member (SW Network coordinator), IHGS Higher Cert & Diploma; Somerset
King's College London Archives @kingsarchives.bsky.social King's College London Archives and the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives.
lnk.bio/kings_archives
ezrarising @ezrarising.bsky.social Stuttering and family history and storytelling are some of my favorite things. I run @stutterology on ig
Richard Ovenden @richove.bsky.social Bodley's Librarian, @bodleian.ox.ac.uk & Head of Gardens, Libraries & Museums @ox.ac.uk OBE. FSA. FRHistS, FRSE. President, DPC. Fellow, @Ballioloxford.Bsky.social. Member, @AmPhilsociety.Bsky.social Hon. Fellow @britishacademy.bsky.social
Dr Miranda Kaufmann @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social #Historian. Author #BlackTudors #Heiresses (out September 2025) Collaborative educator #TeachingBlackTudors
www.mirandakaufmann.com
www.linktr.ee/drmirandakaufmann
Gwawr Faulconbridge @gwawrmai.bsky.social Mam, History especially Health History.
Admin for Whitchurch Hospital Historical Society social media sites.
Victoria @vicsgenealogy.bsky.social 
VCH Oxfordshire @vch-oxon.bsky.social Researching and publishing the history of Oxfordshire places as part of @vchlondon.bsky.social - landscape, settlement, buildings, economy, religion, society and more: www.history.ac.uk/research/victoria-county-history/counties-z/oxfordshire
Durham University Library @dulib.bsky.social 📚 Home to @durham-university.bsky.social Libraries and @ducollections.bsky.social
💜 Amazing resources, fantastic spaces and friendly staff
💬 Not monitored 24/7
Website: durham.ac.uk/library
Linktree: linktr.ee/DULib