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.
History of the Seaside Grands @hotelhistories.bsky.social Writer and historian looking into the history of our best seaside hotels.Now focussing on the Royal hotels of Yorkshire
https://www.lornaspacey.com/
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
Caroline Vile @oddball553.bsky.social London based Tour Guide, Archaeologist and built heritage consultant. Musician in Keshco, Bleak House and VBS. Works at Beware! The Radio. Sings in Cornish. Obsessed with Lepidoptera, dolls, folk horror, urbex, Fogous, and abandoned department stores…
MeetDonnaW @meetdonnaw.bsky.social Heritage Researcher & Guide & Finds Treasures | History Walks & Retreats | Talk2History | Fun Fridays Foodie https://www.lighthousetravelandtours.com/Info/AgentProfile/981218?mid=87180#EndAlz Advocate
Julian Humphrys @juleshumphrys.bsky.social Historian, writer, and guide. Lecturer on historical tours. Leads English Heritage battlefield walks. Scriptwriter for museum audio guides across the UK. www.julianhumphrys.com
Rob Smith @robssmith.bsky.social London tour guide and general walking enthusiast. Like sharing pictures of my travels and walks with Footprints of London
WalkLondon @walklondon.bsky.social Accredited Westminster Guide. Walks include: American Mayfair; James Bond; Soho's Women; Savile Row; The Lambeth Walk; St James's. Walks through footprintsoflondon.com
Craig Nelson @craigwnelson.bsky.social In NYC and beyond. Managing tours for Bowery Boys Walks, production manager for The Gilded Gentleman podcast, freelance writer & licensed tour guide.
Philippa Vishnyakov @revealmcr.bsky.social Manchester Green Badge Tour Guide. Walks and tours. The original lunchtime Manchester Netwalks for business.
I can't access DMs so please contact via website.
www.revealmanchester.co.uk
Researching women in the footnotes of Manchester history.
WestminsterWalks @westminsterwalks.bsky.social City of Westminster and Clerkenwell & Islington Guide. Social history walks. Walthamstow & Chingford walks too.
Booking details for all my public guided walks and tours are here: https://linktr.ee/joannawestminsterwalks
Oonagh Gay @oonaghgay.bsky.social Retired House of Commons official and walking tour guide specialising in women and political history. Upcoming walks can be found at the following link. https://www.eventbrite.com/o/11054676824
Capital Walks in London @capitalwalks.bsky.social London walks by Oonagh and Sue. We love sharing our discoveries of the city's hidden byways and uncovering women histories. Occasional blogger. Posts by Sue
See website for current walks.
http://www.capitalwalksinlondon.com
Islington Guided Walks @islingtonwalks.bsky.social Official guides for Clerkenwell, Smithfield and Islington. Check out our walks - or book us to lead a walk for your business. https://islingtonguidedwalks.com/
Rebecca Fachner @rebeccafachner.bsky.social Historian. Tour guide. Traveler. Smart ass.
DC based. New England raised.
History pod is Tour Guide Tell All
beccagrawl @beccagrawl.bsky.social Ward 4. DC tour guide, author, & public historian by day. Musical theatre, movies, & travel by night.
https://linktr.ee/beccagrawl
York International Women's Week (YIWW) @yiww.bsky.social Annual community programme around International Women's Day, 8th March, in York, England. www.yorkwomen.org.uk
BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social The British Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies supports the study of the long #c18th. Check website for details. https://www.bsecs.org.uk/ 
The Victorian Society @thevicsoc.bsky.social The national charity fighting to save our Victorian & Edwardian heritage. Join us!
linktr.ee/victoriansociety
Non-Governmental & Nonprofit Organization in England and Wales
Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org The Royal Historical Society is the UK's foremost society promoting the scholarly and professional study of the past. Our membership is an international community of 7000+ historians - please join us: https://royalhistsoc.org/
NonViolet @non-violet.bsky.social Inept GenXer trying to figure how things work now
Doing genealogy to calm down (I ❤️ 🏴)
Associate member of my great-grandfather's union — United Mine Workers of America
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
RMZ @rmzhbc.bsky.social Dead Man’s Hand, Rebels and Patriots, Pikeman’s Lament, Frostgrave, Rangers of Shadowdeep, Devilry Afoot and board-game player.
More than a passing interest in historic buildings and landscape.
Occasional wildlife photos when it stands still.
Hannah Orbell @hannah-orbell.bsky.social Somewhat obsessed with the 1940s & WW2. Passionate about history. Vintage cycle enthusiast. Digs for victory! Loves wildlife. MA History. March Town Councillor.
Helen McKee @helenthev.bsky.social Likes dead languages and medieval manuscripts. Visiting Lecturer at Royal Holloway and King’s College London. She/her.
ASLH @aslegalhist.bsky.social The American Society for Legal History is an international academic society dedicated to fostering scholarship and teaching in the many fields of legal history around the world. aslh.net
Blog for society events, award winners, and opportunities.
Modern British Studies Association @modbritstud.bsky.social The Modern British Studies Association offers a thriving, interdisciplinary space for debate and intellectual exchange relating to British history, society, politics and culture at its regular Modern British Studies conferences.
https://modbritstud.org.uk/
Rachel MacGregor @anoldhand.bsky.social Digital Preservation Officer at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. Interested in digital preservation, archives and public engagement. Also random public transport content. Views my own unless a repost. She/her.
Jack Cox @jackandrewcox.bsky.social PhD History studying convict transportation to America, Australia and within British-Occupied India📚
Archives Assistant at Northamptonshire Archives and Heritage Service📜
https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-4965-6866
The Tarot Quester @tarotquester.bsky.social ✨ Tarot Reader and Coach ✨ Shuffling the Cards Through YORK and Beyond with SoQuietus Tee ✨
A Spiritual Quester @soquietus.com
SoQuietus of York - soquietus.com
Founder @teebylo.com
Shamrock Roots @shamrockroots.com Discover the people and places that matter to you. Hire Ciara Chivers, Qualified Genealogist, to research your family tree or house history: http://shamrockroots.com
The Scottish Record Society @scotrecsoc.bsky.social The Scottish Record Society is one of Scotland’s oldest historical societies, and is dedicated to publishing calendars, indexes and texts of historical records.
Sophia Lambert @sophialambert100.bsky.social PhD student and budding historian of Anglo-Jewish history; Leeds history; cemeteries; social, urban and spatial history; writer; museums. LBU alumni.
Alex Harvey @alexharvv.bsky.social Best-selling author | artist | archaeologist | I write about the 'Dark Ages'
Views my own. Appears on BBC radio occasionally.
LITTLE KINGDOMS out now: https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Little-Kingdoms-Hardback/p/56542
The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳 @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social Welcome to Cheshire. We are a very friendly and helpful Society, with a lot of knowledgeable volunteers always ready to help you find the Who, What, When, and Where of your ancestry no matter where it's based
https://www.fhsc.org.uk
Maggie Gaffney @mghistorical.com Family and local historian: https://mghistorical.com Web geek. Traveller. Gamer. Perpetual student. Wellington, NZ. Voyage of the Mermaid to NZ project: https://mermaid1864.org iwiKiwi blog: https://www.iwikiwi.com/
Men of Worth Project @menofworth.bsky.social Andy Wade, Historian. Author.
We research Keighley & Worth Valley people who served in wartime. We remember their service and try to ensure they’re not forgotten. Est. 2001, QAVS 2021.
www.menofworth.org.uk
Alt text: Embroidered badge, says ‘MEN OF WORTH'
Women of Worth @womenofworth.bsky.social We research the women of Keighley and the Worth Valley in West Yorkshire, who served in times of war. We are the nurses, munitions workers, tram drivers and volunteers who raised funds and did so much more!
Mandy Geary 🏡🧬🐈 @mandytherootsgenie.bsky.social Genealogist & Family Historian.
One of the Few Forgotten Women team.
AGRA Associate.
RQG Student Member.
Pharos Advanced Grad.
IHGS Higher Cert student.
Cat Lover.
Interests:
*DNA *Local History *Maps
*Military History *Heraldry
*Travelling *Fine Dining
Janet Barrie @springhillops.bsky.social One Place Studies of Springhill in Rossendale, Lancs and Newlands, Cumberland. History PG student. Also birding, anaesthesia and Burnley FC.
Steve Jackson @atcherleyons.bsky.social #Genealogy. #FamilyHistory and #OneNameStudy of the Atcherley family. #OnePlaceStudies of Waters Upton and Fawsley, #HouseHistory of Marton Hall. Green. Vegan. Lover of SciFi; #nature and #WildlifePhotography; countryside; puns. Not here to doomscroll.
Janice Tullock @jtullock.bsky.social Archivist, consultant, genealogist, mentor. If you want to understand today, you have to search yesterday. ~Pearl Buck
@thegenealogist.bsky.social @thegenealogist.bsky.social 
Susan Moore Research @susanmooreresearch.bsky.social Freelance researcher specialising in Chancery records and other records of places and people in the 16th and 17th century. Trustee of British Association for Local History, BALH
Chris Paton @chrismpaton.bsky.social Genealogist/sloinntear, writer, tutor, happy bunny, Ayrshire based. Have written a good few books. Laphroaig every time. Cuimhnich air na daoine o'n d'thàinig sibh...!
Helen Baggott | Editor ~ Author ~ Speaker @postedinthepast.bsky.social Author of the #PostedInThePast series – revealing the true stories from postcards sent in the early 20th century, and #MemoriesFromTheFuture. Books ~ Talks ~ Freelance Editor (working with indie authors).
https://linktr.ee/helenbaggott
Nicki Jones @nicki-jones.bsky.social Lover of genealogy, family history, local history, archaeology, geology, allotmenting and crafting. Studying a BSc with the Open University. Studying Higher Certificate in Genealogy with the IHGS.
Laura King (she/her) @lauracking.bsky.social Historian, latest book Living with the Dead (open access, OUP, 2025). Interested everyday life, emotional relationships, and how history gets passed on.
Love collaborating with people in and outside the University
Liz Yule @lizyule.bsky.social Genealogist, historian, East Anglian.
Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group @yvbsg.bsky.social The YVBSG was formed in 1972 to study and record the traditional architecture of Yorkshire. We survey buildings; organise conferences, day schools and visits; and produce newsletters and an annual journal. https://www.yvbsg.org.uk
Sharon Grant @grantshire.bsky.social Grantshire Genealogy provides family and local history research services, based in Ladywell, SE13 Former Chair and now a Fellow of @agragenealogy.bsky.social
Guildhall Library @guildhalllibrary.bsky.social The Library of London History.
https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/libraries/guildhall-library
Hampshire Genealogy Society @hgs1.bsky.social 
Kent Family History Society @kentfhs.bsky.social The official account of the Kent Family History Society, Kent, England
Devon Family History Society @devonfhs.bsky.social The official bsky profile of Devon FHS. Helping all those with Devon ancestry and those in Devon with their worldwide family history. Our strength is in our local knowledge. https://www.devonfhs.org.uk/ 
House Historian @househistorian.bsky.social Historian • author • speaker • TV consultant • presenter. Specialist in researching the history of houses. Otherwise known as Mel Backe-Hansen. Books incl. #AHouseThroughTime and #HouseHistories Rep #PastPreservers http://www.house-historian.co.uk/
Friends of Key Hill cemetery & Warstone Lane cemetery, B'ham JQ @friends-fkwc.bsky.social Guided Walking Tours, Raising funds for Grave restoration preserving our history & caring for the community since 2004.
Tours, Membership, Donations, Sales, Open Days, H/ Fairs. Plot numbers.
Dr David Barton @davidbartonmus.bsky.social 🎓 PhD MEd AFHEA 🌳 Genealogist & Historian 📚 IHGS & Pharos Tutors Student 📝 Charity Trustee 🎵 Music Education Researcher ✍️ Writer 🎶 Flute, Piano & Singing Teacher 🎼 Composer 🎹 Accompanist & Organist
🌐 https://www.davidbartonmusic.co.uk
📍Lichfield UK
Jeanette R Rosenberg OBE @ettenaejrr.bsky.social Professional genealogist / family historian, German-Jewish genealogy specialist. Always far too busy, rarely asleep! Determined, resilient, has big email backlog!!
Passionate disability accessibility campaigner, thought leader & advocate.
Views are my own.
Antony Marr @chalfontr.bsky.social Ex Met Police, former deputy registrar, and now retired professional genealogist and family history researcher with a special interest in the records of civil registration in England/Wales.
Fellow of AGRA
Key to the Past @manuscriptmondays.bsky.social Historian & Palaeography Teacher - Dr. Caroline Adams, former Senior Archivist, West Sussex Record Office.
The Secret Registrar @secretregistrar.bsky.social Births, Deaths, Marriages, Tears, Drama.
Repeat daily.
@fionatcc.bsky.social @fionatcc.bsky.social Family Historian, House Historian and Local Historian. AGRA Associate. Loves #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #HouseHistory
Andrea Hetherington @historylass.bsky.social Author, researcher, historical advisor to film & TV, sometime criminal defence solicitor.
Airedale & Wharfedale Family History Society @awfhs.bsky.social Airedale and Wharfedale Family History Society (AWFHS) is a member-run organisation dedicated to promoting and supporting family history research in the Airedale and Wharfedale regions of Yorkshire.
Debbie Kennett 🧬🌳 @debbiekennett.bsky.social DNA, genetic genealogy, family history. forensics. Honorary Research Fellow at UCL. All views my own.
British Online Archives (BOA) @boapublishing.bsky.social Our skilled team curate and digitise unique collections of primary sources that illuminate key historical concepts, events, and themes.
@nickkingsley.bsky.social @nickkingsley.bsky.social Historian of the country house; archivist; FSA; Chairman of Gloucestershire County History Trust; author of Landed Families blog
Karen Averby 🌊 @karenaverby.bsky.social karenaverby.co.uk
Buildings Historian/Consultant
Seaside Heritage, House History, Hotels, Architecture, Local History, Archaeology, Other Delights
Director ArchangelHeritage.co.uk
FRHistS ACIfA
Extreme Seagazer/ex-Archivist
Rep PastPreservers
Brum/London
Judith Harris @jud1960.bsky.social Passionate about Classical Music, Politics, General History, Local History (especially Leeds), Family History and English Literature!
Huddersfield Local History Society @huddersfieldhistory.org.uk Huddersfield Local History Society is for anybody and everybody interested in the history of the town and its surrounding district. Talks, Publications including an annual Journal and much more. https://huddersfieldhistory.org.uk
@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
Michelle Leonard @genealogylass.bsky.social Professional #Genealogist. DNA Detective. Author. Speaker. Historian. Fromelles Project. WW1. 💜 using #DNA to solve #Genealogy mysteries #AncestryHour 🧬
Karen Lucas-Thompson 🇬🇧🇦🇺🦘 @kaz747.bsky.social Your Family Stories 🇬🇧 Liverpool lass who has lived in Perth, WA 🇦🇺 for nearly 60 years - £10 Poms - I love uncovering the secrets, skeletons and stories from my (and my husband’s) family tree. Researching 🏴🏴🏴🇮🇪🇮🇲🇦🇺 https://yourfamilystories.blog/
Frances Stonehouse @frances-s.bsky.social Curator at Kirklees Museums & Galleries
* Oakwell Hall
* Tolson Museum
* Bagshaw Museum
www.kirklees.gov.uk/beta/museums-and-galleries/index.aspx
Humble History @humblehistory.bsky.social Dr Lesley Trotter: historian, professional genealogist, writer & archive addict specialising in Cornwall. AGRA Associate. Author of 'The Married Widows of Cornwall'. www.humblehistory.com
Adam Cook @adamcook.bsky.social Medievalist interested in 12th century frontiers, particularly Yorkshire and Northumberland. PhD from the University of Hull, Associate Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Hull City fan.
All views my own, not those of my employer.
Dr Francis Young @drfrancisyoung.bsky.social Historian of religion and belief | folklorist | Balticist | indexer | lay canon @stedscath.bsky.social | series editor for @universitypress.cambridge.org
Gary Brannan @gbrannanarchive.bsky.social Acting Director of Library, Learning Services and Research Collections @uniofyork.
'Makes archives sexy.'
'International Man of History'
'A weird bird, in a good way'
All views my own.
History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social Independent researcher/writer in the history, heritage and culture sectors. Former Editor, History and Heritage Yorkshire Magazine, Bylines Network. Passionate about community and inclusivity Hate racism. Servant to a Patterdale.
David Pendleton @davidpendleton.bsky.social Dr David Pendleton. Author, editor and historian, interested in the long 19th Century (1789-1914). Career defining moment was organising an open top vintage bus trip around a sewage works.
Urbanisation | Sport & Leisure | Maritime | Seaside
Andrew McTominey @mctom.bsky.social Urban-environmental historian of water and reservoirs in C19th and C20th Britain. Own views.
Hull History Nerd @hullhistorynerd.bsky.social I make videos and give talks about the history of Hull, the East Riding, and railways! Search for me on YouTube to see what sort of things I get up to.
Donations in Lego are always appreciated.
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
NearlyKnowledgeable @g0blinegg.bsky.social Amy
𖦹 Folklorist & Writer 𖦹
Ghostlore ● Witchcraft ● Devil Folklore
Rooted in Shropshire History & Lore 💀
Writer of 'The Best Of Men' -A Shropshire folk horror 🦇
Michelle Watson @michwatsonoz.bsky.social Archivist. Community historian. Genealogist. Stockton, NSW during WW1. MIM - family history researchers as an uni archives user group. Digital Humanities. LOD. (she/her) - https://www.michellewatson.org - Worimi Country
LizG @trivvieliz.bsky.social A craft loving family historian. Researching in Kent, Sussex and Renfrewshire. Has a website for Cuckfield registered on Society of One Place Studies...www.cuckfieldcompendium.co.uk
Tad Callin @tadmaster.bsky.social Half a century of trying to figure out a good description; genealogy/family history stuff: https://mightieracorns.wordpress.com/
Assoc. Editor: @pseudopod.org
Dr Stephanie Brown @drstephaniebrown.bsky.social BBC / AHRC New Generation Thinker | Historical Criminologist | History of Crime, Punishment, & Policing | Medieval to Modern | Expertise in legal & social reactions to homicide, suicide & abortion | https://substack.com/@drstephaniebrown
Dr Angela Muir @drangelamuir.bsky.social Academic historian, writer, sometimes musician, full time cat lady. Interested in gender and deviance in long 18th century Wales & England. www.angelamuir.co.uk
Dr Louise Ryland-Epton @lrylandepton.bsky.social Historian & contributing editor for VCH @wiltshistory.bsky.social & @vchgloucester.bsky.social.
Fellow @ihr.bsky.social.
Ed. at @hobnobpress.bsky.social & Crime, Histories & Societies.
VF @openuniversity.bsky.social
https://www.louiserylandepton.co.uk/
The Material Culture of Wills Project @materialwills.bsky.social The Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790: a Leverhulme Trust project using digital tech & volunteers to transcribe 25,000 wills.
Visit our website: https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcultureofwills/
Old Bailey Online @oldbaileyonline.bsky.social Historical crime online.
https://www.oldbaileyonline.org
Tim Hitchcock @timhitchcock.bsky.social Historian of 18th century London; Professor Emeritus of Digital History at the University of Sussex. Just coughing in the ink to the end of time.
History of Parliament @histparl.bsky.social Creating a comprehensive account of parliamentary politics in England, then the UK, from the thirteenth century to the present day.
You can find us at other places, here: https://linktr.ee/historyofparliament
Maxine - Kith and Kin Family History @genealogymaxine.bsky.social Professional Genealogist/Family History Researcher/Historian /Writer /Mother
I'm passionate about history - family/local/social/archaeology
Jane Harris Janealogy @janejanealogy.bsky.social Retired pro genealogist, Black Isle dweller (Scotland), Orkney-born, French, Welsh, bit of running, bike & hills, one-place study #NorthWallsAndBrims Orkney, trustee of St John’s Kirk - Walls Heritage
https://janealogy.co.uk
Pam Smith LHG @genejean.bsky.social Researching the parish of Rillington, North Yorkshire, since 2004. Exploring the relationships between people, place, and time through genealogy, local history, and the landscape itself.
Ginger Goodwin kin
www.rillingtonhistory.com