Debbie Cameron @debsadelight.bsky.social Amateur family historian and the many roles of women in WW1 in the UK. Love cats, churchcrawling, photography, nature and.Spurs.
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/
@benedictjephcote.bsky.social @benedictjephcote.bsky.social Local historian with specialisms in medieval Bassetlaw history and Clumber Park
Chair of the Retford and District Historical and Archaeological Society
For more local history community info, see:
https://sites.google.com/view/bassetlawhistory/home
Dave Annal Lifelines Research @davelifelines.bsky.social Family historian, lecturer, author. Former Principal Family History Specialist at The National Archives. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. 42 years in the business. Loves a good map. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
https://lifelinesresearch.co.uk/
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/
The Family Histories Podcast @familyhistoriespodcast.com The Family Histories Podcast is a show for and about #familyhistory addicts. A guest, a life story, a brick wall, and a bit of #timetravel. Host: @familytreeuk.co.uk
https://familyhistoriespodcast.com
Neurodivergent Nurses Australia @nd-nurses-aus.bsky.social Disability-led research, advocacy & community for neurodivergent nurses 🇦🇺 | 🌐 ndnurses.com.au
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.
Ruairidh McKay | Ruairidh MacAoidh @rumckay.bsky.social Expat translator/lecturer | classical guitarist | optimist |GD/EN/DE/ES
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction." – E. F. Schumacher
Nate Hendley @natehendley.bsky.social Toronto-based writer and author of several true-crime and history books. My latest book, Atrocity on the Atlantic, recounts the torpedoing of a Canadian hospital ship in WW1.
Books: https://tinyurl.com/4rvtkp7d
My website: www.natehendley.ca
Mike @mikeyashworth.bsky.social Ex-London Underground and retired back to "The North" - transport, design history, things industrial, architecture & heritage - all tickle my fancy. Postings often link to my Flickr account for more things!
Northamptonshire @northamptonshire.bsky.social News and updates from the county of #Northants #Northamptonshire, UK - we originally started this service on another app in 2012 and now here on Bluesky
Dr Mark Purcell @camlibresearch.bsky.social Director, Research and Collections, Cambridge University Libraries and Archives and CUL Research Institute; Bye-Fellow, Pembroke College, Cambridge; FSA FRHistS; University Deputy Proctor; The Country House Library (Yale, 2017); private views
Historic Towns Trust @historictownstrust.bsky.social An educational charity working to map the urban histories of 🏴🏴🏴 in partnership with local historians & communities.
Friends of Lister Lane Cemetery (KAVS) @listerlanecem.bsky.social In collaboration with Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council, the Friends maintain this Grade II listed, significant cemetery; the final resting place of some 20,000 individuals. Location: Halifax, England.
https://www.listerlanecemetery.co.uk
Jane Hamlett @janehamlett.bsky.social Professor of Modern British History at RHUL. Research interests: family, home, material and visual culture, mental health and animals. Also keen on cats…
Katie Holmes @runyoung50.bsky.social Independent sports historian sharing the stories of pioneering female distance runners.
"Rulebreakers and Ghost Runners: the British women who asserted their right to run" out on 13 Aug
Member: Women's History Network & British Society of Sports History.
FionaStone @cotswoldtalespast.bsky.social Family and Local History of the Cotswolds area especially Gloucestershire.
One Place Study for Lechlade-on-Thames in Gloucestershire. Advocate for the underdog.
Sharon Tomlin @sharontomlin.bsky.social Mother, Community Organiser, Facilitator, Family Historian and Genealogist. Work across sectors. Chair of Lillie Ward SNP, Stop & Search, BEM
Michael George @mikeyjgeorge.bsky.social PhD candidate studying social and cultural history in 1960s and 70s: sex, secularism, suicide and The Samaritans. University of Huddersfield.
Britain, Ireland and the Isles Chapter of APG @apg-bii.bsky.social Association of Professional Genealogists: Britain, Ireland and the Isles Chapter.
https://www.apgen.org/britain_ireland_and_the_isles.php
Strathclyde Institute for Genealogical Studies @strathgenealogy.bsky.social Delivering excellence through research, education and collaboration. Short courses - MSc in Genealogical Studies - PhD in History with Genealogical Studies.
All Things Brougham Genealogy @allthingsbrougham.bsky.social Amateur Genealogist and Family Historian particularly interested in the surname BROUGHAM in the north of England. Born a Yorkshire man - now living abroad in Leicestershire www.allthingsbrougham.co.uk
Pam Brigham @pambca.bsky.social Genealogist; love new technology, love movies, TV, photography. One of these days I’ll break that family history brick wall!
Emily Cock @emilyncock.bsky.social Historian of health and disability c1600-1850 at Cardiff University. Dysgwr Cymraeg. Also keen on our garden, cat, and chickens.
https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/cocke
Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford @morethanadodo.bsky.social A stunning Victorian building home to 7 million objects. Free entry, open 10-5 every day.
Centre for Research in History, Heritage and Memory Studies NTU @crhhms.bsky.social The Centre for Research in History, Heritage and Memory Studies at Nottingham Trent University. Making the past meaningful in the present.
Sport in History Podcast @sportinhistorypod.bsky.social The Sport in History Podcast brings you the latest research with interviews, talks & seminars with leading sports scholars, up-and-coming researchers & leading experts.
Find us here: https://linktr.ee/sportinhistorypodcast
Sport in History @sportinhistory.bsky.social Sport in history is the official academic journal of @bssh.bsky.social, covering sport history from all contexts and eras.
You can also check out our podcast: @sportinhistorypod.bsky.social
Kirsty Hooper @booksonspain.bsky.social Warwickshire-based researcher, writer, linguist, genealogist & trombonist. Just completed: 19th-Century Spanish London: Culture, Commerce, and Community. Also like 🐈⬛🥾📷🎺🎶 www.khgenealogy.co.uk
Yvette Hoitink @yhoitink.bsky.social Professional genealogist and local historian in the Netherlands. Scholar for the New Netherland Settlers project. Shares own opinions, typically in English.
MLitt, CG, QG. Into genealogy, archives, maps, history, IT, AI.
https://www.dutchgenealogy.nl
School of Archaeology & Ancient History, University of Leicester @archanchistleic.bsky.social Profiling students, staff and general amazingness of the School of Archaeology and Ancient History at the University of Leicester.
University of Southampton History Department @historyatsoton.bsky.social History at the University of Southampton, where staff and students, past, present and future discuss history. southampton.ac.uk/study/subjects/history
History at Queen's University Belfast @qubhistory.bsky.social History in the School of HAPP and adjacent historians at Queen's University Belfast. Find the QUB Historians and projects under ‘Lists’. We are at https://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/happ/
St Andrews School of History @standrewshist.bsky.social School of History @uniofstandrews.bsky.social
World-leading researchers and top-quality teaching
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/
Durham History @durhamhistory.bsky.social Durham University's Department of History is nestled right at the heart of this historic city, sitting alongside the World Heritage Cathedral and Castle.
Faculty of History, University of Oxford @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social https://www.history.ox.ac.uk/home
Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social News from the staff and students of the History Faculty at the University of Cambridge: one of the world’s largest and most diverse history departments.
Carolyn Day @carolynaday.bsky.social British historian, historian of medicine, & lover of fashion. Author of Consumptive Chic: A History of Beauty, Fashion and Disease & Remembering Anne Beach: Love, Scandal & Sickness in 18th century Britain (forthcoming UTP).
The Graveyard Squirrel @graveyardsquirrel.com Among the Tombstones with Tee. Genealogist, Ancestral Storyteller, Speaker and Grave Hunter for Hire as THE DEAD SLEUTH. Sleuthing YORKSHIRE and Beyond.
Dead Botherer @deadsleuth.com
Founder @teebylo.com
Tombstone Tee - graveyardsquirrel.com
Margaret Roberts 🏴🐄🌳🏡 @researchdogsbody.bsky.social Fellow of Royal Historical Society
Sport Historian, Genealogist
Member of Few Forgotten Women Team
Editor: Playing Pasts.
Chair: FHSofCheshire
I came, I saw, I researched
🏴Welsh girl living abroad in Cheshire
Oh and cows - love cows 🐄
Catriona Haine - MarpleCat @marplecat.bsky.social Scottish Professional Qualified Genealogist (MSc Genealogy Strath.) investigating family histories & mysteries Involving Ireland & England as well as Scotland.
Director of RQG & AGRA Associate.
Citizen of 🏴 🇮🇪 & Lanarkshire lassie.
www.MarpleCat.com
The Formidable Genealogist @formidablegen.bsky.social Professional Genealogist - Jen
I write research guides to help you research like I do.
All client research projects $200/hr #genealogy
https://www.theformidablegenealogist.com/category/all-products
Cork Genealogical Society Ireland @corkgenealogysoc.bsky.social Ancestor Bothering in Cork City, Cork County,The World ❤️🩹 🇮🇪🧩🧬📚
Volunteers Society based in Cork City. Check our website corkgenealogicalsociety.com
Berkshire Family History Society @berksfhs.bsky.social Founded in 1975, Berkshire Family History Society works to meet the needs of those researching their ancestry across the UK and overseas – as well as those looking for former relatives in historic Berkshire
Tulsa Genealogical Society @tulsagenealogy.bsky.social TGS promotes family history research by providing educational and research opportunities.
Redland Genealogical Society @redlandgs.bsky.social The objectives of the Redland Genealogical Society (RGS) are to advance the interests of the study of Genealogy in general and specifically to assist and advance the study and recording of family history.
You can find us online at https://rgs.net.au/
Queensland Family History Society @qfhs.bsky.social
Warwick History Postgraduates @warwickhistorypgs.bsky.social The Warwick History Postgraduate Work in Progress.
Showcasing talks by PG students across departments on history-related topics.
Every Monday at 5pm during term time.
Run by the history PhD community.
Scottish History Society @scothistorysociety.bsky.social The Scottish History Society is a registered charity and the leading publisher of original sources relating to the history of Scotland. Founded in 1886, the Society has published over 170 volumes.
Somerset & Dorset Notes & Queries @sdnq.bsky.social SDNQ is a journal dedicated to the history of the counties of Somerset and Dorset. Published in an unbroken sequence since 1888, it is the oldest continuously published periodical of its kind.
Roman Roads @romanroads.bsky.social It's all about the roads, #Roman by origin, and whatever has happened to them since. www.romanroads.org for more, much more.
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.
Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland @ssnci.bsky.social The Society for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Ireland promotes an inter-disciplinary approach to Irish studies.
ssnci.org
Past To Present Genealogy @janeroberts.bsky.social Professional family, local & house history researcher. Author. AGRA Associate. History graduate. Batley St Mary’s One-Place Study. Connecting past & present.
Website & blog: https://pasttopresentgenealogy.co.uk
DiAnn Iamarino Ohama @famtreeadvice.bsky.social Genealogy blogger at https://family-tree-advice.blogspot.com
Italian ancestry a specialty.
Jisc @jisc.bsky.social Jisc: for the future of education and research
For more than 30 years, Jisc has pioneered digital solutions for UK education and research, transforming how knowledge is created, shared and used.
www.jisc.ac.uk
Urban History @urbanhistory.bsky.social Urban History features articles covering social, economic, political and cultural aspects of the history of towns and cities. We're worldwide in scope.
🔗 https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/urban-history
Journal of Women's History @jwomenshistory.bsky.social The official account of the Journal of Women’s History, edited by Sandie Holguín and Jennifer J. Davis. Book Review Editor, Ronnie Grinberg. Website: jwomenshistory.org journal site: https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/100
Past and Present @pastpresentsoc.bsky.social The Past and Present Society: making cutting edge social history accessible since 1952. Our journal Past & Present is published by Oxford University Press.
https://academic.oup.com/past
Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
University of Stirling Archives @unistirarchives.bsky.social News, events and activities related to the collections held in the University of Stirling Archives.
Find out more at:
https://libguides.stir.ac.uk/archives
Wiltshire VCH @wiltshistory.bsky.social The Victoria County History of Wiltshire. New to BlueSky and happy to be here.
National Football Museum @nfmofficial.bsky.social The official account of England's national football museum. Open in Manchester every day, 10am - 5pm (last entry 4pm).
St Albans Museums @stalbansmuseums.bsky.social Celebrating St Albans arts, history and community
Midlands Historical Review @midhistreview.bsky.social A multi-disciplinary, historically-oriented journal. Run by postgrads to showcase research across the Arts and Humanities.
UEA Archives @ueaarchives.bsky.social University of East Anglia's Archives / Doris Lessing/ British Archive for Contemporary Writing / Towards a Centre for Contemporary Poetry www.uea.ac.uk/bacw
Our Criminal Past @ourcriminalpast.bsky.social Orig AHRC funded network, all things crime and penal history, archives, heritage, museums, Heather Shore (MMU) & Helen Johnston (Hull). Opinions own, tweets by HJ. www.ourcriminalancestors.org
Brunel Museum @brunelmuseum.bsky.social London’s story of an engineering family that changed the World. Contact us by email - hello@thebrunelmuseum.com
Buy tickets at https://thebrunelmuseum.com/visiting-us/
Royal Welsh Museum @rwmuseum.bsky.social Our museum tells the long and proud story of the regiment of The Royal Welsh with over 300 years of history. The Royal Welsh is an amalgamation of RRW, RWF (23rd), SWB (24th), and Welch Regiment (41st & 69th).
Website: https://royalwelshmuseum.wales
Black History Month UK @blackhistorymonth.org.uk Black History Month UK is dedicated to celebrating and recognising the contributions, history, and culture of Black communities across the UK. https://www.blackhistorymonth.org.uk/
National Railway Museum @railwaymuseum.bsky.social
Rural Museums Network @ruralmuseums.bsky.social The Rural Museums Network is a registered charity, aimed at promoting learning and encouraging a wider understanding of the UK’s rural heritage.
Museum of Cornish Life @musecornishlife.bsky.social
Sainsbury Archive @sainsburyarchive.bsky.social The Sainsbury Archive documents the history of Sainsbury's from its foundation in Drury Lane in 1869 to now.
Visit us at London Museum Docklands
Derby Museums @derbymuseums.bsky.social
Birmingham & Midland Institute @bmi1854.bsky.social We are a charity that seeks to promote and provide cultural and educational activities in Science, the Arts and Literature for everyone.
Royal Berkshire Archives @berksarchives.bsky.social The Royal Berkshire Archives holds the archives of the Royal County of Berkshire. We look after nearly nine hundred years of the County's history.
Website: royalberkshirearchives.org.uk
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org An organization dedicated to researching and teaching about newspapers, magazines, and serial print forms in Britain and its empire throughout the long nineteenth century.
Aberystwyth University Archives @aberuniarchives.bsky.social Home to records of the University from its foundation (and before!) in 1872 to the present day + range of other archive collections.
Cymraeg 🏴 @archifprifaber.bsky.social
Aston University Archives @astonunarchives.bsky.social Archives of Aston University in Birmingham, UK closely linked with the Aston University Archives Centre and the History programmes at Aston University.
SOAS History @soashistory.bsky.social News and events from the History Department in the School of History, Religions and Philosophies @SOAS University of London www.soas.ac.uk and the SOAS History Blog blogs.soas.ac.uk/soashistoryblog/
Hull History Centre @hullhistorycentre.bsky.social
History, University of Hull @historyathull.bsky.social News and events from History at the @UniofHull. Ranked 12th in Guardian 2023 rankings of UK History departments. Study with us!
Arts Council England @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Your national development agency for creativity and culture
• Awarding @dcmsgovuk & @tnluk funds
• Got a question? ☎️ artscouncil.org.uk/contact
UK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social The UK’s largest collection of UK and international social, economic and population data. Funded by UKRI through the ESRC. https://ukdataservice.ac.uk/
HistoryExtra @historyextra.bsky.social Posts from HistoryExtra, Britain’s bestselling history magazine and award-winning podcast.
www.historyextra.com
OpenHistoricalMap @openhistoricalmap.org Explore the world throughout time, mapped in minute detail by people like you & dedicated to the public domain. OHM is a charter project of @osmus.bsky.social and cousin of @openstreetmap.bsky.social. #oldmaps #dh #hgis
https://www.openhistoricalmap.org
Keele Libraries @keelelibraries.bsky.social The place to be for all things library at Keele! 📚🐿️
🔗 https://linktr.ee/keelelibraries?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAadbxnei2cGeAciVPlA-KcHR25kT72gdqoNfLjIk5DBaOnNH5sbgEmw0YNSvIQ_aem_9muRPNm091aMOHXwGtxiOQ
Commonwealth War Graves @cwgc.bsky.social Our mission is to ensure those who died in service, or as a result of conflict, are commemorated so that they, and the human cost of war, are remembered forever
People's Collection Wales @pplscollection.bsky.social A website, full of fascinating photographs, sound recordings, documents, videos and stories about the history of Wales.
Falmouth & Exeter Uni Archives @fxuniarchives.bsky.social Unique, eclectic, inspiring - discover our Archives & Special Collections at Falmouth University & University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall.
Find out more: linktr.ee/fxuniarchives
English Radical History @englishradical.bsky.social Quotes, facts, images and videos about England’s radical past.
University of Warwick Press @uowpress.bsky.social Posts on & around the University of Warwick Press by the University Press Manager, Dr Gareth J Johnson. Views expressed should not be considered official positions of my employer.
https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/research-support/uwp/
Lincoln Record Society @lincolnrecsoc.bsky.social Founded in 1910 by Canon Charles Wilmer Foster, the Lincoln Record Society is a charity which edits, transcribes and publishes records relating to the historic city, county & diocese of Lincoln. Find us at https://www,lincoln-record-society.org.uk/
Leicestershire VCH Trust @leicsvcht.bsky.social Working with volunteers across the county, our aim is to research from primary sources and publish a history of every town and village in Leicestershire
Kenilworth History & Archaeology Society @khaskenilworth.bsky.social The promotion of members’ and public interest in their heritage by discovering, recording, publishing, or by any other means, the history and archaeology of the Kenilworth area in the county of Warwickshire, England.
https://www.khas.co.uk/
The Oxfordshire Museum Service @oxonmuseumservice.bsky.social The Oxfordshire Museum Service (OMS) cares for and makes accessible the county’s Museum collection across the four sites of The Oxfordshire Museum in Woodstock, Bishops Palace in Witney, Swalcliffe Barn near Banbury and the Museum Resource Centre.
The British Museum @britishmuseum.bsky.social The official account of The British Museum
🏛 Explore 2 million years of human history
Museum of Policing in Devon & Cornwall @dcpolmuseum.bsky.social A museum.
Collecting and preserving the history of policing in Devon and Cornwall.