Dr Michelle Walker (/Moffat) @moffski.bsky.social Historian of war & society in WWII Scotland (+UK), veteran disability.
Proud NZer 🇳🇿
Researcher @Manchester Met Uni
FRHistS
https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-scottish-society-in-the-second-world-war.html
Dr Marian Toledo Candelaria @malcolmcanmore.bsky.social Special collections librarian. Likes books, book arts, and typography. Medieval Scotland, and soon, early modern Spain. Parent to two fluffy bunnies.
Neurodivergent. 🏳️🌈🇵🇷 (she/they/ella[e])
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.
Dr Rachel Murphy @rachelmurphy.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Irish History @unioflimerick.bsky.social | Landed estates, history of family, local history, digital humanities | Historical GIS | Genealogist | Learning about biodiversity | Thurles, Co. Tipperary. 🇪🇺🌍🌳
Helen @helenj64.bsky.social I lived in Manchester for many years but am now back in my home county of Shropshire. History and genealogy are my interests! Family links to Shropshire, Cheshire, North Wales, the Wirral, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, East Yorkshire, Gloucestershire & Devon.
Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine @wdytyamagazine.bsky.social Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine is Britain's best selling family history magazine. Follow for the latest family history news and advice.
www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com
John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social Irishman between Yorkshire and Addis Ababa. Historian of language, education, migration at the University of Leeds. Editor of Renaissance Studies. Occasional BBC radio presenter. Currently learning Amharic/አማርኛ እየተማርኩ ነው. Dad!
Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social People/Places; Spatial/Cultural Informatics; Arch/Heritage Sci; Data & Design. PhD - WIP. Views own. Digital Trustee: @DunollieOban. Advisory Board: @goodorgcic.bsky.social Director/Trustee: @archscot.bsky.social (she/her)
NTS-Archaeology @nts-archaeology.bsky.social Exploring Scotland’s past through archaeology at National Trust for Scotland sites. Follow for updates on digs, discoveries, and history! #ForTheLoveOfScotland. Where we are and what we're doing.
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.
UofGlasgow Archives & Special Collections @uofglasgowasc.bsky.social Collecting since 1451, Archives and Special Collections @UofGlasgow, part of @UofGLibrary. Always inspiring people with our collections. #UofGASC
Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre @sjhcscotland.bsky.social We aim to increase access to Scotland’s Jewish history & encourage engagement with the collections of the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre.
Join us for a Guided Tour or book an Educational Visit with your school.
https://linktr.ee/sjhc
Darren S. Layne @funkyplaid.bsky.social Historian of 18th-century Scotland focused on Jacobite Studies and Digital History. Curator of JDB1745. Chair, Jacobite Studies Trust. PhD via University of St Andrews. In love with a swan and two cats. Currently watching the leaves in Portland, OR.
Dunblane Museum @dunblanemuseum.bsky.social Sharing the story of Dunblane, its magnificent medieval Cathedral, the 1715 Battle of Sheriffmuir, and people through the centuries who've lived, worked or been educated in Dunblane
Scottish Charity No. SC020895
https://dunblanemuseum.org.uk/
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...!
Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social Primary Teacher & Lecturer in Primary Education, Chair Antiracism Observatory of Scotland, Educators 4 Peace, EIS, Antiracist. Equalities. Education commentator. Founder @GCEducationScot. Ed D student focusing on Decolonising Education🌍 All views my own! 🎉
Scottish Transport & Industrial Collections & Knowledge Network @sticknetwork.bsky.social Discover Scotland’s transport and industry collections, both in museums and private collections. Membership of STICK is open to anyone. Website: stickssn.org
Crookston Castle @crookston.bsky.social The Friends of Crookston Castle help care for and celebrate Glasgow's only surviving medieval castle.
Pooka & Co @pookaco.bsky.social We’re a digital partner for good 🐰
Helping charities, creatives + community orgs shine online with accessible web, CiviCRM + strategy that puts people first. 🌍 www.pooka.co
Gathering the Voices @gatheringthevoices.bsky.social To gather audio and video testimonies from Holocaust refugees about their experiences before and after they came to Scotland.
Find out more, go to our website; www.gatheringthevoices.com
Liv | Yesteryear Genealogy @yestyeargenealogy.bsky.social Liv | Dog Mum | Family history + research
📍 Scotland
Find out more: linktr.ee/yesteryeargenealogy
University of Glasgow @glasgow.ac.uk Changing the world since 1451 🌍 | #TeamUofG #WorldChangingGlasgow https://www.gla.ac.uk/
@jamesoakes57.bsky.social @jamesoakes57.bsky.social
Actual names @actualnames.bsky.social Interesting names from genealogical and other sources.
Tanya Pia Starrett @tanyapiastarrett.bsky.social 🏴/🇮🇹 in 🇮🇹
Archaeologist/Historian/LLB/Writer.
https://bylines.scot/author/tanyapiastarrett/
National Ambassador (Italia)
https://europeforscotland.com/holyrood-and-westminster-a-big-political-difference/
salus populi suprema lex esto (Cicero).
Alasdair Macdonald @afmac.bsky.social Genealogist. SIGS-Strathclyde. Scottish representative for Family Tree DNA. R1b-L165 & BY13652. Co-owner HMFC. Hill running. Tweets my own 🏴
@flavonoid-5.bsky.social @flavonoid-5.bsky.social
Lucy Janes @lucyjanes.bsky.social Swimming in Glasgow 1850-1950 PhD http://stir.ac.uk/people/1844166 Archives, heritage, history, books, Mongolia, China, movies. She/her http://lucyjanes.blog
Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland @theahss.bsky.social www.ahss.org.uk
Speaking For Scotland's Buildings since 1956! Campaigning. Membership. Events.
Lost Glasgow @lostglasgow.bsky.social Trying to make sense of my surroundings, and myself, in an ever-changing city. Dreamer and imagineer.
Memorial Device: Alternative National Treasure
Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social C4 Community Catapult Research Fellow with interests in youth culture, communities, systemic violence, and intergenerational psychosocial trauma. Scholar of Buckfast Tonic Marxism. 🍾
Valerie Wright @vawright10.bsky.social Historian of modern and contemporary Scotland: deindustrialisation, regional policy, housing, new towns, women and work | Feminist, mum and Paisley Buddy | she/her
https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-valerie-wright
Niall Murphy @murphyniallgla.bsky.social If you are interested in architecture, urbanism and conservation issues in Glasgow, Scotland, then follow me. I’m Director of Glasgow City Heritage Trust, Chair of Govanhill Baths BPT a Trustee of BEFS and Co-chair of the Glasgow Built Heritage Commission.
Dr Robyne Calvert @robyneerica.bsky.social Cultural Historian: art, design, architecture, fashion. Author: The Mack @YaleBooks; Academic & Learning Developer (SLD) @UofGlasgow. Feminist & aspire to be a good Ally. Sewist 🪡🧵 Kdrama Addict🫰and GenX Nerd 🧙🏻♀️👻☕️ she/her
https://robynecalvert.com/
Prof Fiona Skillen @fionaskillen.bsky.social Professor in History, GCU. Research: sports & gender history, heritage &volunteering.
Katherine Mackinnon @kamack.bsky.social Writer and PhD researcher interested in oral history, migration and methodology. Also radical history walking tours, books, social history, Glasgow kmackinnon.org radicalglasgowtours.com she/her
Bygone Bungo @bygonebungo.bsky.social Documenting local history in and around Strathbungo, Glasgow.
Look up your house or just read the blog at bygone.bungoblog.com
Dr Graeme Millen @weegiegraeme.bsky.social Working class, Glaswegian 🏴, Historian of late 17th century specialising in Scotland, warfare, martial culture, identity and migration. Former HE lecturer.
Publishing on Jacobites, the Highland War (1689-1691) & Scots-Dutch Brigade 🇳🇱
All views my own.
Justin Parkes @justparkes.bsky.social Museum curator | travel | industrial history | art | photography | views mine
Aaron Sheridan @acsheridan.bsky.social History PhD at the University of Strathclyde researching social history of council housing in Edinburgh, 1919 - 1999 | Living Rent, Govan and Ibrox branch
Jennie Morgan @drmorgan.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Heritage, University of Stirling. Own views. UK / NZ. Museums, ethnography, emotional labour, collecting, methods. Norwegian forest cat posts 😂 https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/265599
Gordon Barr @gordonbarr.scot Buildings/heritage/tech/Muppets fan, ex-scientist.
Works @archhfund.org.uk Scotland
50% of @ScottishCinemas.org
33% of @glasgowgardenfestival.org
Also at @gordonbarr@mastodon.scot
TnmntTiles @tnmnttiles.bsky.social An archive of historical design. Discoveries from Scottish tenements & beyond. Originally a Twitter project, est 2015. Now found on Instagram, FB, & here!
Images taken by myself, unless otherwise credited. Happy to share your finds? Give us a tag.
Gary Lawrie @garylawriecoyr.bsky.social Professional Family Historian living in Stirling, Scotland. All things Scottish history, Aberdeen FC and proper democracy for Scotland. 🏴
@natrecordsscot.bsky.social @natrecordsscot.bsky.social
The Signet Library @signetlibrary.bsky.social The Signet Library in Edinburgh, the home of the WS Society, is a world class centre of knowledge and learning in law and the history and culture of Scotland.
Community Archives and Heritage Group (CAHG) Scotland @cahgscotland.bsky.social - A self-sustaining network of community archive groups within Scotland
- Collaboration and mutual support
- Celebrating and highlighting its diversity
https://www.scottisharchives.org.uk/community-archives/community-archives-and-heritage-group-scotland
ARA Scotland @arascot.bsky.social The Scottish section of @araukie.bsky.social
Comann na Tasglannan is Clàraidhean na h-Alba.
The Agnes Owens Archive @aowensarchive.bsky.social Opening 16.01.26, a new public resource dedicated to the Scottish writer Agnes Owens. This archive is housed within agrayarchive.bsky.social
📚 Dunblane's historic Leighton Library @leightonlibrary.bsky.social Scotland's oldest purpose-built independent library, built 1687 from bequest of 17th century Robert Leighton, Principal of University of Edinburgh, Chancellor of University of Glasgow, Bishop of Dunblane Cathedral
https://www.leightonlibrary.org.uk
The Alasdair Gray Archive @agrayarchive.bsky.social Scottish Charity SC052417 caring for Gray’s studio & visual/literary material. Education & New Commissions. Inclusive Community. Custodian sorchadallas.bsky.social
RCSEd Library & Archive @rcsedlibandarchive.bsky.social News, collection highlights and heritage stories from the Library & Archive at Surgeons' Hall/Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh #histmed
https://archiveandlibrary.rcsed.ac.uk
https://www.rcsed.ac.uk/career-hub/learning-resources/library-and-archive
The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social The world's oldest Holocaust archive and Britain's largest collection on the Nazi era.
Website: www.wienerholocaustlibrary.org
Digital Archive: www.whlcollections.org
Donate: www.wienerholocaustlibrary.org/what-we-do/support-our-work/donate/
Tammy A. Hepps @tammyhepps.bsky.social Creator of HomesteadHebrews.com
Walk Talk Tours @walktalktours.bsky.social Discovering Glasgow, it’s hidden Countryside, Southside, West End and beyond. Celebrating the City
www.walktalktours.uk
Insta: @walktalktours1
T/X @tours_talk
@lynncorrigan.bsky.social @lynncorrigan.bsky.social Clyde-built. Recovered shambrarian, monger of metadata and fettler of systems. Genealogy/Local history. Work as if you live in the early days of a better nation.
The Material Culture of Wills Project @materialwills.bsky.social The Material Culture of Wills, England 1540-1790: a Leverhulme Trust funded project using digital tech & volunteers to transcribe 30,000 wills.
Visit our website: https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcultureofwills/
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'
Medieval Studies at Lincoln @lincolnmedieval.bsky.social The Medieval Studies Research Group at the University of Lincoln.
University of Exeter Special Collections @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social Join us in exploring the University of Exeter Library's Special Collections, which include archives, manuscripts, rare books and maps.
There's something for everyone, and everyone is welcome.
Find out more! ➡️ libguides.exeter.ac.uk/archives
Cambridge Group for the History of Population & Social Structure @camunicampop.bsky.social Interdisciplinary research group at the University of Cambridge.
https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/
Follow our blog: 60 things you didn't know about family, marriage, work, and death since the middle ages. https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog
NorthLan Heritage @nlheritage.bsky.social Connecting you with North Lanarkshire's industrial & social heritage | Explore museum, archive & local studies collections | Visit our museums & search rooms
Clements Hall Local History Group @clemhallhistory.bsky.social Community group in York working on the #localhistory of the Scarcroft, South Bank, Clementhorpe and Bishophill areas.
See www.clementshallhistorygroup.org.uk.
Dulwich Local History @history.dulwichsociety.com Bringing you Dulwich's local history. Part of the Dulwich Society
A Few Forgotten Women @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social A group of ladies preserving the stories of forgotten women of the past.
https://www.fewforgottenwomen.com
Norsk Slektshistorisk Forening @genealogidotno.bsky.social Norges eldste slektshistoriske forening, stiftet i 1926.
Norway's oldest genealogical society, founded in 1926.
Scotland's Churches Trust @scotchurchestrust.bsky.social Celebrating Scotland's rich culture and built heritage since 1978. We preserve, promote and protect Scotland's unique assemblage of ecclesiastical buildings.
https://www.scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/
IGHR Genealogy @ighrgenealogy.bsky.social IGHR offers intensive, virtual genealogy courses, taught by expert instructors in their fields. Learn more at https://ighr.gagensociety.org/
Ghosts WA @ghostswa.bsky.social The People of Western Australia's Ghost Towns project will create an index of the people who lived, loved and died in the hundreds of ghost towns across the length and breadth of our state.
How-to History @howtohistory.bsky.social Instruction and information for historians. Into your inbox every month | https://how-to-history.com/ | Edited by Joe Saunders & Anna Cusack
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
Ireland Mapped - OS200 @irelandmapped.bsky.social @irishresearch @ahrcpress joint funded. Digitally Remapping Ireland's Ordnance Survey Heritage. @UniOfLimerick.bsky.social @QUBelfastOfficial.bsky.social @ULGeog.bsky.social @QUBGeography
Women’s History Association of Ireland @whaireland.bsky.social The Women's History Association of Ireland (WHAI) has been promoting research into women's history in Ireland since 1989.
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
American Association for State and Local History @aaslh.org AASLH provides leadership and resources to help the history community thrive and make history more meaningful to all people. Join us at aaslh.org.
Stockton Historical Society @stocktonhistsoc.bsky.social Stockton Historical Society Inc is located in NSW, Australia and is dedicated to preserving and promoting the history and heritage of the local area of Stockton.
Burns Library @burnslibrary.bsky.social Boston College Archives, Manuscripts and Rare Books. Irish studies, Jesuitica, British Catholic authors, Boston history, and more
Scottish Council on Archives @scotsarchives.bsky.social We provide leadership for the archives and records management sector in Scotland. Lead. Inform. Inspire.
Website: https://www.scottisharchives.org.uk/
RCPSG Heritage @rcpsgheritage.bsky.social News, events and stories from the library, archive and museum at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow
https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/ #histmed #libraries #archives #museums
Boydell & Brewer @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social Independent. Employee-owned. Publishing Medieval & Early Modern History, Musicology, Literature, African Studies, German Studies, Hispanic Studies and more.
@iaam-cfh.bsky.social @iaam-cfh.bsky.social
Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social Founded in 1965, the IEHS promotes the study of immigration history through the Journal of American Ethnic History and professional/educational outreach.
https://iehs.org/
HistFest @histfest.bsky.social The best history events and courses all year round.
British Association for Local History @balhnews.bsky.social The British Association for Local History is the national charity which promotes local history and serving local historians throughout the UK #WeAreLocalHistory
Ulster Historical Foundation @ulsterhistory.bsky.social We are a leading Irish family history research organisation and book publisher.
www.ulsterhistoricalfoundation.com
Layers of London @layersoflondon.bsky.social https://www.layersoflondon.org/ Mapping London's history & heritage through time using maps, images, films & Londoners' stories. Part of @chppc.bsky.social and @ihr.bsky.social
Historical Association @histassoc.bsky.social The Historical Association is the voice for history. For over 100 yrs we have brought, teachers, students, academics and enthusiasts together to explore the past and inspire future historians. We provide digital and in-person resources. www.history.org.uk
Bolton Historical Association @boltonhistory.bsky.social We are the Bolton branch of the Historical Association.
WikiTree @wikitree.bsky.social Our mission: connect the human family on one free tree, accessible to everyone
#WikiTree #WTChallenge
www.wikitree.com
North Lincolnshire Museum @northlincsmuseum.bsky.social Learn about some of North Lincolnshire’s amazing objects and stories. Explore the geology, local history and archaeology galleries.
The Vermont Historical Society @vermonthistory.org Vermont's state historical society, an independent nonprofit, located in Montpelier and Barre.
http://www.vermonthistory.org
Whitchurch Hospital Historical Society @whitchurchhospital.bsky.social Whitchurch Hospital is a closed Mental Health Hospital in Cardiff 🏴
1908-2016
Used as a military hospital during both World Wars.
Originally known as the Cardiff City Mental Hospital.
Account run by Whitchurch Hospital Historcial Society (Est. 2009)
Kentucky Historical Society @kyhistsoc.bsky.social 🏛️ The guardian and voice of Kentucky’s past – documenting, clarifying, and preserving the stories that define our Commonwealth.
The National Manuscripts Conservation Trust, aka NMCT @thenmct.bsky.social We give grants for manuscript conservation projects and are the the only UK charity focusing solely on supporting manuscript conservation in non-national GLAMs
@thegenealogist.bsky.social @thegenealogist.bsky.social
C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social The national charity campaigning to protect Britain’s modern architectural and design heritage. Reuse Them or Lose Them!
www.c20society.org.uk
Derbyshire Record Office @derbyshiredro.bsky.social Free access to 900 years of history - Derbyshire, Britain and beyond: books, archives, maps, prints and photographs. Explore online or visit us in Matlock.
Website: www.derbyshire.gov.uk/recordoffice
ChesterArchSoc @chesterarchsoc.bsky.social Our interests cover archaeology, history & conservation in Cheshire & surrounding areas. Founded 1849. Website www.chesterarchaeolsoc.org.uk
National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social Sharing Ireland's stories through our unique collections/ Ag roinnt scéal na hÉireann tríd ár mbailiúcháin uathúla.
Explore our collections: https://www.nli.ie/collections/our-collections
Mill Hill Historical Society @mhhistsoc.bsky.social Exploring the history of Mill Hill, Edgware and Hendon.