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.
@thefamilyarchives.bsky.social @thefamilyarchives.bsky.social 
Paula Kennedy @eireandsea.bsky.social Genealogist, member of RQG and interested in all aspects of family history especially merchant shipping. Also love cats and am learning to crochet.
Family and Community Historical Research Society @fachrs.bsky.social Promoting research in family and community history, with a particular emphasis on the contribution of locally based micro-studies, especially through collaboration. Our annual project for 2026 is on nursing, so expect a few posts supporting the research.
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.
New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social University maths teacher (failed academic); very amateur local history; slightly worse photography. Not always very neurotypical. Uaireannan beagan Gàidhlig cuideachd. Same handle on the elephant site. Web: http://www.dominie.scot.
Glasgow City Heritage Trust @glasgowheritage.bsky.social We give out almost £1million in funding each year to help people in Glasgow protect, repair and promote the city's historic buildings and places.
Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social Chair of European Movement UK. 🇬🇧 🇪🇺
Founder of the Bylines Network.
Founder of Scientists for EU.
Lover of science, Europe and humanity. 🙌
North of Ireland Family History Society @nifhs.bsky.social 9 branches throughout the North of Ireland, monthly meetings, dedicated research centre and DNA innovation, education and promotion. 
Social History Society @socialhistsoc.bsky.social Promoting the research, teaching and sharing of social and cultural history since 1976.
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
Tee Bylo Hitching @teebylo.com Ancestor Botherer. Graveyard Wanderer. Crime Scribe. Spiritual Quester. Recondite. Bibliophile. Writer. Whatever...
Sleuth @deadsleuth.com
Taphophile @graveyardsquirrel.com
Seeker @soquietus.com
Between Worlds - teebylo.com
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
Go4Know @go4know.com 🔥 Blog by Dariusz Majgier. AI, fun facts, science & brilliant ideas:
👉 https://patreon.com/go4know
🔥 Get prompts, art styles & tutorials. Learn how to create ChatGPT & Midjourney images!
👉 Join me: https://patreon.com/ai_art_tutorials
Prairie Roots Genealogy @prairiegenealogy.bsky.social Prairie Roots is the alter ego of Janelle, who is passionate about #midwest #michigan #scottish #irish and #frenchcanadian #genealogy and is learning more every day. Still under construction as a genealogist and a human. PrairieRootsGenealogy.com
Doncaster & District Family History Society @doncasterdistfhs.bsky.social D&DFHS is run by volunteers. Object is to advance public education in family history in Doncaster.
The Secret Registrar @secretregistrar.bsky.social Births, Deaths, Marriages, Tears, Drama.
Repeat daily.
Diggy Grant @diggydiaspora.bsky.social 
MAHSA Project @mahsa-project.bsky.social University of Cambridge: Mapping Archaeological Heritage in South Asia Project
Documenting the endangered archaeology and heritage of South Asia and publishing this information in an Open Access Arches geospatial database.
https://linktr.ee/mahsaproject 
OldRailwayAccidents @rwldproject.bsky.social Welcome to the 'Railway Work, Life & Death' project, collaboratively researching British & Irish railway staff accidents pre-1939. Posts by Mike Esbester.
#RailwayHistory #TransportHistory #MobilityHistory #Railway200
www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk
Will Garrett-Petts @wfgp.bsky.social New to Bluesky! Professor of English, Rhetoric & Canadian Studies, interested in sharing and learning about community-engaged research, undergraduate research, & all forms of critical #cartography, especially #cultural #mapping. https://wgp.trubox.ca
Melissa 🏳️🌈 @melis-willis.bsky.social 📚 Book Lover + Soil Tender
🌀 Family Historian + GenX Resister
📷 Writer + Photog who also blogs about life on the threshold of all that’s been & has yet to come @ undertheelderberrytree.com
🥰 Skeet comms > 👎🏻 DMs
❎ No follow-for-follow
📍New Mexico, USA
Irish Genealogical Research Society (IGRS) @igrs1936.bsky.social We are the “Great Granddaddy of all Irish Family History Societies”. Founded in 1936, we’re the world’s oldest society dedicated Irish family history - and now in our 90th year. 🎉☘️
https://www.irishancestors.ie
Liv | Yesteryear Genealogy @yestyeargenealogy.bsky.social Liv • Dog Mum • Family history + research
yesteryeargenealogy@gmail.com
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
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/
Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History Society @gwsfhs.org.uk Here to connect with other family historians, genealogists, and people with a passion for Glasgow's past. Drop in to our Glasgow West End research centre or visit us online! Registered Scottish charity. gwsfhs.org.uk
Kate Keter - Genealogist @kateketer.bsky.social Wife, mother, grandma, professional genealogist and Rotarian
Days Gone By Genealogy @dgbgenealogy.bsky.social Researching and exploring my family’s genealogical footprint!
#FindAGrave photo volunteer
#genealogist #familyhistorian #blacksmithapprentice #genealogy #Jewish #Italian #Irish #Quakerdescendant #7thgenerationnewjerseyan insgrm: daysgonebygenealogy
McNaughtan's Bookshop @mcnaughtans.co.uk Rare & second-hand bookshop in central Edinburgh, est. 1957.
Open every day 11am to 5pm, and till 8pm on Thursdays.
Prof Janina Ramirez @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social Oxford historian, best-selling writer fiction & non-fiction, documentary maker, cat lover, vegetable grower, unrelenting optimist. https://lnk.to/LegendaPB
@alistairmoffatt.bsky.social @alistairmoffatt.bsky.social 
Oskar Jensen @oskarjensen.bsky.social Novelist, Historian, BBC New Generation Thinker, UKRI Future Leaders Fellow | Song, streets, balladry, Jacobins, Whodunnits | If Love Should Die | Helle in Venice out 18.2.27 | he/him
Victoria Genealogical Society @victoriags.org We support and promote family history research in Victoria, British Columbia, across Canada, and around the world.
Dr Gavin Hughes FRHistS FRGS @drgavinhughes.bsky.social Short misadventurer in archaeology, mischievous military historian, author, broadcaster, relentless miniature painter & collector. Follows cricket but doesn't understand it. Looks a little like Asterix 🙂 Rep @Pastpreservers; TCD, SDUC, NI, Wales, Co. Down!
National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social Scotland’s living memory. If you can think of it, we probably have it. 
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
Friends of Dalry Cemetery @dalrycemetery.bsky.social 
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
Aimee Cross Genealogy Hints @ancestryaimee.bsky.social Build your family tree with me and let's take your family history to the next level! YT videos: https://www.youtube.com/@ancestryaimee or visit my website: https://ancestryaimee.com
Family Tree Magazine @familytreemag.bsky.social Discover, preserve and celebrate your family history. #familytreemag #familytreemagazine
Bimonthly magazine (published six times per year) with print and digital subscriptions. Monthly podcasts. Daily and weekly e-newsletters.
@thegenealogist.bsky.social @thegenealogist.bsky.social 
Family Tree Plus @familytreeplus.bsky.social Family Tree has one simple mission: to help you discover your family stories. Find out more at www.family-tree.co.uk
Suffolk Family History Society @sfhs1975.bsky.social Founded in Lowestoft 1975, we celebrated our 50th birthday last year. We are keen amateur genealogists who want to encourage the study of family history, genealogy, heraldry & local history. Much more info on our website - https://suffolkfhs.co.uk/
Genealogy Guy @genealogyguy.co.uk Audio Genealogist, Presenter Armchair Genealogy Podcast, 5th Independent UK Podcaster in the UK (2005), Media Exponent, Polymath, Social Entrepreneur, Advanced practitioner
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
Sue @bysuefoster.bsky.social 
Liz Yule @lizyule.bsky.social Genealogist, historian, East Anglian.
@gophertea.bsky.social @gophertea.bsky.social 
Lost Edinburgh @lostedinburgh.bsky.social A page dedicated to documenting the ever-changing face of Edinburgh down the decades | Account run by former The Scotsman journalist David McLean
ADHD librarian @librarianadhd.bsky.social Disorganized librarian. Love reading, if I can find the book I just put down. Knits in random moments. Fascinated by genealogy, archaeology. Cats 🐈 ✡️. Fibromyalgia. ADHD. Map geek. Recreational spreadsheets. Fueled by tea.
This Is My Glasgow @thisismyglasgow.bsky.social 'This Is My Glasgow' is a photographic project from Colin M. Drysdale, author of 'Glasgow Uncovered: 18 Walks Through its Past, Present and Future.' All images are my own.
@daisyh75.bsky.social @daisyh75.bsky.social Cats, reader of crime fiction, learning about Scottish history, wannabe Gaelic speaker. Known to swear
@sagegreeny.bsky.social @sagegreeny.bsky.social Edinburgh, Scotland
@gloucestershirefhs.bsky.social @gloucestershirefhs.bsky.social 
Dr Leona Watson (formerly Skelton) @infrastructuregeek.bsky.social Associate Prof in Environmental History, Northumbria Uni. Editor in Chief, Environment and History. Environmental, social and cultural impact of British water and transport infrastructure, 1500-2000. Authored Tyne after Tyne and Sanitation in Urban Britain
New Books in Irish Studies @leabhairnua.bsky.social An author-interview #podcast channel in the NewBooksNetwork
Email us: NewBooksInIrishStudies@gmail.com
Listen to us: https://t.co/gdzOPcRwse
Hosts: Meg Smith - Danica Ramsey-Brimberg - Averill Earls - Bridget English - Colleen English - Aidan Beatty
History Cafe ☕ Ottoman Heritage @ottomanhistory.bsky.social ➥ Old Photos, Pics, Docs, Maps
➥ Ottoman Empire Archives
➥ Historical Letters, Notes, Poems, Memoirs.
➥ medium.com/@HistoricalMemoirs
Eoin McLaughlin @eoinaldo.substack.com Econ Prof at Heriot-Watt University, interested in #econhist, #landreform, #microfinance, #sustainabledevelopment, #health, #nufc & #Seinfeld (not necessarily in that order)
www.eoinmclaughlin.ie
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
Richard Holt @richard-holt.bsky.social I’m a professional genealogist and also tutor for Pharos Tutors. #Genealogy
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
araireland @araireland.bsky.social Official account for Archives and Records Association, Ireland. Cuntas oifigiúil Cumainn Cartlann agus Taifead, Éire.
Ireland / Northern Ireland
#IrishArchives #ExploreYourArchive #CuardaighDoChartlann
https://araireland.ie/
Religious Archives Group @religiousarcgrp.bsky.social The Religious Archives Group (RAG) is a voluntary organization supporting the archives of all faith communities in the UK, including those of secularist organizations.
https://religiousarchivesgroup.org.uk
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
Cambridge Digital Library @camdiglib.bsky.social Explore Cambridge Digital Library:
https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/
British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social We’re the national library of the UK.
Garden Spot @bbrusch2.bsky.social I #garden. I #cook. I love my #Beagles Daisy and Jasper. I love the ocean. I love coffee. #Genealogy is fun. History is fun. Philly proud. Rowan grad. No MAGA, no trump. Ally 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 BLM 🌊🌱 ♓️ 🍽 WATCH: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LNeEC_10dM
Patricia @tiairish.bsky.social Genealogist, Artist, Graphic Design, Web Design, Loves History,Actor, Irish genealogy, Cat lover, Baking, Travel
York and District Family History Society @yorkfhs.bsky.social contact@yorkfamilyhistory.org.uk
thefruitsofhistory @fruitsofhistory.bsky.social https://fruitsofhistory.substack.com/
Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland @virtualtreasury.bsky.social www.virtualtreasury.ie
An All-Island & International Legacy from Decade of Centenaries
Core partners: National Archives Ireland, The National Archives UK, Public Record Office Northern Ireland, Irish Manuscripts Commission, Library Trinity College Dublin
Joel Herman @joelherman.bsky.social Teaching Fellow in Early Modern History @historytcd.bsky.social @tcddublin.bsky.social | Historian of the news, press, political cultures, and popular politics in Ireland, America, Britain, and the Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World
Municipal Dreams @municipaldreams.bsky.social Social historian of housing. Author of 'A History of Council Housing in 100 Estates' (RIBA Books) and 'Municipal Dreams: the Rise and Fall of Council Housing' (Verso). I blog at https://municipaldreams.wordpress.com/.
Coll Hamilton @collhamilton.bsky.social Artist - graduate of Glasgow School of Art
https://www.collhamilton.com
Reclaim The Records @reclaimtherecords.org Cheerfully introducing government agencies, archives, and libraries to Freedom of Information laws since 2015.
The Urban Historian- Stephen Clancy @theurbanhistorian.bsky.social See the history around you...
One-time archaeologist now delivering Heritage Walks, Talks, History Cafes & Genealogy services in Paisley, Renfrewshire 🏴
www.theurbanhistorian.co.uk
www.renfrewshireancestors.uk
www.discoverrenfrewshireheritage.com
Darren McLean @darrenmcleanuk.bsky.social Building conservation university teacher and practitioner.
Historic building materials, construction techniques, and architecture.
Studying Roman construction and writing a book on Historic Floors
UK/Italy
Huddersfield & District Family History Society @huddsfhs.bsky.social We are an active UK family history society covering the area of Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Batley, Holmfirth and surrounding towns and villages - www.hdfhs.org.uk - posts usually by the Secretary
Andrew Armstrong - RelativelyScottish @relativelyscottish.bsky.social Scottish professional genealogist with a keen interest in Dumfries & Galloway and the Scottish Borders.
North West Kent Family History Society @nwkfhs.bsky.social We are one of Kent's and the UK's premier Family History Societies - if you want to find out more why not take a look at our website:
https://www.nwkfhs.org.uk
Máiréad Enright @maireadenright.bsky.social Irish academic (@lawatloughborough.bsky.social) living in Birmingham. Working on women, law, religion (Catholicism mostly) and reproduction broadly understood. Often legal history, sometimes just law.
Kenneth Marks @marksology.bsky.social Ancestor hunter, former software executive. Newspaper research fanatic. My 4 Published Genealogy Books at https://tinyurl.com/bdf3penp
https://theancestorhunt.com
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/
TannerRitchie Publishing 🍁 @tannerritchie.bsky.social Publisher of Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online (MEMSO) and Scotland's History Online (SHO). Distributor of Scottish Record Society & the Red Book of Scotland (RBS). Designers of MEMSO Shell, custom software for researchers.
www.tannerritchie.com
Museum of Childhood Ireland, Músaem Óige na hÉireann @museumofchildhood.bsky.social museumofchildhood.ie Est 2018. Groundbreaking first for Ireland. Award winning Historic to contemporary, Islandwide and Diaspora, museum of children and childhood. Championing every child. Charity: 20205452 #SeenAndHeard #CherishingAllTheChildren
Stephanie Glotfelty @bonniegenealogist.bsky.social Teacher & Genealogist, QG www.bonniegenealogy.com
www.bonniegenealogy.blog
-MSc Genealogical, Palaeographic, & Heraldic Studies, Univ Strathclyde
-ProGen38
-Fulbright ETA Kraków, Poland
-MA Linguistics/TESOL, USC
-BA English & Secondary Ed, William & Mary
Caitlin Hollander @caitlinhollander.bsky.social NY-based Jewish #genealogist, Holocaust scholar & #historian. Co-founder @ Hollander-Waas Jewish Heritage Services. Compulsive myth smasher. Your ancestors’ names weren’t changed at Ellis Island- check the 📌
Anna W @threadsthroughtime.bsky.social #PharosTutors & #IHGS student, genealogy enthusiast,MSc (Health Ψ) #BPSOfficial GMBPsS and volunteer@ FreeUKGenealogy & BAFHS
Deborah Cope @seekingancestors.bsky.social Professional Genealogist based in Derbyshire. Pharos Tutors Advanced Cert, AGRA Associate and ProAm member. Researching Family & House Histories in the East Midlands and beyond.
Not Just Any Family @karen-genealogist.bsky.social Genealogist Family Historian. Strath PG Dip Genealogy.
AGRA Associate. RQG member. Approved British Library India researcher,
London, British India, Dutch Indies family history
Emma Maxwell - Scottish Indexes @scottishindexes.bsky.social Professional Scottish genealogist and co-founder of scottishindexes.com. Regularly to be found in the National Records of Scotland untying Sheriff Court records. I also organise the Scottish Indexes Conferences.
Don McRae @donmcrae.bsky.social Author of 14 books about fighters, surgeons,
trial lawyers, South Africa and real life. https://www.donaldmcrae.com/
Interviewer for The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/profile/donaldmcrae
https://www.donaldmcrae.com/
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick @mrcwarwick.bsky.social Archives rich in social and political history from the late 19th century onwards.
Follow the MRC for highlights from our collections, details of our online resources and more!
https://warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc
Steven Robb @stevenrobb.bsky.social Heritage watchdog. Interests in architecture, Edinburgh, inter-war social housing and obscure late Jacobite and nonjuring history. All views my own.
Lance Racey (aka CranesfootLance) @cranesfootlance.bsky.social Family historian & genealogist. Wrestles with history. IHGS Student. Background in HR, Wellbeing, Disability, Mentoring & FE. Europhile. Father, son & cousin. Researching New, Cammish, Atkinson, Martin, Gale, Higginbotham and Unknown. Racey by name....