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The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social

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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

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@philgrass.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 6:30 PMReposted by @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social

Head up for the #Genealogy folks here. Ancestry has started pushing out their new DNA Region updates. This looks like it's using the same technology as SideView, but is now splitting regional ancestry by GRANDPARENT 🀯 πŸ‘

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 5:36 AM

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp

Nothing new for the UK this week at Ancestry

World wide updates in the screenshot with #AltText as usual

Updates to Ancestry 

	Indiana, U.S., Civil War Pension Applications, 1870-1888
Indiana, U.S., Civil War Pension Applications, 1870-1888
CΓ΄tes-d'Armor, France, Censuses, 1809-1911 (in French)
Louisiana, U.S., State Death Records, 1825-1974
Texas, U.S., Vital Records, 1833-2000
@fhsofcheshire.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 5:29 AM

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp

New/updated #Cheshire titles at the BNA this week

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πŸš©π„π₯π₯𝐞𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐏𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫

See screenshots for all updates, with #AltText as usal

Updates to the BNA Part 1
Auckland Chronicle	1876, 1899
Birmingham Mail	2003–2004
Brentwood Gazette	2000–2001
Brett's St. Leonards and Hastings Gazette and Visitors' Vade Mecum	1872, 1875, 1893
British Monarchy	1867
Buteman	1991
Ceylon Independent	1898–1902, 1904–19…*
Cheshire Daily Echo	1889
Devon Post	1875, 1877
Ealing Leader	2003
Ellesmere Port Pioneer	2003–2004Updates to the BNA, part 2

Hampshire Telegraph	1962
Harrogate and Claro Times and Knaresborough Guardian	1911
Heckmondwike Herald	1995–1996
Irish Tribune	1885
Jersey Express and Channel Islands Advertiser	1884, 1901
Latter-Day Saints' Millennial Star	1878
Leamington, Warwick, Kenilworth & District Daily Circular	1919, 1930–1931
Liverpool Argus	1877
Liverpool Catholic Herald	1910
Morley Observer	1875, 1877, 1879
Neath Guardian	2001–2002Updates to the BNA, part 3

Newmarket Journal	1985
North Wales Weekly News	2002
Paddington Times	1893
Pink (Newcastle)	1992
Pinner Observer	2005
Seren (Bala, Wales)	1950
South Wales Echo	2000, 2004
Tenby Observer	1860
Waterford Mail	1871
Weekly Times & Echo (London)	1895
Williamson's Liverpool Advertiser and Mercantile Chronicle	1855
@wdytyamagazine.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 2:59 PMReposted by @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social

Have you had your DNA tested? Do you want to but don't know where to begin? Don't miss our pick of the best websites for understanding your genetic genealogy 🧬

www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 8:31 PM

It'll be great to see you Jane, we'll have to arrange a meal

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 5:59 PM

#Chester’s Grosvenor Museum to celebrate 140th anniversary

Click on the link below for more details πŸ‘‡

www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/2660768...

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 3:51 PM

I would!!

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 11:51 AM

News from #Cheshire Archives

The new #Chester centre will open on Wed 13 Jan 2027 with the #Crewe centre opening in March 2027

Find out more πŸ‘‰
www.cheshirearchives.org.uk/visiting-us/...

Like to volunteer for @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social desks then please email [email protected], happy to have a chat

@sogorg.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 11:01 AMReposted by @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social

2 days to go until All About That Place!

Sign up for emails: sog.org.uk/welcome-to-a...

Join the free community and enter our competitions: www.community.sog.org.uk/register

#AATP26

@wdytyamagazine.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 9:00 AMReposted by @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social

Just made a splendid discovery in the newspaper collection on @findmypast.bsky.social - this cartoon in the Daily Mirror predicting 'When We All Have Pocket Telephones'. But who can guess the year it was published in?

@debsadelight.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 7:36 AMReposted by @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social

#31DaysOfGraves
Day 5. Vehicle
Cheadle cemetery Cheshire. Remarkable memorial to a lad who died at the TT race In 1938. The detail and style are wonderful.
I’ve found a photo and some more info. It was his first TT and he promised not to take any risks.

@chiddickstree.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 2:16 PMReposted by @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social

A new edition ofΒ The Chiddicks ObserverΒ has just been published.

Each week is an opportunity to explore a different corner of history, heritage, curiosity, and the stories that connect them.

chiddickstree.substack.com/p/the-chiddi...

@suewilkesauthor.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 7:28 AMReposted by @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social

Such evocative images! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.socialOct 4, 2026, 7:56 AM

#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social

#Crewe ResearchCentre
Mon/Tues

Helpdesks
#Chester #Wallasey

Group Meetings
#Runcorn - How Wills helped with my Family History research'

Find out more/how to joinπŸ‘‰ fhsc.uk

Poster for the Family History Society of Cheshire titled β€˜Events this Week’. A green header displays the Society name and logo. Below are four images showing a mix of activities: an online talk on a laptop screen, an in-person group talk, one-to-one research help in a library, and a guided outdoor heritage walk near a historic church. A small calendar with marked dates suggests multiple events being attended
@wdytyamagazine.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 1:59 PMReposted by @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social

Do you have a circus performer in your family tree? Circus historian Steve Ward traces the history of the Big Top back to the 18th century πŸŽͺ

www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 10:01 AM

Lots of headscratching for future family historians wondering why their ancestors made the trip!

@ancestralenq.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 7:24 AMReposted by @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social

Nearly 25% of weddings in Scotland last year (6,596 out of 27,191) involved couples who did not live in the country. Gretna Green tradition, scenery, heritage, history, castles & islands & the Highland are all factors. πŸ‘‡
Why thousands of couples are choosing Scotland
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@lbflyawayhome.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 7:40 AMReposted by @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social

On this day 3rd Oct 1952 the Government announced that tea rationing was soon to end Artist: Harry Wingfield (Shopping with Mother)

Mother, in her smart brown suit, walks into a traditional grocery shop. Two neatly dressed children follow behind. οΏΌ
@willsmanonename.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 8:16 AMReposted by @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social

Update from Ancestry on their digitisation of The British Army service records in conjunction with The National Archives

@philgrass.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 7:00 PMReposted by @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social

Just a Heads Up for the #Genealogists here. Tomorrow is the #TagderDeutschenEinheit (German Unification Day) and MyHeritage are celebrating with a weekend of free access to their German records:

blog.myheritage.com/2026/09/cele...

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