Jackie Depelle

NEW SPRING BARGAINS!

50% off selected maps for the next fortnight, *free postage* on orders over £25.

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Great news, American freinds - you can buy our maps via our eBay shop! 🪅🎉🥳

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Wymondley Priory, Hertfordshire.

Much Hadham, Hertfordshire.

Ugford, Wiltshire.

Do you have a research project that would benefit from extra funding? The VAG offers grants for the study and presentation of vernacular architecture and there's still time to submit an application for the current round of Research Grants! Closing date: 28 February. See www.vag.org.uk/grants.htm.

An evening of Local York with Susan Major & John Shaw - Waterstones York | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about An evening of Local York with Susan Major & John Shaw - Waterstones York today.

We have a book talk coming up at Waterstones York on 25 March. @suemajor.bsky.social will be talking about Micklegate and John Shaw from YAYAS on Hugh Murray's book on early York photographers. Booking details www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev... @yorkfhs.bsky.social @balhnews.bsky.social

Tomorrow's map clues:
A famous shipwreck, and a fashionable rock!

Any guesses?

Worth adding #GenHour at this time

a man is riding a segway in an office with the words welcome aboard below him Alt: a man is riding a segway in an office with the words welcome aboard below him

I see @freeukgen.bsky.social has joined BlueSky - welcome - and thanks for all you do! #GenHour

Old newspaper reading desks from the British Library Reading Room at Colindale

Still there @britishlibrary.bsky.social Boston Spa #Yorkshire Nostalgic newspaper reading desks. Remember when #Colindale

Wonderful find last year thanks to @yorkfhs.bsky.social www.holgatewindmill.org

AHOY CREW!
#MAPMONDAY?
TIME FOR AN ARR POST (A Recent Release Reminder)!🏴‍☠️

New maps with historical introductions + extras (eg. street directories & extra maps) in areas including #London, #Cambridge, #Exeter, #Merseyside, #York & more!🦜

Walk ye plank to www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/hom... ☠️

Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus/Happy St David's Day to all our Welsh friends!

We hope you had a lovely time today 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️ (and we hope we got the Welsh language bit right too!)

This isn't just a post about a football stadium.

One of the things I love about our maps is they remind us of our connections to the past.
Millions of our ancestors would have gone to a stadium like this, or a church, theatre, dockside, train station etc for work & fun - just like we do today.

Societies from #Yorkshire gathering for quarterly meeting - exchange of news and ideas www.yorksgroup.org.uk @huddsfhs.bsky.social @yorkfhs.bsky.social @awfhs.bsky.social @federationfhs.bsky.social

A quick reminder of all our offers at the moment, including our half-price sale!

www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/acatalog/Hal...

Job of interest to museum collections managers/registrars as well as others.

Useful read for members @balhnews.bsky.social ahead of May 2026 event www.balh.org.uk/yorkshire26

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Good to see the Archive and Parish Register information pages scanned rather than just the maps. @ihgs.bsky.social @findmypast.bsky.social @federationfhs.bsky.social @balhnews.bsky.social @oneplacestudies.bsky.social

Jobs - Explore York Join Explore Libraries and Archives – Your community hub for learning, leisure, and connection. Exciting events, cosy cafes, and endless opportunities await! Discover more now.

🚨There is still time to apply🚨

We are recruiting an Archivist (Physical Collections) – Maternity Cover, to join our archive team here at Explore York Libraries and Archvies.

Closing date is 5pm, Friday, 27th February.

Find out more about the role and apply here:

Latest Really Useful Bulletin out from @federationfhs.bsky.social Lead article on Name Changes by Ian Waller. www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/bulletins @oneplacestudies.bsky.social

Special family events coincide, unfortunately preclude attending. Would have been great to catch up with Mike @rwldproject.bsky.social Hope to catch up with #GuildOccupations seminar recordings in due course.

Good to see @findmypast.bsky.social has filmed the additional Parish and Archive information pages associated with each map

Honestly, our sample text today is well worth a look, fantastic writing!

Former @weaadulted.bsky.social Tutor and excellent Social Historian. Long term Trustee of the Oral History Society ohs.org.uk/who-we-are/t...

Sounds of interest to @yorkfhs.bsky.social @clemhallhistory.bsky.social

Updates to Ancestry Tarn, France, Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1608-1999 (in French). Puy-de-Dôme, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1536-1930 (in French). East Riding, Yorkshire, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-2000 East Riding, Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1950 East Riding, Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1925 East Riding, Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 East Riding, Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812. Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., Database of Enslaved Persons, 1780-1865 Grafton and Rockingham Counties, New Hampshire, U.S., Index to Naturalizations, 1839-1919. Index to Tracing and Documentation Files from Arolsen Archives (Formerly ITS), 1947 (in German)

. @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp

Good news for those members with roots in #EastRiding, with the release of a tranche of baptisms, marriages and burials from Ancestry this week

Also records from France, Germany and the US

Full details in the screenshot below, with #AltText as always

I've got fresh maps! 😍

Recently launched the next online shindig. More info & bookings, here:
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Ooh, let’s add a #GenHour hashtag to this one...

The East Anglia Region family history show - free entry 18th April at the Burgess Hall St Ives Cambridgeshire #familyhistory #genealogy #ancestry #cambridgeshire #ancestors

The East Anglia Region family history show - free entry18th April at the Burgess Hall St Ives Cambridgeshire

#familyhistory #genealogy #ancestry #cambridgeshire #ancestors