Natalie Pithers, Genealogy Stories

And what a pleasant day it was!

The Sisters | Saint Benedict | Too Much Brudders blog In the early 1900s, two sisters of Gary's great-grandfather became Sisters in the Order of Saint Benedict at a convent in nearby Ferdinand.

How about sisters who were Sisters? toomuchbrudders.com/2023/05/07/t... #familyhistory #genealogy #religiouslife

What a cad!

Poster at train station showing White Star cross Atlantic passenger liner and promoting Southern Railway

Today’s #GenealogyStories prompt is: Shipping
Instead of the usual words, I’ll leave you with this poster from my local railway station!
#Genealogy #Writing

I never met my grandmother's sisters as they died before I was born. However, I was named after her eldest sister, 'Betty' - and there are strange parallels between my life and hers.

I also wrote a bit about Betty in this blog, if anyone's interested: 👇 elizabethjbond.wordpress.com/2025/04/27/h...

My first Curious Descendants piece included a picture of my sisters & that was also my first blog piece, reusing content to practice using Wordpress jenniferirvinghart.wordpress.com/2021/09/02/s...
And I started 52 ancestors one year with sisters jenniferirvinghart.wordpress.com/2022/01/10/f...

Today’s #GenealogyStories prompt is: Sisters
✍️ A family with many sisters
✍️ Loving sisters
✍️ Sisters that took the same / opposite path in life
✍️ Sisters that fell out
✍️ Non biological sisters, adoptees, steps or friends
✍️ The Sisterhood
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I put up two of those last week

It would. You could paint it and make it decorative too.

Oh wow, you’re not kidding!

That’s brilliant!!

Wow! That is a strange story.

Ooh great idea!

Today’s #GenealogyStories prompt is: Tall
✍️ Tall tales, proved true or false?
✍️ Tall ancestors, is it in your genes?
✍️ Height restricted professions
✍️ Standing tall with pride
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BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, Podcasting difficult histories Matthew Sweet discusses difficult histories with 3 BBC podcast hosts at the Hay Festival.

"So many people have taken these DNA tests that the age of genetic anonymity is over". Quote from @jennykleeman.bsky.social on radio 4 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... on podcasting family histories. I skipped back to make sure I got it right as it is exactly my thinking. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

I do find that very cool and very thoughtful. I wish I’d done this before I wrote about one of my ancestors! I got a little too caught up in the way the news reported the story.

What a fantastic idea. If you only read one thing #Genealogy today, let it be this!! 👇👇

What was the toilet seat holder like??

Today’s prompt has been inspired by the kids blocking the bathroom sink with the metal plug pushed too far in…and my crash course in waste pipes courtesy of my brother on video call who just happened to be having a drink with a plumber on Friday night 😆

Latest #GenealogyStories word is: Plumbing
✍️ Evolution of the “bathroom”
✍️ Sewers, aquaducts, cesspits, septic tanks, natural water filters, water sources, rivers, lakes, wells…
✍️ Plumbing ancestors
✍️ Pipeline lines, blockages and clogs in your genealogy research
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory

Here are my great grandparents Dennis and Mary Lenihan and my great uncle John in the 1920 census. John died before his third birthday because there was no vaccine for pertussis (whooping cough).

If you are very lucky local archives might have vaccination records. A government report published in 1880 has names of defaulters prosecuted in E & W courts & penalties imposed. Nothing similar in Scotland or Ireland

Here's an interesting census entry. Listed here is a 64 year old gardener, named James Phipps - the same person who was inoculated with cowpox as a child by Edward Jenner, thereby paving the way for vaccinations and the eventual eradication of smallpox. #history #genealogy #vaccination

Absolutely! It’s why I chose to name my recent episode for @familyhistpod.bsky.social ‘The Invisible’. My GGM pretty much disappeared off the radar when she was admitted to a mental hospital. My research added 30 years to her life that was previously unknown.

Thank you! ☺️

Huge yes to this! #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

Oh, very definitely. They are my main focus. "Wid Swinden", my 7xG Grandmother had just three works "Wid Swinden Buried", but then the wonderful @genealogystoriesuk.bsky.social wrote a whole poem natashahouseman.co.uk/wid-swinden-... #AncestryHour, creating a whole new set of stories.

Love this collage effect Jenny. You are always so good at adding images to your stories.

Oh what a great photo!!

Today’s #GenealogyStories prompt is: Vaccination (inspired by shared post).
✍️ Early vaccinated ancestors, advocates and protestors
✍️ Ancestors that died from conditions now vaccinated against
✍️ Pioneers in immunology
✍️ Vaccination records
#Genealogy #Writing