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@whoamiftr

Who Am I? Professional Genealogist, Tutor (with Pharos Tutors) and Family History Speaker. Tells tales about Transportation to Tasmania.

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Ah thank you. And thank you for having me ❤️

06.03.2026 13:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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My Genealogy Alphabet Part 3 So we have come to the third and final part of my Genealogy Alphabet. If you haven’t read the first instalments, you can catch part 1 here, and part 2 here. Q-Z has been rather challenging, b…

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My Genealogy Alphabet Part 2 Here is the second instalment of my Genealogy Alphabet. Part 1 discussed genealogically valuable records from A-H. In part 2 of this blog, I look at collections from I-P. If you haven’t read …

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My Genealogy Alphabet Part 1 Happy New Year! A time for new beginnings, and as the great Julie Andrews once said “Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start.  When you read you begin with A-B-C…&…

A few years ago I wrote a 3-part blog about My Genealogy Alphabet. Take a look and see if there are any types of records that are new to you.

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #ABC #Research #Archives

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06.03.2026 09:34 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Oh that pasta is so cool! 😍

05.03.2026 22:11 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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I’ve had a wonderful evening speaking with my accomplice - the wonderful
@dunedingenie.bsky.social - to the @sogorg.bsky.social about transported convicts.

05.03.2026 21:29 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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What better way to celebrate #WorldBookDay than to pre-order a copy of my brand new book, Genealogy Methods and Techniques, due to be published (UK) two weeks today!

#genealogy #ancestry #researchmethods

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05.03.2026 09:50 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Wow!! That’s incredible 😲

05.03.2026 21:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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FamilySearch.org Discover your family history. Explore the world’s largest collection of free family trees, genealogy records and resources.

Day 1 #NotAtRootsTech
- Talk that made me want to immediately try out the method: 'Timelines for Genealogy' by @janetfew.bsky.social
- Most interesting talk: 'Victorian Burials' by Dr Michala Hulme.
#GenHour #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #History

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05.03.2026 20:21 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 4 📌 0

Stunning!

05.03.2026 17:33 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

😆

04.03.2026 15:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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04.03.2026 07:25 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Women's History Month - March 2026
Excited about our exhibit/display in the entrance foyer of Westminster Quaker Meeting House on St Martin's Lane, Covent Garden. Each Friday in March from 5:30 - 7pm. Look forward to seeing you if you're about Westminster. All Welcome! #Australia #convict #history

02.03.2026 13:01 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Printed text, "Depriving Catherine of Royal Style"

Printed text, "Depriving Catherine of Royal Style"

Oh Henry VIII, no matter how much you proclaim it, you can't ever take away Catherine of Aragon's style. Have you not seen Six? She's a queen.

[From Tudor Royal Proclamations]

01.03.2026 21:40 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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BOOKING IS NOW OPEN for our week of webinars in July on the theme "The Ones Who Got Away", ranging from case studies on tricky ancestors and more difficult to research groups of people to technological solutions: www.pharostutors.com/webinars
#Genealogy #OnlineTalks #Webinars #OnlineLearning

25.02.2026 09:02 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
Bastardy examination from 1768 signed by R Sneyd

Bastardy examination from 1768 signed by R Sneyd

Payments made to bastards, 1819, including 'Sneyd William'

Payments made to bastards, 1819, including 'Sneyd William'

I use Google Docs for almost all my work and for filing digitised genealogical records. I noticed today that the search function now works with hand-written documents in my folders. A search for 'Sneyd' (a name I knew I had come across but couldn't place) found the name in these 2 records. V. handy!

28.02.2026 17:25 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Wow! That’s beautiful ❤️

01.03.2026 09:56 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

He really does!! 🤩

01.03.2026 09:54 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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01.03.2026 09:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Woo hoo! Very exciting. ❤️
Well done. 🎉

27.02.2026 19:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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There are many providers of online genealogy courses out there so how do you chose who to study with? At Pharos we are all about flexibility. www.pharostutors.com/howtochoose.... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #DistanceLearning #OnlineCourses #GenealogyCourses

27.02.2026 12:02 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Another day, another archive. 😁❤️

Thankfully, the records I’m looking at today are a little later. Mid-18th Century.

#Archives
#Genealogy
#FamilyHistory
#Research

27.02.2026 10:01 👍 11 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

😁 Why not! 😄

26.02.2026 08:35 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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My brain still hurts from looking at pages of this all day, but I’m pleased to say I got the answer to my objective in the end.
Exploring an armigerous family from Essex, specifically looking at a branch in the early-mid 1400s.

#ManorialDocuments
#Genealogy
#FamilyHistory

25.02.2026 21:55 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Will do 👍🏻

25.02.2026 17:38 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Wonderful day at @essexarchive.bsky.social
with @mandytherootsgenie.bsky.social

Look at this beauty 😍
#Heraldry
#Genealogy
#FamilyHistory
#15thCenturyResearch

25.02.2026 13:45 👍 13 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I’d happily come to London too if the event was open to the public. ❤️🧀
I love cheese and I love history - it’s my ideal event 😁

25.02.2026 08:54 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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25.02.2026 08:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I need to come to one of these events!! When are you coming to Suffolk/Essex??? 🙏

25.02.2026 08:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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