Simon Davies (WeAre.xyz)

Just did the most fun & thoughtful RootsTech Ridealong session with my most genuine of friends Barbara Tien at Projectkin. I should have talked more about WeAre, but this was just a beautiful stream of consciousness that made my year xx Barbara in Berkeley where sand dollars are the real currency 🙂

When a conversation begins "I have to tell you about time travel" you know it's going to be good. What a fun conversation with @simondmd.bsky.social. Watch for the recording with detailed notes within a couple of hours.

#NotAtRootsTech #RootsTech #Genealogy #Storytelling #Ancestors

Made a note - good luck btw

Happy days - we need a re-match

We could meet in the 5 Fishes again :)

For my old school friend - deffo xx

Please do come along - a really fun chat rather than a workshop - lets see what hidden gems people have found in their research - and exchange experiences of getting family interest

oo and there she is, my ancestor in service there 1841 census

Brilliant, thank you so much. Who needs AI (which failed to transcribe btw)

Can anyone decipher this? Shown as 'Residence at time of marriage' which took place in Montgomeryshire in 1843
#FamilyHistory

The lady lived once, but was buried twice - BBC News Tucked in the heart of Lurgan, lies the centuries old Shankill Graveyard

I enjoyed this :)
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-nort...

Thank you

This is post war HQ of Ministry of Agriculture Food & Fisheries (MAFF) 'Great Westminster House' Horseferry Rd, London. Seen here at 1937 opening.
This is the ONLY image I can find - surely pics exist of a governement ministry???? anyone ?
My Grandfather worked here in 1950s
#OnePlaceWednesday

I don’t know tbh but sounds plausible - will have a dig :) have a good weekend

There is a little known time portal right here in the heart of London...
app.weare.xyz/blog/the-byt...

If anyone's curious about WeAre.xyz collaborative archiving platform, I'm presenting to GeneBloggers Sun 9th at 3pm ET. Will meander over ancestral country lanes, Kansas creeks & WW1 trenches; support from Kevin the drone
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy
Free, register here:
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Never say the English aren't inventive with our placenames. Gardeners Garden, Shoreditch, London (Ogilby & Morgan map, 1676). 🗃️ www.layersoflondon.org/map/overlays...

made me chuckle

Got any glass plate negatives or marooned camcorder DAT tapes. @sogorg.bsky.social running this delicious course, and digitally preserving these will be my contribution:
portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view/1...
#FamilyHistory #Genealogy

My lovely daughter spotted this in a bookshop in York for £4 and brought it for me :) how great is that xx

Looking forward to it - will be fun :) Anyone remember their camcorders?

yikes

Oh my - I have found a 56 page record for him - thank you so much

brilliant - thank you Michelle. Going to be hard to concentrate on my day job today :)

The way they say a lunatic being transported - implying an official diagnosis & that he is in custody as a result being moved to an institution perhaps? I’ve not found reference to him in Charter Towers media. Did he come from Shropshire to seek his fortune in the gold fields & became destitute

Thank you very much

@atcherleyons.bsky.social I assume thats you :) you genius. I found the most tragic record. He jumped suicidally from a ship. Definitely him - the whole record says from Shropshire. Hope I can find more insights. Thank you so much

you are right - uck sorry

Uck - I meant Charters Towers as pointed out !!! thank you so much for all the responses

Calling lovely friends in Queensland. A Shropshire memorial & death date for 2xG Uncle Matthew Henry Davies led to his death in Colony Towers QSD 10 Jul 1897. I think was a gold prospecting town? Any tips on info sources gratefully received (death records, newspapers...) xx #GenHour #FamilyHistory