The Family History Society of Cheshire 🌾🌳

#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social #Crewe ResearchCentre Mon/Tues Helpdesks #Chester #Nantwich #Wallasey Group Meetings #Chester Discussion Grps #DNA Zooming in on #FamilyHistory Journeys our Ancestors made ReseachBuddies #Northwich area Find out more/how to join👉 fhsc.uk

"Into such a house none will enter voluntarily; work, confinement, and discipline, will deter the indolent and vicious..." Chilling words taken from the 1832 Royal Commission into the operation of the Poor Laws which ushered in the Victorian Workhouse. 1/2

Updates for #Cheshire at The British Newspaper Archive and newspapers at @findmypast.bsky.social this week 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧: 1888, 1910 𝐑𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬: 2004-2005

A fundraising campaign to bring in £1m has been launched to save St Mary's Churh, Astbury - but this may only be the very start of what is needed to stop it from falling down, www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Campaigners call for memorial to British Home Children in the UK: www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

Have you tried searching FreeREG yet? Discover over 53 million British parish records absolutely free, thanks to family history volunteer transcribers: www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp New at @thegenealogist.bsky.social #Cornwall has been added to the Lloyd George Domesday Survey collection Find out more 👉 www.thegenealogist.co.uk/news/

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp Two updated titles for #Cheshire this week at the BNA 🚩 #𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞: 2002, 2005 🚩 #𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧: 1919 Full list in screenshot below with #AltText as usual

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp New at @findmypast.bsky.social this week 🚩 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐲, 𝐇𝐦𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟓 🚩 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐲, 𝐁𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐎𝐟 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐫 𝟏𝟖𝟎𝟓 Details in the screenshots below or go to 👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/explore/new-...

War memorial plaque. St. Mary’s Church, Nantwich, Cheshire. Commemorating Lieutenant Arnold Mathews of the Cheshire Regiment. Died of wounds received at Sanna-i-Yat on the Tigris on the 14th April 1916. First World War. #LestWeForget

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100 years on from when Wythenshawe Hall was donated to the Manchester Corporation as the only undeveloped land suitable for building a housing estate close to Manchester. 👇 BBC News - What does Wythenshawe mean to the people who know it best? - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The local red sandstone of St Mary's Church in Acton, near Nantwich, #Cheshire for the #BlueSkyArtShow theme #Walls #ECK #photography #Kodachrome #1980s

The regular #symmetry/#patterned #windows of an old #mill in #Styal #Cheshire where #millworkers from the past made #cloth, part of the #cotton #industrial #revolution of #Northwest #England. #photography by #darrensmithphotography, a #localbusiness #photographer #photographicart

Looking for a baptism for a client in the Cheshire parish registers & came across this fab Auxiliary register. It doesn't just give the parents name but all 4 grandparents names and a date of birth for the person being baptised. 3 generations, 1 baptism entry. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Cheshire

A glimpse of Astibury Church across the fields today #digitalpainting #cheshire

Updated titles for #Cheshire on the BNA today #𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞 2002, 2005 #𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 1919 #FamilyHistory

The latest Really Useful Bulletin is out now! #FamilyHistory www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/files/1249-1...

The crimes behind unearthed Victorian police mugshots Find out more with a tour of the Northgate Street cells in the police station below Chester Town Hall, starting later this month www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Have a great weekend! We kept losing broadband last night and then again earlier this morning! Thank goodness for 4G data on the mobile to keep in touch with the outside world! Hopefully all fixed now! In the meantime, here's some good advice, it's a bit colder out there today!

#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social #Crewe ResearchCentre Mon/Tues Helpdesks #Chester #Wallasey Group Meetings #Congleton - Clockmakers of Congleton Seminar History of #SchoolDinners with Heather Ellis Find out more/how to join👉 fhsc.uk

"Nearly all the housewives mention potatoes" In 1955 799 households described their 'meals in modern homes'. The published survey includes information about the types and times of food consumed, as well as the practicalities of living in a post-war home. #WorldFoodDay

What's the most difficult handwritten record you've ever had to read in your family history research? Don't miss our top tips on decoding old handwriting: www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp New Free Historical Records from 26 Countries October 2026 update from #FamilySearch Link 👉 www.familysearch.org/en/blog/new-...

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp New for #Cheshire at the BNA this week 🚩 #𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞: 1912 Full list of updates in the screenshots below, with #AltText as usual

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp @findmypast.bsky.social have altered the way they publicise new records. These were new last week 🚩 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬 🚩 𝐋𝐞𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 For full details see 👉 www.findmypast.co.uk/explore/new-...

Reminder of the Guild of One Name Studies event in #Cheshire [Cuddington and Sandiway Village Hall CW8 2LB] on Sat 17th October Mapping Your One-Name Study Find out more and buy your ticket from 👉 one-name.org/seminar-even... @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social will be there so drop by and say hello

Be part of history! What does the #BayeuxTapestry mean to you? We're creating a new online archive of our stories around the Bayeux Tapestry and European Year of the Normans 2027. You can leave your story via the link, or share on here (including images), using #UoLTapestry. tinyurl.com/UoLTapestry

Do you have nonconformist family? Find out more about researching ancestors who defied the Church of England with our guide: www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

@chiddickstree.bsky.social Saw this and thought of you AI machine 'helps save 25 million Lego bricks' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#WhatsOn this week at @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social Busy busy 🐝🐝 #Crewe ResearchCentre Mon/Tues Helpdesks #Chester #Macclesfield #Wallasey Group Meetings #Crewe #Northwich #Sale Discussion Groups PC users, MAC users, Family Historian Find out more/how to join👉 fhsc.uk #FamilyHistory

A rainy day at Jodrell Bank has its perks ☔✨ When the puddles line up just right, the Lovell Telescope puts on a whole new show. Which reflection is your favourite? 👇 📸 Image credit: Jon Dixon

The October 2026 issue of Genealogy Matters Magazine is published! substack.com/@genealogyma...

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 🤯 👏

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp Nothing new for the UK this week at Ancestry World wide updates in the screenshot with #AltText as usual

@fhsofcheshire.bsky.social's #FridayRoundUp New/updated #Cheshire titles at the BNA this week 🚩𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐄𝐜𝐡𝐨 🚩𝐄𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐏𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐫 See screenshots for all updates, with #AltText as usal

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...

#Chester’s Grosvenor Museum to celebrate 140th anniversary Click on the link below for more details 👇 www.chesterstandard.co.uk/news/2660768...

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 👉 www.cheshirearchives.org.uk/visiting-us/... Like to volunteer for @fhsofcheshire.bsky.social desks then please email chair@fhsc.uk, happy to have a chat

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

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?

#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.

A new edition of The Chiddicks Observer 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...

#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 join👉 fhsc.uk

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 🎪 www.whodoyouthinkyouaremaga...

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. 👇 Why thousands of couples are choosing Scotland www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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

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