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Student recommended:
Stopping Places: A Gypsy History of South London & Kent by Simon Evans (University of Hertfordshire Press 1999)
It gives an account of prominant Gypsy families & their patterns & movements throughout the year as well as traditional 'stopping places'.
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IHGS - The School of Family History retweeted
We’re looking for a senior data analyst to join our Scotland’s Census team.
Find details of the post and apply online 👉bit.ly/SeniorDataNRS
ALT The Scotland’s Census logo - a Saltire flag on a blue background, with the tagline “Shaping our future” in English and Gaelic.
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IHGS - The School of Family History retweeted
OPRs don’t only include marriages: they can include instances where the church refused to marry couples.
In this example, Mid Calder couple William Paris and Jean Bryce were not married in 1835: “this being unlawful, owing to the woman being his former wife’s sister.”
ALT Thursday July 2nd 1835. William Paris and Jean Bryce, both of this parish, gave up their names in order to marriage and were not married, this being unlawful, owing to the woman being his former wife’s sister”.
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Anytime Talk of the Month
Parish Registers with Chloe O'Shea, DipGen
Our latest talk explores one of the most important sources for family historians.
Free to IHGS Students & Members via the student/member area. Also available to visitors for a small fee ihgs.ac.uk/talk-of-the-month…
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We are looking forward to attending the London Family History Show @FamHistoryShow at Kempton Park this Saturday 3rd October 2026. Visit our stand to find out more about our courses and qualifications or just to say hello.
For more details visit thefamilyhistoryshow.com/lon…
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IHGS - The School of Family History retweeted
I'll be doing my live show, The DNA of History, in York, Sept 30th, about how genetics has changed our understanding of the past & how I led the identification of the remains of York's fave king, Richard III! You'll also be able to buy copies of my book, The Secrets of Our DNA.
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IHGS - The School of Family History retweeted
I recently did a podcast having a lovely chat with @JonBauckham for @HistoryExtra about my book The Secrets of Our DNA. You can listen wherever you get your podcasts. 👇
On the podcast | Professor Turi King reveals what our DNA can tell us about our ancestors, our identities and some of history’s greatest mysteries
🎧 Listen now on the HistoryExtra app, or wherever you get your podcasts
ALT The image shows DNA in the background overlaid with historical figures faces – Tsar Nicholas II, Adolf Hitler and Richard III. In the bottom left is the HistoryExtra Podcast logo.
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Our small grants programme is open! This programme has been designed to support the study, enjoyment and dissemination of local history within Britain.
Find out more: balh.org.uk/resources-small-…
#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
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#ICYMI: Join us on 3 December for our annual Dymond lecture!
Dr Joan Heggie will be sharing how the Register of Deeds can evidence women's capital investment in 19th century Yorkshire.
Find out more: balh.org.uk/dymond2026
#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll
ALT Excerpt from Indenture of Mortgage, 1887, North Riding Register of Deeds, Vol 17/737/338, held by North Yorkshire Archives. It shows the mark of a woman in the form of an inked cross.
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IHGS - The School of Family History retweeted
I'm going to be doing a live event, The DNA of History, @Kiddy_Town_Hall , Sept 10th. Come along & listen to me chat about how DNA is changing our understanding of the past. You'll also be able to buy copies of my book, The Secrets of Our DNA. Tickets 👇
tickets.xfp.events/events/xf…
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IHGS - The School of Family History retweeted
I'm going to be doing a live event @SheffCityHall on Wednesday, Sept 9th. Come along and listen to me chat about how DNA is changing our understanding of the past. You'll also be able to buy copies of my book, The Secrets of Our DNA. 😊🧬
Tickets 👇
sheffieldcityhall.co.uk/even…
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IHGS - The School of Family History retweeted
I'm up in Edinburgh doing a live show, The DNA of History, chatting about how DNA is changing our understanding of the past. I'll be at the @eicc on September 4th! Hope to see you there! 😊🧬
Tickets here 👇
tickets.xfp.events/events/xf…
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IHGS - The School of Family History retweeted
We’re welcoming visitors to General Register House for Doors Open Days again this year.
Join us between 10 am and 4 pm on Saturday 26 September for a building tour, free family history taster sessions and a look behind the scenes.
Find out more 👉 bit.ly/GRHDOD2026
ALT Exterior of General Register House, an Adam-style neoclassical building on the east end of Princes Street, Edinburgh. A statue of the Duke of Wellington on horseback stands outside the front door.
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Our summer discounts available now end on the 1st September 2026, for more details please visit ihgs.ac.uk
Discover your family history with our distance learning & online courses.
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Discover your family history with our distance learning & online courses.
✔️ Enrol at any time
✔️ Study at your own pace
✔️ Expert tutor support
✔️ Suitable for all levels
Start your family history journey ihgs.ac.uk/book-courses-4
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Our summer discounts available now end on the 1st September 2026, for more details please visit ihgs.ac.uk
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IHGS - The School of Family History retweeted
Since the launch of our new platform we've received valuable input from users across our community. That feedback, together with analysis of how the site is being used, has helped us identify opportunities to refine the site experience. Read more: bit.ly/4wQunvh
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IHGS - The School of Family History retweeted
We've been getting a lot of questions lately about how the Internet Archive digitizes books.
The short answer: page by page, by hand.
You may remember our viral 2021 video of Eliza Zhang scanning a book. That's still how we do it.
Meet Eliza, and learn how we scan books: blog.archive.org/2021/02/09/…
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If you don’t know exactly what you want to see in our search rooms, we may be able to help ahead of your visit.
Tell us about any relevant names, dates or locations; where you’ve already looked and any other relevant info.
We’ll do our best to assist! 👉bit.ly/SearchRoomAccess
ALT The Historical Search Room at General Register House, seen from the upper tier. Tables for examining records are at ground level. Books line the walls on the upper tier.
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