Somerset+Dorset FHS

If you want to read about #Dunster’s war memorials & the men of Dunster who lost their lives in #WW1 you can read more about them on my website 👉🏻 dunsterancestors.co.uk/dunster-war-me… #LestWeForget 🥀

From Dorset Life (2011) A bitter-sweet remembrance Helen Baggott compares the bleak view of a 1960s Swanage with today’s town. dorsetlife.co.uk/2011/07/a-bitt…

Ancestry has announced the release of the first tranche of British Army #WW2 records. But the records will be hosted by Fold3 so if you don't subscribe to Fold 3, you will only be able to see the indexes to the records on Ancestry. whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/news/ancestry-…

Shaftesbury, Dorset – posted in 1905 to Ada in Eye, Suffolk: Many thanks for your welcome letter received this morning & which Mr R will discover before long. We have been staying a few weeks here where my father was once rector for 17 years. #PostedInThePast

Interesting talk coming up about Exmoor by The Devon History Society: “‘The Wild West of England’: Exmoor in the Nineteenth Century” eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-wild-wes…?

If you have an account on BlueSky, tomorrow - Thursday 5 September at 8pm UK time - is the first ever #GenHour chat! Everyone is welcome ☺️ It will be weekly, but at alternate times, to enable as many as possible to attend

I’m really excited about #AATP24! It’s a free online event with over 149 bite-size talks

BALH Conference: Maps and Buildings - Taunton on Sat 12 Oct about the complementary topics of maps and buildings in local history. Both topics offer a tangible and accessible route into the study of local history and enrich our understanding of the past. balh.org.uk/event-balh-bal…

New map viewer! Historic parks in England 1890s-1900s We've recently shared our mapping with the Forestry Commission & Zulu Ecosystems to extract a digital layer showing historic parks from O.S. 6-inch 2nd edition maps. More info (volunteers wanted): maps.nls.uk/projects/histo…

Somerset Home Guard - Information Sought Since The Somerset Home Guard a Pictorial Rollcall was published in 2004 more information has surfaced. A companion vol is planned for 2025. If you have any photographs or information that you would like considered please see this notice

Join historian Holly Cruise at Taunton Castle to explore the story of 'the female husband'. In the 18th century, Charles Hamilton, who was born Mary, married Mary Price. Months later, Price reported Hamilton, claiming she had been deceived into marrying a woman. #WeAreHistoric

Breaking #WDYTYA news: Mel C, Olly Myra & Vicky McClure to star in Who Do You Think You Are? 2024 whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/tv-series/who-…

As we approach #DDay80, researchers at Dorset History Centre have explored the histories of eight #Dorset men who lost their lives as a result of D-Day. The first story to tell is that of Bertram Nother, of Dorchester, the eldest of these men, aged 36: orlo.uk/5dsqf

June is Gypsy, Roma and Traveller History Month. Itinerant communities are often overlooked in the historical record. However, in North Somerset, the Joules (or Joles) family were well known and are well documented... 🧵1/ #GRTHM24 maps.bristol.gov.uk/kyp/?edition=n…

Following the brief period of essential maintenance by the GRO, prices of certificates, PDFs and digital images have risen: Certificates from £11 to £12.50 PDFs from £7 to £8 Digital images from £2.50 to £3 Other options (eg urgent orders) have also gone up

This Wednesday 15th May AGRA member Lynne Cleaver has her book published 'Taunton in 50 buildings'. agra.org.uk/lynne-cleaver-…

#OnThisDay in 1768, Sarah Fielding, the mother of children's literature, died in Bath. #somerset #childrensauthors #childrensliterature #bath #sarahFielding

#AllAboutThatPlace is back at the end of September! If you were involved last year you’ll know just how exciting it was. Don’t miss it - subscribe to make sure you’re in the loop #OnePlaceWednesday