York Family History
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York Family History
@YorkFHS
International Family History Society based in York UK. Genealogists on site at York Library (Monday) Borthwick (Fridays) 10 till 4pm
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@TheIronRoom @LibraryofBham Is there any description of the buildings?
I can’t get my bearings!
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#BirminghamViews today is J. Lycett’s (not Joe) 1826 North View of Birmingham published by R.P. Stone of 13 New Meeting Street. Ref – WPS/Large Views Box @LibraryofBham
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Wednesday - this week - Gillian Waters talking to us about Family History - it’s myths and lies! Beware of pitfalls! Come learn with us. Should be great fun too. 7:30 Friends Meeting House New Earswick. @wyorksarchives @YorkshireFHSs @YorkCemFriends
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#BirminghamHistory The Sacking of Dr. Priestley’s House at Fair Hill, Sparkbrook on 14 July 1791. An angry crowd attacked his house during four days of affray now known as the Priestley Riots. Priestley left for a new life in America shortly after. Ref: WK/B11/8187 @LibraryofBham
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@TheIronRoom @LibraryofBham Mindless - John Taylor the owner of Bordesley Hall (now Macdonalds) also had his house destroyed. Great illustrations in Birmingham archives of the event.
@yorkfhs @BALHNews @GuildOneName #onename @TheDeadSleuth
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Come and visit us at our wonderful new base at ExploreYork Library in Museum Street. Every Monday 10-4pm. A great move! @BALHNews @familytreemaguk @GuildOneName @HDFHS01
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Just a few more weeks to listen to my chat about the windmill my ancestor built.
York Family History@YorkFHS
Now on BBC Sounds. Thank you York Family History Society. @mill_society @acombexplore @Acomb_News @OnePlaceStudies @GuildOneName @BALHNews @FederationFHS bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…
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Fabulous talk last night at our first event of 2026. The atmosphere was buzzing with loads of new visitors after our relaunch. Check out our website for our 2026 talks. @wyorksarchives @UoYBorthwick @OnePlaceStudies @GuildOneName
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Our new venue at Explore York on Museum Street every Monday 10-4pm went really well. Here’s our Vice Chairman welcoming you!
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We are delighted to announce that @yorkfhs.bsky.social are now at York Explore!
Every Monday 10am-4pm in the Family History Room, first floor York Explore.
Always wanted to discover your family history but didn’t know where to start?
Come along on Monday!
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@JackieDepelle @BALHNews My dad worked there in the 70s - Naburn Hospital
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Alan Godfrey Maps@alangodfreymap
Bishopthorpe 1906. alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks19102.htm “The principal feature on the East Riding section of our map is the #YORK CITY ASYLUM”, in time it became “a designer outlet retail park”! The site holds genealogical links to many, via the inmates & injured WWII soldiers, among others.
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#ModelOnATuesday. This week we’re veering slightly off the beaten track and bringing you this model of the Civic Centre on Broad Street planned after WW1. Baskerville House and the Hall of Memory, the only buildings still in place. Ref – WK/B11/6869 @LibraryofBham @Brumpic
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Seminar in February looks great!
Guild of One Name Studies - despite its name the Guild goes much further than one name! @FederationFHS @BALHNews @Gillian_Waters @GuildOneName @OnePlaceStudies one-name.org/seminar-events/
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Our Christmas talk is from the Yorkshire Dialect Society on Wednesday December 3rd at the Quaker Hall New Earswick at 7:30
Mince pies a bonus! @FederationFHS @VisitYork @UniOfYork @BALHNews
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@TheIronRoom @LibraryofBham Is John Taylor’s Bordesley Hall featured or had it gone by then?
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#BirminghamPanorama Imagine sketching the landscape of the town from a hot air balloon. Here’s Ackermann’s Panoramic view of Birmingham, 1847. Ref - L85.1 / 295795. You can probably pick out St. Martins church in the middle of the image. @LibraryofBham
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@TheIronRoom @LibraryofBham I’m always fascinated by maps of Birmingham. I lived there for 30+ years before moving back to York when I retired. Did work with Victor Skipp and wrote my own unpublished work on the history of East Birmingham. I write a lot on York now.
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#MapOnATuesday today is this 1824 specimen of the proposed map of the town of Birmingham and its environs, being a survey of part of the High Street and Five Ways - John Pigott Smith, Surveyor. Ref - MAP/72845 @LibraryofBham
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Our latest talk is the ominous sounding ‘Coroners Case Files’ from the York area with @TheDeadSleuth.
A true Victorian melodrama not for the faint hearted!
Wednesday at New Earswick Quaker Hall 7:30pm.
@BALHNews @FederationFHS @clemhallhistory
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The deep dark gushing caverns of White Rose caves near Ingleton in North Yorkshire.
Fabulous story behind their discovery and the untimely death of their discoverer. @BALHNews @UniOfYork @UniofLeedsBC
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The power of nature - Ingleton Waterfall walk in North Yorkshire. A scarily beautiful 4 mile walk around these wondrous falls @FederationFHS @Yo@reFHSs @BALHNews @Thisisingleton
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