Anna W

@PharosTutors & @IHGS student, genealogy enthusiast, MSc (Health Ψ), @BPSOfficial GMBPsS and volunteer@FreeUKGen & BAFHS. Student Member of @RQG

[Anna W @ThreadsThruTime]

#PhotoFriday Molly Conisbee’s book is a fantastic social history read for family historians, focusing on how our ancestors navigated death, grief, and mourning. Hoping to find out more about the Gwylnos and the women who were Watchers. 🕯️
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #SocialHistory

[Anna W @ThreadsThruTime]

@chiddickstree Enjoy your posts Paul. I wonder generally if something is off with algorithms? I used to get a lot of genealogy content, but most of the time I now have to search the genies I follow to see their posts - they don't seem to show in my feed? Does anyone else find this?

[Anna W @ThreadsThruTime]

#PhotoFriday Postcard of Shepton Mallet Prison with Army quarters in front. It became an American Military Prison during WWII. Find out more here! https://t.co/5sVixPlLum

[Anna W @ThreadsThruTime]

#PhotoFriday:Revisiting an old postcard of Weston Super Mare sent in 1908.On a recent trip to WSM, I discovered that The Little Sands is now Marine Lake. Same buildings in the background, with a few recent additions #OldPostcards #MarineLake

[Anna W @ThreadsThruTime]

#PhotoFriday.Off to work to help with a computer careers day. What are thoughts on exploring how tech meets history, specifically, using AI to sharpen & restore old family photos?📷Great tool for bringing photos into focus, or a step into digital fiction? #Genealogy #OldPhotos

[Anna W @ThreadsThruTime]

#PhotoFriday another view of Newnham, a reverse of last week's postcard.A delightful view from Bullo Fields looking towards St Peter's Church.Anyone research the names of local fields? Likely related to leases and the landscape of manorial land.#OldPostcards #Toponymy #fieldnames

[Anna W @ThreadsThruTime]

#PhotoFriday, enjoy this picturesque view of the Severn Estuary from Newnham Churchyard.

These historic postcards offer a window into the places our ancestors visited. Explore the Newnham History Research Group's resources, including a site plan: https://t.co/fN92Co9ZIV #OldPics

[Melanie Backe-Hansen @HouseHistorian]

This has arrived suddenly, but for all those who have asked me, When is the next series of #AHouseThroughTime? - it's on tonight!! 😀 This time, @DavidOlusoga tells the story of a fascinating house in Edinburgh! 😊 On BBCTwo at 9pm & iPlayer! #househistory https://t.co/HP1Rr0uJrG

[Debbie Kennett 🧬🌳 @DebbieKennett]

Just caught up on this rather good blog post from May 2026 by Janine Cloud of @FamilyTreeDNA showing how an FTDNA mtDNA haplogroup project helped to identify an unknown Australia sailor from WWII. https://t.co/vH2SqrE0TZ

[Anna W @ThreadsThruTime]

#PhotoFriday As we're in the midst of the school holidays, here is an old school class photo📸

Luckily, "X" marks the spot. Victoria Street School has been added to help find out more.

Any tips for identifying people & places in old school photos? #OldPhotos #FamilyHistory

[Anna W @ThreadsThruTime]

#PhotoFriday🏖️School summer holidays are here! Here’s a vintage postcard of The Little Sands W-S-M, posted 11 August 1908, sending wishes back home for Miss Powell’s injured foot
What vintage beach postcards do you have in your family collection? #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Weston

[Eleanor Parker @ClerkofOxford]

In Anglo-Saxon calendars, around now - '15 nights before Lammas' - is the start of the dog days of summer. Drawing on classical learning, medieval medical texts warn that it's a perilous season, when the air is full of poisons and people should stay inside in the heat of the day.

[Anna W @ThreadsThruTime]

@DrHelenFry My maternal grandfather served in the 8th Army, he talked a little about the war. He kept a diary covering the time of the Battle of Monte Cassino. CART contacted me to confirm my paternal great uncle was a Patrol Leader in the Auxiliary Unit.

[Anna W @ThreadsThruTime]

#PhotoFriday Anyone for tennis? 🎾 With the start of Wimbledon, I wanted to share a photo of the Huss family ready for a game of lawn tennis!
#PhotoFriday #FamilyHistory #OldPhotos #Genealogy #Wimbledon

[Derbyshire Record Office @DerbyshireDRO]

How tempting is a cold plunge pool right now, mid heat wave? This one was photographed in 1927, it's the Cold Plunge Pool within the Turkish Baths at Smedley's Hydropathic Establishment in Matlock... we'd definitely skip the hot stage of the treatment this week!🥵

#heatwave

[Derbyshire Record Office @DerbyshireDRO]

Our latest #NewAccession is this beautiful manuscript of arms and pedigrees, all written in the hand of Mr Thinne in 1569. It’s packed with exquisite penmanship and finely drawn coats of arms. A real treat for anyone who loves heraldry and early modern manuscripts!

[Fraser and Fraser @HeirHunter]

⏰ Just one week to go!

Join Professor Turi King, Neil Fraser and Nick Saalfeld at the London Archives on 2 July for an evening exploring DNA, genealogy, inheritance and identity.

📍 London Archives
📅 2 July | 6–8pm
🎟️ Free (booking required)

Reserve👇
https://t.co/AqJDEKp5TQ

[Charlie Fenton @CharlieFenton2]

One thing worth seeing at Hereford Cathedral yesterday was the Chained Library and Mappa Mundi exhibition. The map is one of the largest surviving medieval maps and quite something to see in person, as well as the library. (1)

[Anna W @ThreadsThruTime]

#PhotoFriday – Smedley’s Hydropathic. Finalising a talk on the health and well-being of our ancestors, looking at my great-grandfather's brother’s stay here at Smedley’s in Derbyshire. Did any of your ancestors spend time at a Hydropathic? #Health #FamilyHistory #postcard

[Derbyshire Record Office @DerbyshireDRO]

Now that's how you write a capital letter C! Or at least you did when you mentioned the king and Charles I was on the throne - possibly Charles III would quite appreciate it as well?