Alison Duce

📚 Freelance Researcher
👣 Following the footsteps of the past 📝 Sharing stories of people

[Alison Duce @AlisonDuce]

So, I have been a bit quiet on here... I have been working on sorting out the duplicates on my family tree and looking for a way to share my family history stories.
I think I have found the online platform... Just setting it up... I will let you know more soon.

[Alison Duce @AlisonDuce]

@louise__powell @johnmurrays @LJMU This looks so good.
Can't wait to read it.

[Dr Louise Powell @louise__powell]

I'm delighted to be able to share the cover of my flapping novel UNDERDOGS, which is to be published by @johnmurrays on 2 July! Designed by talented young artist Ellis Crossley @LJMU, it beautifully represents my story of a father, a son & a greyhound called Goldie... #amwriting

[Dr Louise Powell @louise__powell]

An exciting week, as my flapping novel UNDERDOGS went out on screen submission. Incredible to think that Film & TV production companies, directors & screenwriters will read my story of a father, a son & the gamble of their lives. Very grateful to my agents for making it possible!

[GuildOneNameStudies 🌳 @GuildOneName]

From Surnames to Stories: Shaping and Sharing One-Name Studies. A one-day online course hosted by the @SocGenealogists. https://t.co/Y49LGqWwAs

[Brian Elliott @BElliottAuthor]

Bramley blossom (for bees)

[National Horseracing Museum @NHRMuseum]

Today marked the start of the 2026 Grand National at @AintreeRaces 🏇

Explore some of the incredible artefacts in our collection, from racecards to iconic Red Rum memorabilia.Head to the Atrium to see these items on display for free, and dive into the history of this famous meet

[Alison Duce @AlisonDuce]

@BElliottAuthor Just think about how many times the key turned in the lock. Who were the people and what was their story?
I love how an object tells the story of all the interactions.

[🌻Julie Goucher🌻 @juliegoucher]

Introduction to One-Name Studies Course (901) https://t.co/XG5nX8kQFP #genealogy #familyhistory #Surnames @GuildOneName @pharostutors

[Alison Duce @AlisonDuce]

@juliegoucher Something special when places bring people from different times together... walking in the footsteps of our ancestors.

[Alison Duce @AlisonDuce]

@BElliottAuthor @NCMME It was one of my favourites when I worked at Clifton Park Museum.
I also liked these.

[Alison Duce @AlisonDuce]

@BElliottAuthor @NCMME Going on the size of the dog, I would say it is a Greyhound not a whippet. There is a similar painting in the Rotherham collections, it used to be up in the Town Hall.

[Pharos Tutors @PharosTutors]

Conservators restoring paintings at Blenheim Palace are hoping to track down workmen or their relatives who left their names in the ceiling area decades ago. https://t.co/ZOnfrt0v8c

[Alison Duce @AlisonDuce]

I have followed both maternal and paternal lines back to late 1700s. The stories collide, connect and complement...
Some lived on the same street in Barnsley at the same time in the early 1900s. A couple married in Ardsley in the mid 1800s. Others were in the Wath area in 1800s

[Alison Duce @AlisonDuce]

Another coincidence - I went to Penistone Grammar School and didn't find out until 20 years later that I had family in nearby Hoylandswaine - the Kilners and the Seniors.
Alot of the family were nail makers.
See https://t.co/dyrkvHgMjZ

[Alison Duce @AlisonDuce]

Another coincidence - a great grand uncle, Novello Kilner (fantastic name for a steel worker!) was living on Wingfield Crescent on the 1939 Register. It was originally in Derbyshire.
I lived on Wingfield Crescent, Sheffield in 2000-2002. The boundary changed in the 1960s.

[Alison Duce @AlisonDuce]

Another coincidence is when I found out my 3x great grandad, Thomas Duce (1816-1875) was a potter living and working in Swinton, near Rotherham.
At thd time, I was working at Rotherham Museum looking after the ceramic collections. Most were made in Swinton.

[Alison Duce @AlisonDuce]

My family history research has highlighted some amazing coincidences...
Today's gem is a family (distant relatives by marriage) on 1841 living in a small hamlet in Tankersley parish...
... The very same hamlet I lived in from 1975-1984.

[Alison Duce @AlisonDuce]

@louise__powell @johnmurrays So exciting. I am looking forward to reading this.