Claire Whitaker Family History Research

30/03/2026

🥳 It's the moment you've all been waiting for - the 2026 line-up of celebrities is here! Whose episode do you think sounds most exciting?

28/02/2026

Researching Your Yorkshire Ancestors. Throughout this course you will learn the historical background to Yorkshire, an understanding of administrative units and where records are held; the impact of the Industrial Revolution on family history; the breadth of occupations and the influence of religion. https://www.pharostutors.com/researching-your-yorkshire-ancestors

26/02/2026

Demystifying DNA for Family Historians. At the end of the course you will have a toolbox of techniques to interpret your DNA matches with increased confidence. https://www.pharostutors.com/demystifying-dna-for-family-historians

23/02/2026

🔵Blue Monday!

✅This week we're not looking at any one blue plaque, but inviting you to become part of the panel that decides what blue plaque nominations are accepted!

🦉We are looking for new volunteers to join our Heritage and Culture Panel, who meet quarterly on Zoom and discuss which blue plaque nominations Leeds Civic Trust should go ahead with and award a blue plaque to. The panel makes evidence-based decisions that align with our criteria for blue plaques.

🫵If you are interested in local history, this might be the volunteer role for you!

🖊️We are running this volunteering opportunity a bit like a (very simple) job application. Applicants are asked to fill in a google form to tell us why you would be a good fit for the panel. We are grateful for the many wonderful applications we have already recieved. Applications close Monday 16 March.

👉Find out more about the the roles on offer and apply on our website: 🔗 https://zurl.co/HK1Yo

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📸Image 1: A photograph of Peg Alexander unveiling our 202nd blue plaque for Professor Patrick Nuttgens CBE.

23/02/2026

16/02/2026

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Genealogy Methods and Techniques offers practical guidance on how to get the most from your family history research and be confident in the results. Suitable both for beginners who want to get things right from the start, and for experienced researchers with thorny problems to solve, this book of...

10/02/2026

Talk on Zoom by Angela Buckley, Expert in historical crime

26/12/2025

Happy 158th Birthday Guiseley Theatre

On Thursday 26th December 1867, Residents of Guiseley came out in their hundreds to witness the formal opening of Guiseley Town Hall, known to many now as our home, Guiseley Theatre.

In 2017 The Tales Told festival celebrated the rich and diverse history of the building, its users and the many different formats the building has taken, from town hall, to fire station, or cinema to hospital! At the opening night of the festival, Codswallop CIC presented Guiseley Theatre a plaque to commemorate the 150 years to fill a plinth on the front of the theatre which has stood empty for many years. The plaque is now up, proudly on display and reads:

"𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰
𝘎𝘜𝘐𝘚𝘌𝘓𝘌𝘠 𝘛𝘏𝘌𝘈𝘛𝘙𝘌
𝘣𝘺
𝘊𝘖𝘋𝘚𝘞𝘈𝘓𝘓𝘖𝘗 𝘊𝘐𝘊
𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦
𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘩 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘳
𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘜𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘺

𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘛𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘏𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 26𝘵𝘩 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 1867. 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘪𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘮 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 £2548 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 £2921 𝘵𝘰𝘵𝘢𝘭. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴.
𝘚𝘪𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘸 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘨𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 "𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳". 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘦"

Happy Birthday Guiseley Theatre! Here's to another 158 years!

Make sure you give their page Guiseley Theatre a like to keep up to date with their exciting redevelopment plans!

To read through an online version of our Tales Told pop-up museum which was held at the theatre earlier this year, head to http://codswallop.org.uk/guiseley-theatre

07/11/2025

Iʼm raising money to Support the ongoing maintenance & renovation of Guiseley Theatre. Support this JustGiving Crowdfunding Page.

29/09/2025

📢 I'm delighted to announce that a second anthology of Detective Jerome Caminada's memoirs are now available on Kindle (and KU), which includes fraudsters, arsonists, scuttlers, dynamite conspirators and an account of how he solved the Manchester Cab Mystery in record time 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/2sfm7duc

26/09/2025

https://familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/09/26/s01ep09-brickdust-with-pam-smith/?fbclid=IwZnRzaAND1kdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHlw6eqXyWBCvabjrJPJ-68lykKvxaWwV-zYPfjoo5za9Qk2EVe6Hs2P0XRkK_aem_bwTEpVrzEJSm8S-bfpPPBw

Host Andrew Martin welcomes back previous guest Pam Smith for this first Brickdust bonus episode - and Pam has an update on Sir Richard Etherington.