Qualified Genealogist. @RegQualGenes member. MSc (Distinction) @StrathGenealogy. PGR member @RoyalHistSoc
Joined February 2009
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Jenni Phillips retweeted
27 Aug 2025
⚰️ Speaker Spotlight: Jenni Phillips
Discover how our Victorian ancestors died — from scarlet fever to sudden epidemics.
🎤 At #VictorianLondonWeek (8–12 Sept).
🎟️ portal.sog.org.uk/Event/view…
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Jenni Phillips retweeted
🌟SIGS create new Papal Dispensations for Marriage database, unlocking valuable records for genealogical research!🔍
The project was funded by the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy.
Full story > bit.ly/papaldata
#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #HistoricalRecords
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7 Nov 2024
Looking forward to talking about using newspapers for family research later today for Glamorgan FHS. Registration open until this afternoon if you’d like to attend - online, free of charge, non-members welcome.
Our next online branch meeting is on Thursday 7th November at 7pm - @JenniPh will be presenting an introduction to newspaper research for family history. All welcome, register for free via Eventbrite: eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduct…
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Jenni Phillips retweeted
30 Oct 2024
Our next Exploring the Past public lecture is taking place soon. This fascinating and free talk will be online.
Title: Putting Welsh History on Television
Date: 13.11.24
Time: 19:00-20:00
Please book your place here: bit.ly/4fmEGPp @EtPPathway
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Jenni Phillips retweeted
22 Oct 2024
Details of our upcoming November meeting:
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Jenni Phillips retweeted
The next meeting of the Cardiff & Vale branch is in person at @GlamArchives on Tuesday 5th November at 2pm - the focus of this session will be on wartime records.
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Jenni Phillips retweeted
Our next online branch meeting is on Thursday 7th November at 7pm - @JenniPh will be presenting an introduction to newspaper research for family history. All welcome, register for free via Eventbrite: eventbrite.co.uk/e/introduct…
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Jenni Phillips retweeted
17 Oct 2024
*OPEN ACCESS*
‘Welsh Not: Elementary Education and the Anglicisation of Nineteenth-Century Wales’ by @martinjohnes is out now!
This is a study of how and why children were punished for speaking Welsh in nineteenth-century Wales.
Read for free here:
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Jenni Phillips retweeted
Our branch AGM is online on Tuesday 8th October at 7pm for members only. This will be followed at 7.30pm by a talk from qualified genealogist Trisha O'Reilly about solicitor records. Everyone welcome, free of charge - sign up in advance via Eventbrite: eventbrite.co.uk/e/cardiff-v…
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Jenni Phillips retweeted
We're pleased to announce that the Phil Batman Family History Prize for 2024 is now open for submissions!
📅Deadline: 30 November 2024
@HyPIRUoL @historyleic @LeicesterCSSAH @uniofleicester
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27 Sep 2024
Looking forward to spending the day at Glamorgan Archives tomorrow. I’m giving a talk at 1.30pm about using newspapers for family and local history research. Drop in any time for family history chat and free research advice from Glamorgan FHS volunteers. #OpenDoors #Cardiff
27 Sep 2024
TOMORROW! - #OpenDoors at Glamorgan Archives
Our tours are now full. But drop in to meet members of Glamorgan Family History Society and join one of their short talks.
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Jenni Phillips retweeted
26 Sep 2024
How might we reconcile the digitisation of archival sources with their materiality? New 'Transactions @royalhistsoc' article considers 'the case of wills' for the early modern period bit.ly/4dlFouH.
@BhamHistory, @EmilyMayVine, @materialwills #twitterstorians 1/2
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Jenni Phillips retweeted
New Spotlight Talk! Hear Dr Tejpal Ralmill and Prof Gavin Rand introduce the ‘Punjab Registers’ archival records and reveal the scale of India’s ‘contribution’ to the First World War.
📅Wed 23rd Oct ‘24
⏰18.00 – 19.00 BST
📍Online and FREE!
Book now bit.ly/sigs24talks
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Jenni Phillips retweeted
25 Sep 2024
“For Wales, See England”? History and National Identity in 19th Century Wales
10 weekly meetings
Starting 1 October 2024 19:00 - 21:00.
cardiff.ac.uk/part-time-cour…
#Wales #History #Cymraeg @CUHistArchRel @EtPPathway @CAERHeritage
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Jenni Phillips retweeted
23 Sep 2024
Join us at Kempton Park Racecourse on 5th October for the Family History Show, come & say hello & find out about the Register of Qualified Genealogists @RegQualGenes @FamHistoryShow @TheGenealogist #Genealogists #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #HouseHistory #LocalHistory #Researchers
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Jenni Phillips retweeted
Whether your ancestors lived in Glamorgan or elsewhere, our volunteers will be available to help with your family history questions next Saturday (28 September) at Glamorgan Archives #OpenDoors. Free talks at 11am and 1.30pm.
20 Sep 2024
#OpenDoors at Glamorgan Archives - Saturday 28 September
Our tours behind the scenes are now fully booked! But you can still drop in to meet members of Glamorgan Family History Society and join one of their short talks.
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18 Sep 2024
Enjoyed speaking to the @StrathGenealogy SIGS Genealogy Research Network this afternoon about the Papal Dispensations for Marriage Project, which I’ve been working on as a researcher for the past year alongside my postgraduate studies: strath.ac.uk/studywithus/cen…
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18 Sep 2024
The project is funded by the Foundation for Medieval Genealogy and will result in a searchable online database of papal dispensations for marriage, along with other marriage-related entries from the calendars of papal letters from Vatican & Lateran registers.
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Jenni Phillips retweeted
15 Sep 2024
Congratulations to RQG member Jenni Phillips who has gained a distinction in MSc in Genealogical, Palaeographic and Heraldic Studies @StrathGenealogy @RegQualGenes @JenniPh #QualifiedGenealogist #FamilyHistory #Genealogy qualifiedgenealogists.org
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Jenni Phillips retweeted
12 Sep 2024
Our next meeting:
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