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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Looking for which person/company is associated with an old phone exchange from Los Angeles County. Does anyone have suggestions on finding the business associated with MO 18295?

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Hey #genealogy and #history community. Is there anyone who might be able to go to the California state archives for a some volunteers at an abandoned cemetery in the state? I really need to see what info a court case has, but we don't have $450 to pay for the 1800 pages. 🙏

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I am still looking for someone to help me out by going to the state archives in Sacramento.

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Sacramento Archive help needed! I volunteer at Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery in Carson, CA. There are records at the state archives in Sacramento that we need to see. 1800 pages/$450. Money we do not have. I am looking for someone to go to the archives in Sacramento to take pictures. #genealogy

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I am volunteering at Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery in Carson, CA. It was abandoned by the owner because of ill health. We are starting the process of digitizing the grave cards. We are at 455 people indexed so far. That is out of 20 acres. We've got a ways to go. #genealogy #BlackGravesMatter

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I had plans to do research before leaving to meet some clients. But FamilySearch is down so my plans are changed. It feels like I need to have a list of things I can work on when one site is down. 😁

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Does anyone have a GPS device recommendation? I am volunteering at a cemetery and we want to remap the cemetery. We are able to use a cite called Find a Grave for the mapping, but phone GPS signals are not the best. Any recommendations?

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Went to the county today do to some research on the cemetery I volunteer at. We didn't find what we were hoping to in the real estate records, but they were awesome to point us towards the assessors office to better narrow down ownership over the years. #oneplacestudy

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Auntie Day is July 26 (which is also my birthday). Please do not wish me a Happy Mother's Day. 😂

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

This is horrifying. Please give your baby this shot. The science for decades back it up. 😢

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

An audio version of one of my #oneplacestudy blog posts.

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

@drkarencummings.bsky.social What is chapter 5 of your book about? The title of the chapter interests me.

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

hey #genealogy. I have another question. Can you help me figure out what this spelling is. It was later called Centreville, Union Co, PA. I know it was just SW of a place now called Penns Creek, near Jack's Mountain. Google searches are so much harder now that they've changed their algorithm.

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Hey #genealogy friends. Is there a way to see who was a Justice of the Peace for a county back in the 1850s? It is Union Co, PA.

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

15 years have passed since you left us. March 11 will have been your 73rd birthday. You are starting to feel like another lifetime ago. But my life is always tethered to yours, mom. "She taught me how to be strong and say goodbye And that love is forever"

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I volunteer with the nonprofit called the Margie L Woods Foundation. They are working on helping Lincoln Memorial Park Cemetery in Carson, California (it used to be in Compton before the 70s or so?). I found a reference to comedian Hattie Noel being buried there so I started to research on her. /1

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Does anyone have suggestions for finding family history research from Claiborne County, Mississippi? Trying to help a friend with her research. Especially African American research.

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Feliz Año Nuevo! I hope the year to come brings you more of what you need.

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I'm looking for history books about the Exodusters written by African Americans. #exodusters #genealogy #history

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

My ballot still hasn't arrived. I will go to the early voting center today or tomorrow to cast my ballot. Voting Yes on 50.

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

An interview that Angela Walton Raji did with some descendants of Sarah Rector. youtu.be/jw4YGejxZ0I?...

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A Chat With the grandchildren of Sarah Rector Campbell Crawford.

YouTube video by Angela Walton-Raji

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Have you ever seen the wife listed as the surety on a marriage license? #genealogy #familyhistory

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

My cohost @poloniagen.bsky.social shared about his experience visiting Poland for the first time.

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

A few things on my list today. -Clean up more files on my computer. -Start reading Karen Wulf's book, Lineage: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America -Laundry

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

I'm looking for a location in Georgia called Kay Springs. A search does not show up an exact location. Possibly it is Cave Springs, but that doesn't fit as I've found several obituaries with Kay Springs, so it isn't just a typo for the person I am do research on. #genealogy #georgia

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

New podcast episode is out. Check it out! #genealogy #familyhistory

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

History Walked with Her: The Dorothy Counts-Scoggins Interview (Give @historybeforeus.bsky.social a follow here and on YT. Such great history content.) youtu.be/esSd2Mh0ndQ?...

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History Walked with Her: The Dorothy Counts-Scoggins Interview

YouTube video by History Before Us

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Check out @historybeforeus.bsky.social one of my favorite channels that shares history in the USA. Local history brought to life. I want what he does to inspire people to start sharing the local histories near them. Family History goes well beyond the tree. #genealogy youtu.be/Tc8QZgg2INc?...

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The Untold Story of Holsey CME Church & Stearns Temple Cemetery | Black Migration to Statesville, NC

YouTube video by History Before Us

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Does anyone know how to request court records from a case from the late 90s/early 2000s in California? It was a class action case against a cemetery. #courtrecords #FOIA #history

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Anyone out there have experience finding who had specific telephone numbers in the early 1930s in Los Angeles? I have the code and the number, but my searches are hitting brick walls. It was MO. 18295

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

My grandmother Elaine Clark Jousma passed away today at the age of 100. She was surrounded by several of her children and grandchildren. Such a long life filled with many adventures. #genealogy

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

It is so dark outside. 😅 I get why but it is still weird. #daylightsaving

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

How might people have travelled from New York City to Michigan in the 1890s? Would it likely have been by train? #genealogy

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

The other side of the coin: Race, Generations & Reconciliation. "This film is a collection of experiences and thoughts addressing the complexities of race in America...How do we reconcile for the sake of future generations and humanity?"

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Transgender people were essential to Stonewall even happening. We cannot erase history.

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

I saw Dee Freeman's performing at showcase. She performed a section of her one woman show about an event connected to her family history. If anyone would like to join me in helping fund this play, you know what to do. #FamilyHistory www.indiegogo.com/projects/poi...

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Poison Gun - Phase 2

A one-woman theatrical who-done-it backlit by the rural South and 1960s civil rights movement. | Check out 'Poison Gun - Phase 2' on Indiegogo.

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Everyone upset about Google changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico should go make a review on Google Maps. Give the Gulf of America 1 star. #GulfOfAmerica maps.app.goo.gl/wPoZtEJWEvDd...

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Google Maps

Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Everyone upset about Google changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico should go make a review on Google Maps. Give the Gulf of America 1 star. #GulfOfAmerica

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

I found out that two of the doggos that I walk most days of the week are bilingual. They know English commands and Armenian commands. And the mom told me that one time she was walking the dogs and she told them something in Armenian and some people walking by said, "oh cool! They're bisexual!"

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

It is always interesting to find distant ancestors. Here is a brief post about my ancestor Lewis Latham. At the end I ask about common surnames and unique surnames. What are the most common in your tree?Which the most unique? ontheirshoulders.family.blog/2025/02/09/d... #Genealogy #Surname

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Distant Ancestor

Old black and white copy of a portrait of Lewis Latham. He has piercing eyes, a large nose, a high forehead, and a large beard. Above is a copy of a portrait of Lewis Latham. He was my 12 times Gre…

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

I'm doing research for a blog post about a school for my One Place Study. While looking through newspaper clippings I see that the teachers who we call student teachers here in the States used to be called cadets. And their time as a cadet was called a cadetship. #History #TeacherHistory

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Colleen @free2l.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I'll be attending this conference this weekend. It is put on by history podcasters. There will be some interesting presentations. Check it out! #history #genealogy

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