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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 12h

And here’s the post about mapping this family, though the post talks about their 1860 location and I visited their 1870 location. simplyv2.com/2026/06/19/p...

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Pinning Your Ancestors to a Map – V Squared Services

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 13h

I wrote recently about placing ancestors on a map. Well, yesterday I got a chance to see one of the locations for this Lynch family. They bought this plot in rural St. Clair County, Michigan, in summer 1867. #familyhistory #genealogy #ancestry #history #puremichigan

Genealogist Jeremy Verdusco, V Squared Services LLC, visits the rural farm of his 5th great grandfather William Lynch. Selfie from a country road showing a field and a dramatic cloud-filled sky. Photo copyright Jeremy Verdusco. Please no reuse without permission.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 13h

I don’t usually see this type of passive-aggressive advice to the next generation on a stone. George Spencer Sr., d. 1911: “He paid his debts and was four square with everyone. He was a good dad. It will be fortunate for you son if you are like him.” Like, don’t mess up the family name, junior.

Standing grave marker in a rural Michigan cemetery. Inscription:

George Spencer Sr.
Mar. 19, 1828
Dec. 27, 1911

He paid his debts and was four square with everyone. He was a good dad. It will be fortunate for you son if you are like him.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 26/09/2026

I haven’t found anything useful from a hint for a while. Ancestry is bad on this, but MyHeritage is awful. Every hint there seems to be someone’s FamilySearch tree. Like, I can find that on FamilySearch.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 20/09/2026

Not uncommon. I see successes and failures, sometimes one right after another. Like, you had all this property, all you had to do was hold on to it. But I never know what they went through beyond what’s on the documents.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 19/09/2026

Came across this gem of a litho ad in an 1880s Detroit city directory today. Just a stunner. #genealogy #history #Detroit

Vibrantly colored lithograph ad from an 1880s Detroit city directory featuring an exotic theme with a reclining royal-looking woman, a lion, swords and other iconography. Ad copy reads “Calvert Lithographing Co., Detroit, Mich.”

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 18/09/2026

Oh that’s a coveted one. That was part of a trip to our state archives to search microfilm. I worked for that document. 🤪 I had a whole group of Germans to look up. The Carl/Charles mixup also helps me bridge his German and U.S. records.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 18/09/2026

You hit it right on the spot. He was ethnically German and from Pomerania. And, he went by Carl in the old country and Charles here.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 18/09/2026

On one of the declarations I have, my ancestor’s first name is spelled two different ways: Carl and Charles. I think it’s super interesting, because the form is a half a page, and the lines are just not that far away from each other.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 18/09/2026

Interesting. I’m going to be researching in my local recorder’s court files today.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 11/09/2026

Celebrating little #genealogy breakthroughs. I’m following a township parcel over time for clues to the fate of a 5g gf William Lynch. On an 1897 map, a Lizzie Edwards is on the parcel. Then it clicks: I had a theory William’s daughter Elizabeth married an Edwards. Pieces fit, need more of them.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 04/09/2026

The secret to that genealogical riddle is *always* held by a neighbor three doors down. I just never know on which side or in which year.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 03/09/2026

Genies, I hope your research uncovers something cool today. #genealogy #ancestry #familyresearch #history

Color image of turf that has been cut and peeled back to reveal a grave marker that sunk below grade.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 31/08/2026

I’ve been just repeating the words “talk to a person” until the AI puts a person on the phone or hangs up. 😁

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 31/08/2026

This kid was fascinating. Would make a hell of a movie.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 30/08/2026

Remembering the Maine: A Michigan Soldier’s Story While Charles H. Barber's service as a wagoner in the Spanish-American War lasted just a few months, it became a defining part of his life. simplyv2.com/2026/08/30/remembering…

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Remembering the Maine: A Michigan Soldier’s Story

While Charles H. Barber's service as a wagoner in the Spanish-American War lasted just a few months, it became a defining part of his life.

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Marian Burk Wood @climbingfamilytree.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory How I helped my husband plan for creating/submitting an interview about his peacetime service in the US Army, to the US Library of Congress's Veterans History Project. Part 1: getting ready (read about the project & FAQs) climbingmyfamilytree.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-...

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Joe Samson @joesamson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Can a German genealogist answer this question. Why are church records reported in both the Catholic and Lutheran church? My ancestors were Catholic, but they also appear in Lutheran church records. Thank you in advance.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 28/08/2026

It’s so satisfying to finish a #genealogy project and report for a client, particularly when it proves the hell out of a proof of descent.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 27/08/2026

This Mr. Jessop was a busy chap. Good gracious what a tangle of genealogical yarn.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 26/08/2026

And, not surprisingly, his father-in-law, my 5g gf, is a short country walk away.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 25/08/2026

An argument for honoring Mitch’s memory.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 25/08/2026

I enjoy finding ancestors’ land on modern maps. Just located land my 4g grandfather Joseph Freeman sold in Normanby, Ontario, in 1866, right before the family moved to Michigan. It’s at 43.9838967, -80.7985462 if you’re curious. Doesn’t look like it’s changed much in 160 years. #genealogy #ancestry

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This isn't the first time the USA has placed 50% tariffs on Canada. In 1890, the USA's Tariff Act was touted as a way to build up American industry, but the true goal was forcing the annexation of Canada. It backfired and made Canada stronger. This is the story. 📸 LoC 🧵1/10

Political cartoon criticizing the Republican platform for favoring untaxed whiskey (jug labeled "Untaxed Whiskey 20¢ Gal.") while presenting war‑taxed common cloth with an 89% tariff, highlighting perceived hypocrisy.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 22/08/2026

And maybe learn the names of your grandparents while you’re at it. From the death certificates I see where adult children are informants, it’s clear many people don’t know their grandparents’ names.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 20/08/2026

very strange to have a president who seems to hate the union itself www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zsjd...

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How Donald Trump's partisan presidency is splitting the union

YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 21/08/2026

The highway to the Midwest before the highways to the Midwest. #genealogy #ancestry

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 19/08/2026

Thanks for the kudos! Glad you got something from it.

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Kylie M. Smith wrote an angry book @drkyliesmith.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

I am very pleased to this little essay published today on the @auswhn.bsky.social VIDA site. It teases out some of the specifcally gendered aspects of racist psychiatry in the Jim Crow South. www.auswhn.com.au/blog/jane-cr...

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Jane Crow in the Asylum: Race and Gender in the History of Psychiatry | Australian Women's History Network

Kylie M. Smith explores Black women's experiences of racism and sexism within psychiatry during the civil rights era in the United States.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 18/08/2026

Thanks for attending! I really appreciate it 😎

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 18/08/2026

Giving a #genealogy talk later today for the Allen County Public Library, 2:30 EST. Join me as we explore our #immigrant ancestors’ origin stories.

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Graveyard Snoop @graveyardsnoop.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Oh good--a sensitive treatise on the subject of immigration. I'm sure this won't be cringey. Detroit Free Press, May 20, 1906.

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Stephen J Caraccia @sjcaracciacpa.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

There's a tremendously helpful SPREADSHEET available on NARA's website that will help you find which records from their huge collection are hosted by 3rd party partners like Ancestry, Fold3 or FamilySearch. Go here to download it. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory www.archives.gov/digitization...

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Microfilm Publications and Original Records Digitized by Our Digitization Partners

Several of our digitization partners, including Ancestry.com, Fold3.com, and Familysearch.org, have digitized microfilm publications and original records from NARA’s holdings and made them available o...

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 05/08/2026

At a local county clerk’s office this morning for a vital record and the helpful woman at the counter recognized me. “Aren’t you that genealogist?” Yes, that’s me. #genealogy #ancestry #familyresearch

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 05/08/2026

I don’t have a document for this 1867 birth, but I think I’m getting to a strong circumstantial case. #genealogy #familysearch #ancestry #history

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Jamie Bradburn @jbcurio.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

From the vaults: a look at the first edition of Caribana, a Centennial project which evolved and endured into the current Caribbean Carnival #TOHistory jamiebradburnwriting.wordpress.com/2022/07/28/c...

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Come Out to Caribana ’67

Originally published as a “Historicist” column on Torontoist on July 27, 2011. “Laughing girls in leopard skins dance along Bloor St in Saturday’s Caribana ’67 parade. Toronto’s 8,000 W…

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 01/08/2026

Expect to drop a new family history story tomorrow after a fresh-eyed review. Not a murder this time, but still pretty grim. Promise I’ll find some lighter tales to intersperse. #genealogy #ancestry #familyresearch #history #puremichigan

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 29/07/2026

Yeah, not all client calls are sensitive in that way, but that’s part of why I have the current setup — keeping it all local.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 29/07/2026

Thanks, I will. I already use Just Press Record on the Mac for client calls and Whisper to transcribe, but I was looking for something a little bit more convenient. I really like that Pocket can record calls without being on speaker.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 28/07/2026

Any folks out there used the Pocket voice recorder? Interested in first-hand reviews.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 27/07/2026

Favorite so far was to find a probate packet for a 4ggf who disappeared from Michigan records aft. 1870. His brother filed for administration, and laid out a whole tale that said why he vanished from Michigan records 30 years earlier. His wife had taken the kids and left, so he went back to Canada.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 27/07/2026

Not trying to minimize your plight, but it is happening to Gen X men too. I was downsized and spent two years looking before I gave up. Now, I’m self-employed.

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Jeremy Verdusco @jeremy.simplyv2.com · 26/07/2026

You are under no obligation to accept free work. Period. Full stop. Heck, you’re under no obligation to accept paid work either. “Thanks, but that’s not a project I have capacity for right now. You may want to try searching the APG directory for a professional who works in that area.”

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