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Dai Davies of GenealCymru @genealcymru.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Announcing the Ancestors Lost By Suicide Commemoration Project! Over the next year I'm releasing 1 biography a month for each of my ancestors who died by suicide. My goal is to celebrate their lives & contributions to their loved ones & communities. genealcymru.com/albsc-project/ #Genealogy

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The Ancestors Lost by Suicide Commemoration Project

Welcome to the Ancestors Lost by Suicide Commemoration Project. This is a limited blog series in the form of short biographies recounting the lives of all of my ancestors who died by suicide, all o…

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Reclaim The Records @reclaimtherecords.org · 29/05/2025

You guys...? We did it. 🥰 We won the FULL NEW YORK STATE DEATH INDEX FOR 1880-2017! We beat the largest government agency in the state of New York (@nysdoh.bsky.social), in the highest court of the state, through a Freedom of Information Law (#FOIL) suit. www.reclaimtherecords.org/records-requ...

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The FULL New York State Death Index, 1880-2017 - Reclaim The Records

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

My Dad's brother died in WWII. I've always felt his loss, though I never met him. This is my letter to Uncle Charlie. #genealogy open.substack.com/pub/melroots...

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Dear Uncle Charlie

A letter to the uncle I never knew

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

FamilySearch full text search changed everything I knew about my ancestor, Martin Kelly. I've summed up just how wrong I was and how we can make assumptions without having all the facts. #genealogy open.substack.com/pub/melroots...

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Shifting My Perspective on Martin Kelly

He wasn't a poor boarding house owner like I thought

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Melanie McComb @shamrockgen.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

On Saturday (4/19), I'm giving a FREE webinar hosted by the Wichita Genealogical Society called "Top 10 Published Resources for Early New England Research" at 2 PM EST (1 PM CDT) Register at wichitagensoc.org/ev... #genealogy #familyhistory

A map of New England. This is the first printed version of William Reed's original survey of 1665.

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

For those of you who are doing a #oneplacestudy on a house, but there aren't any old photos of it, how do you overcome this to illustrate your project?

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

So proud! In Dec 2024, my great aunt Marie Alexine Lassalle was honored with the Congressional Gold Medal for her part in the Army Signal Corps Telephone Operators unit stationed in France in WWI. It was a long wait for recognition for these women. #genealogy open.substack.com/pub/melroots...

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Congratulations Tante Marie! You've Been Awarded A Congressional Gold Medal

Decades after they were denied veteran's status, the Hello Girls are honored

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Bill Moore @billmooreny.substack.com · 30/03/2025

Join Jane Chapman, Barbara Tien, and me at 5:00 EDT this afternoon on ProjectKin Live at Substack as we discuss one-place studies. substack.com/@projectkin?...

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LIVE SOON: Barbara at Projectkin on Substack

Starting Mar 30 at 5:00 PM EDT

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

I am on day 8 of my #WomensHistoryMonth series on my grandpa's first cousins. I originally wrote these 2-3 yrs ago. It's amazing how much more info has come online since or I've gained new perspectives of old docs. Plus my nitpicky rewriting. #genealogy open.substack.com/pub/melroots...

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Gloria (Braga) Thom's Story

This is day 8 of my Women's History Month Series

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

I am excited about Ancestry's new Networks. I have many #genealogy projects this would help. In the presentation, I understood this would roll out to ProTools users first, then to regular subscribers. However, Amy Johnson Crow talked to someone at Ancestry and the answer she got was "maybe". 1/3

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

I'm having a fantastic time at #RootsTech online. Congrats to @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie on his first RootsTech presentation! I've sat in on a wide variety of sessions on different topics. I don't know how you guys do this in person. 4-5 sessions a day and my brain shuts down. #genealogy

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Has anyone checked their #RootsTech schedule on the website and found most of the events that you marked are no longer showing on "My Schedule"? I looked at the schedule Sunday and had 32 online sessions marked. Tonight only 5 come up for all 3 days.

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Dash’s Human @karireadsbooks.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

I’m Dash. Mum has started an account here. She said it was for her, but we all know who is going to be the real star. 😁

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

For Women's History Month, I am rewriting a series of post I on FB a few years back. These are my grandfather's female first cousins and there's enough to fill a month 😁 Day 1 is the first female born into the Pacheco family, Maria (Pacheco) Iida. #genealogy open.substack.com/pub/melroots...

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Maria (Pacheco) Iida's Story

Day 1 of my Women's History Month series

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Still fumbling my way around Substack, but I've managed to tackled 3 weeks of #52Ancestors. 6 to go to catch up...will I ever catch up? That is the question LOL #Genealogy melrootsnwrites.substack.com/p/dozy-doats...

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Dozy Doats: A WWII Nickname

The story behind the nickname for 52 Ancestors

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

I'm getting serious about putting my #OnePlaceStudy online. I have the "where to post" figured out. I just don't know how to kick it off and what to write about in my first post. I suppose I just do some sort of introduction. Starting is hard.

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Slowly making my way on Substack. This is my8 first post (yeah, I'm 8 weeks behind on #52Ancestors ... sigh) #genealogy melrootsnwrites.substack.com/p/where-my-g...

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Where My Genealogy Journey Began

Telling my story for 52 Ancestors In the Beginning

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

I am trying out Substack for #genealogy blogging. Anyone else using Substack? I'm hoping it will make my blogging easier and allow me to get rid of one WordPress (self hosted) site.

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

A Brief History of Kids Today Have Too Much Freedom 🧵

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Happy Birthday to one of my favorite photographers, Ansel Adams. Born in San Francisco, CA in 1902, died in Monterey, CA in 1994.

A black and white photo of the snow capped Great Tetons Mountains, with a windy river below, and clouds above the mountains.

Photographer Ansel Adams standing next to one of his cameras on a tripod

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

This cat dressed for snow is just too much! #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmil...

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

New discovery: First discovery of a royal tomb since King Tutankhamun's was found over a century ago. A joint Egyptian-British archaeological team has uncovered the tomb of King Thutmose II, the last missing royal tomb of the 18th Dynasty. english.ahram.org.eg/News/540638.... 🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky

A photo of the discovery: A chamber with a lot of debris.

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Important to #genealogy. Less staff will eventually mean less access.

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Kenneth Marks @marksology.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Genealogy Site of the Day Historic Map Works is a company formed to create a historic digital map database of North America and the world. It has more than maps and is very useful. In summary, it has maps, atlases, directories, and more Details at buff.ly/3X40KHI #genealogy

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

My grandpa told my dad that he left France in 1907 so he wouldn't have to serve in the military. When French military records went online, I was surprised to find a record for Grandpa. I couldn't make sense of it so a French cousin helped me out. #genealogy 1/4

French military record for Jean Lassalle of Ogeu les bains, France

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

This is a wonderful video of 2 women being interviewed about what it was like when they were teenagers. Such insights like the myth that women who rode bikes wouldn't be able to have kids. And, what muddy unpaved streets meant to every day life. #genealogy youtu.be/pv6V1yHvJyo?...

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1970: VICTORIAN TEENAGERS reminisce | Yesterday's Witness | Voice of the People | BBC Archive

YouTube video by BBC Archive

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Wow, YES! And I hadn’t even had a chance to share this yet. Pretty fun, eh? Join us in the bunny slipper brigade! #familyHistory #Genealogy

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

He's going to ask to see the manager next.

A little creme color dog sitting in a wooden chair next to a wooden table

A close up of a little creme color dog sitting in a wooden chair next to a wooden table

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German Genealogy Headquarters @germangenealogy.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Watch to the end to meet my favorite office assistant 🤣 More info on our symposium and registration here: genealogyheadquarters.com/education/ #genealogy #germany #history

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Voetnoot -Mark Ponte @voetnoot.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Francis Thomas from 'Sierra Liona in Africa' worked in the broadcloth industry in Amsterdam. On 1 february 1698 he and Truijtje Hendricx from Amsterdam posted their banns in City Hall. Two weeks later they married in the Old Church. #BlackHistoryMonth #day1 #OTD #skyhistorians #Amsterdam

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Do you use Google Books for #genealogy? This is where I find language dictionaries for the time period I am researching in. Spelling and meaning change. It's useful to refer to a dictionary written at the time the record was made. These are just a couple Portuguese dictionaries on Google Books.

A list from Google books of Portuguese English language dictionaries from the 1830s

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Can't wait to see what they find on my grandpa

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Does anyone else have this issue with the BlueSky app? You are scrolling and a video starts playing, but there's no video on the screen. You scroll up and down and nothing pertains to that video. It might even be a video you saw the day before. Happens to me almost every time I use the app.

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Judy G. Russell @legalgen.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

It is clear that data critical to genealogy (and other disciplines) is being systematically stripped from federal websites. Census Bureau data IS being removed, and census data geeks at IPUMS verify and are taking whatever steps they can to preserve the data for the future. Scary times we live in.

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

We really want these files :D

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Cecelia Cancellaro @ceceliacancellaro.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Celebrating authors & books from my 35 years in publishing every day of #BlackHistoryMonth #2 - Daina Ramey Berry’s bk was a game-changer (1st to explore the economic value of enslaved people through every phase of their lives—& to coin the term soul value).

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

I came across William Tolladay Steader about a year ago. William rescued a boy from drowning at 11. A second rescue as an adult in the Wisbech lead to a job offer. As a customs office, he worked near the water and he rescued 98 people over his career. #Genealogy 1 of 2

A black and white pic circa 1890 of William Tolladay Streader shown in a suit with all the medals he had earned. He is bearded with greying hair.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/02/2025

Did you know? In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine. The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.

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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 01/02/2025

Something to remind you It's a world worth saving

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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Tariffs, sure. But also the Canadarm should extend its middle finger. And we should officially add a "u" after every "o" in US place names on Canadian maps (New Yourk, Califournia, Washingtoun, Ouhiou, etc.)

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I love looking at photos and comparing faces. Marguerite is my gr grandmother and these are her daughters. I'm fascinated at how the daughters changed over the years. #genealogy 1/3

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Mel @melrootsnwrites.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Recently I'm getting several Portuguese DNA matches whose trees are entirely in Puerto Rico. They are all in the 8-10 cm range. I've read that there was Portuguese imm to PR in the late 1500s. I'm not putting effort into these, just noting how odd it is to see an increase. #genealogy

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