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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Irish Genealogy Question: were Quakers considered Prots. in the 1766 Religious Census? #Genealogy

P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

#OnePlaceStudies - I finished this awhile ago, its a graph showing birth, marriage and death numbers. (Blue - Marriage, Green - Birth and Purple - Death) I haven't had much time to put into it but I hope I will in the summer. What has everyone else been up to?

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Cristina @nightowlgenealogy.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Anyone have Italian ancestors from New Jersey? June 14 check out this webinar from the IGG: www.italiangen.org/events/ Webinars always free, but must sign up here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi... Be sure to click blue link on registration page to get start time for your time zone. #AncestryHour

Webinar announcement from the Italian Genealogy Group about their monthly webinar June 14, 2025

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The Family Histories Podcast @familyhistoriespodcast.com · 27/05/2025

Andrew meets professional genealogist John Boeren and hears about a man whose relationship with fire brought out his bravery. familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/05/…

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missedinhistory.bsky.social @missedinhistory.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Tracy and Holly share tetanus shot stories and discuss getting boosters. They then discuss the egos of European explorers in Africa. Listen here: omny.fm/shows/stuff-...

A graphic with a purple background features a stylized illustration of a historical figure in grayscale, facing right. In the upper left corner, a dark blue circle contains the text “BEHIND THE SCENES MINIS” in bold white letters. Below the illustration, the text reads “Shots and Sidi” in light gray. At the bottom right, the podcast title “STUFF YOU MISSED IN HISTORY CLASS” appears in white and blue.

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WikiTree @wikitree.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

#OnePlaceWednesday Gowerhass Townland, County Clare www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:G... #OnePlaceStudy #CollaborativeGenealogy

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I keep trying to thinking about more sources to use for my Galician-Poland One Place Study. Haha fun challenge #OnePlaceWednesday

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Ugh... Sometimes I want to change my email from 10 years ago... #Genealogy

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Today in Leeuwarden. Home to the mother of European Royalty!

Me in front of the oudehove - a symbol of Leeuwarden

Street art about how people are born into random economic situations (wheel of fortune)

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Going to Leeuwarden today! The far north!

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

1820* Just noticed I mistyped! In my index its correct!

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

My morning project. Eventually I will have the chart from 1803-1878 (the range at I have all three records). The two notable death spikes are in 1806 (smallpox) and 1812 (Tuberculosis). #OnePlaceStudy

Chart showing amount to Births, Marriages, and deaths in Dzwonowa, Poland

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

I wasn't looking for this one! on 6 Nov 1819 Thecla and Magdalena Dziedzic (sisters) got marred in Dzwonowa.

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Where’s the Meszecsov family from? Seems very Slavic for a German researcher!

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Nice! I’ve found a few of those in my family, seems to be more common then we think. I believe I have 1 double wedding in my OPS.

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Not per se a challenge but I’m indexing records from my OPS, and put more data into my RM file.

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Hmmm very familiar, it’s almost like I take all my classes there.

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Megan Smolenyak @megansmolenyak.com · 17/02/2025

OFFICIAL RELEASE DAY for "The Quest for Annie Moore of Ellis Island"! 😊🗽 (only took 22 years 😏) All shares appreciated!

cover of book called "The Quest for Annie Moore of Ellis Island" - 3 immigrant children at Ellis Island as well as a sepia-toned sketch of the facility above

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Jessica Morgan @jtmorganwrites.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

In 1911, Nesen Bader was held at Ellis Island to determine if he’d be a drain on US resources (“LPC”). If so, he’d be deported. Luckily, he got to stay & later had a child: Ruth Bader Ginsberg. Don’t shut immigrants out for not seeing the good they bring right away. #genealogy #genhour #immigration

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I probably should start posting more here of my Dutch escapades. I thought I was going to be less busy this semester but I still have sooo much stuff to do!

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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 18/02/2025

For example, this is how I'll do new blog post releases now: My latest post 'Juggling Act' is out now. Read it on: Substack: danielloftus.substack.com/p/juggling-act My Blog Archive [WordPress]: danielmloftus.wordpress.com/2025/02/18/j... #Genealogy

danielloftus.substack.com

Juggling Act

Multitasking, a fine skill to have.

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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

It's #OnePlaceWednesday! Join in by using the hashtag to post, at any time today, about #OnePlaceStudies, where #FamilyHistory and #LocalHistory unite. Questions? Ask them! OPS updates, resources, blog posts, links, pictures? Share them! About One-Place Studies | Registered Studies | Join Us

#OnePlaceWednesday.
Image: Photo looking over the top of a drystone wall at the garden on higher ground on the other side, and the four bay, two-storey brick-built house beyond. The garden is mostly grass, with small trees and shrubs (all leafless as it is Winter), and lots of Snowdrops in flower close to the wall. Many of the large, flattish stones from which the wall is made are covered with green moss.
One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I meant to respond much earlier! Do you know what partition your ancestors came from, should say on most records either Austria, Russia or Prussia/Germany?

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Also what does Connemara mean, in the context of “may god forgive ye! You’re nothing but a Connemara”

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Question for Irish genealogist and historians, I was just reading an account of my 3rd great grandma who was a survivor of the Famine and she believed in Fairies, I’m wondering how common was such a belief for people of her era, particularly those near Cork.

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

I'm confused what did he do? Did Elon take information off of NARA?

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

I bought it in Dordrecht funny enough

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

They were young teenagers, quite impressive to have written a code like this!

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Her name is Hendrika, we found her already

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Impressive! I would have never gotten it

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Oh what! I thought it was possibly Esperanto, but your making a lot of sense!

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Would anyone know what language this is in? It’s not in Dutch! #Genealogy

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

I ask because in my one place study I’m finding quite often, and when I compare it to my tree (which is centered on a village over) I find 0 examples within my ancestry. 2/2

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

How often do you find marriages between people with the same surname? (Particularly in rural areas) #Genealogy #OnePlaceStudy 1/2

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

9 January 1900 | Polish Jew Abraham Chaskel was born in Brzostek. A worker. In #Auschwitz from 15 May 1942. No. 35670 He died in the camp on 9 June 1942.

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Slowly working on a detailed map of Dzwonowa, quite fun actually.

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Bingo! @genealcymru.bsky.social Thanks for the Tip. Heres a map of my One-Place Study Dzwonowa #Genealogy #OnePlaceStudy

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

Worked on my ancestor Jozef Kłusek who died quite young and married old(ish).

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

OOO! Thats a new one I'll look into that! Funny enough I just listened to your @familyhistpod.bsky.social episode, very nice, and makes me think about tracking unique names in communities I research.

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

It’s an online map sorry, not sure how to to describe what I meant! But the map is in 4 parts that lined up make 1 bigger map

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Anyone know how I could stitch 4 images together? I have Galician Cadastral map of my OPS Dzwonowa that I’d like to have in one image. #Genealogy #OnePlaceStudy

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

On my way to America for the holidays. So plenty of time for genealogy!

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Society for One-Place Studies @oneplacestudies.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Our #OnePlaceStudy blogging & social media prompts for Jan-May 2025 are in the latest issue of our journal Destinations. Along with June's they'll soon be available to all on our website. In the run-up to that we'll reveal them here. Jan 2025's prompt is #OnePlaceCohorts plus, optionally, #Born1819.

Blogging and Social Media Prompts January - June 2025.
January: #OnePlaceCohorts + #Born1819.
February: blank.
March: blank.
April: blank.
May: blank.
June: blank.
Image: Woman sitting at a desk with a keyboard and large computer screen.
Link: www.one-place-studies.org/blogging-prompts/
One-Place Studies, where family history and local history unite.

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Not Genealogy related but it does help with doing Genealogy #GenHour

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

You have ancestors from Tilburg!

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

#SixGenerations, So much has changed 1st version! Since I made a template for @jahboeren.bsky.social and I may as well post a new version of mine. Not too different!

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Megan Smolenyak @megansmolenyak.com · 27/11/2024

Coming soon, y'all!

cover of book entitled "The Quest for Annie Moore of Ellis Island: Uncovering the True Story of the First Immigrant to Arrive at America's Isle of Hope"

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P.J. Elias @poloniagen.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Where are your ancestors from? My lines are from Pilzno area, which is where my OPS is.

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