Reposted by Sheila HobeckBob Georgiou @bobgeorgiouto.bsky.social · 03/08/2026This weekend, I spent a few hours at the Wellington County Museum & Archives, built in 1877 as the House of Industry & Refuge. I was researching Jane Ward of the Brooks' Bush Gang of Toronto, who had a stay at the 'Poor House'. Thank you to the great Archives staff for their help! 181 0
Reposted by Sheila HobeckGulf Coast News @gulfcoastnewsnow.bsky.social · 18/02/2026Investigators searching for clues in the Arizona kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie are turning to genetic genealogy, a forensic technology that has already helped to crack several notorious cold cases throughout New England.gulfcoastnewsnow.comNancy Guthrie investigation turns to tech that's solved several cases. Here's how it worksInvestigators searching for clues in the Arizona kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie are turning to genetic genealogy, a forensic technology that has already helped to crack several notorious cold cases throughout New England. 011 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 08/02/2026www.dnajustice.orgdnajustice.orgDNA Justice | Justice via IGG For AllA non-profit investigative genetic genealogy database for law enforcement. 000 0
Reposted by Sheila HobeckPharos Tutors @pharostutors.bsky.social · 07/09/2025Students at the University of Portsmouth are digitising more than 600 tapes containing video footage of Henry VIII's flagship, the Mary Rose, which sank in the Solent. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.uk'Race against time' to save Mary Rose video archiveStudents are digitising more than 600 video tapes showing the 1982 Mary Rose salvage operation. 031 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 14/08/2025www.waterstones.com/book/words-f...waterstones.comWords from Wills and Other Probate Records 1500-1800 by Stuart A. Raymond | WaterstonesBuy Words from Wills and Other Probate Records 1500-1800 by Stuart A. Raymond from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25. 100 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Who says family history has to be stuck behind a screen? I’m taking it to the Cheltenham Badlands and its first landowner, George Wilson. This isn’t just a hike; it’s a detour into 19th-century settlement, local lore, and ancestral footprints. www.kinalytic.com/2025MAY11 070 0
Reposted by Sheila HobeckOntario Cold Cases - Canada's True Crime Podcast @ontariocoldcases.bsky.social · 08/06/2025The Christmas Bomb: The Unsolved Murder of Wayne Greavette (Trailer) | Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast jaynicoll.podbean.com/e/the-christ...jaynicoll.podbean.comThe Christmas Bomb: The Unsolved Murder of Wayne Greavette (Trailer) | Ontario Cold Cases - The PodcastThe Christmas Bomb: The Unsolved Murder of Wayne Greavette (Trailer) December 12, 1996. A quiet farmhouse in Moffat, Ontario, just south of Guelph. The Greavette family is ready for Christmas, but a p... 011 0
Reposted by Sheila HobeckOntario Cold Cases - Canada's True Crime Podcast @ontariocoldcases.bsky.social · 08/06/2025The Christmas Bomb: The Unsolved Murder of Wayne Greavette | Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast jaynicoll.podbean.com/e/the-christ...jaynicoll.podbean.comThe Christmas Bomb: The Unsolved Murder of Wayne Greavette | Ontario Cold Cases - The PodcastThe Christmas Bomb: The Unsolved Murder of Wayne Greavette A quiet Christmas season in Moffat, Ontario, shattered by a single, sinister act. On December 12, 1996, Wayne Greavette, a devoted father and... 011 0
Reposted by Sheila HobeckInternational Society of Genetic Genealogy @isogg.bsky.social · 08/04/2025Tune into CeCe Moore revealing “The Book of Life” to #DrHenryLouisGatesJr on #FindingYourRoots tonight (Tuesday) on @pbs.org . CeCe says, “I was so honored to sit in his host chair and reveal the secrets of his own family tree.” #CeCeMoore #DNA #genealogy #PBS #GeneticGenealogy #isogg 0294 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Solved an adoptee case today. Client turns 80 years old this year and he finally knows who his father is! I know this will bring him the closure he was looking for. #genealogy #geneticgenealogy #dna 0351 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 27/03/2025I have a diverse background - professionally. It's a long story. Maybe sometime I can explain over coffee! 110 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 24/03/2025Hello neighbour in Oakville! I, too, am a UofT graduate - ‘95 in Math and Statistics. Love our little city and country. We should have an Oakville Genealogist meetup. 110 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 17/03/2025handwritingocr.com: Lezyeshandwritingocr.comThe #1 Handwriting to Text Converter | Handwriting OCRConvert handwritten notes and documents to digital text, with unmatched accuracy from our AI-powered OCR engine. 010 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 17/03/2025ChatGPT: Leysis, Leydia, Leysia, Laysis, Lewis Claude: Leyten (or possibly Leyton), Seyton, Lewis 110 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Try skyfeed.app to create a feed.skyfeed.appSkyFeedReal-time app for Bluesky with a powerful Feed Builder 110 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 09/03/2025The last time I was here in person was in 2019. It wasn't easy to walk down the halls. It was so busy! This year, I would gauge it was about 60% as many attendees. 010 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 09/03/2025Dinner with my fellow students and tutors from the University of Strathclyde, Genealogy, Heraldry, and Paleography. Had a blast! #RootsTech2025 #Genealogy #GeneticGenealogy #RedIguana2 1110 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Met Cairenn @cairennoid.bsky.social today and had a great discussion about #IGG and #geneticgenealogy - will be in touch! #RootTech2025 030 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Wrapping up RootsTech 2025, I had the privilege to meet the wonderful CeCe Moore. #GeneticGenealogy #RootsTech2025 #IGG 150 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 07/03/2025🙏 The genealogy community is welcoming to everyone. We have had great conversations with our American neighbours today. Thank you! 030 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 02/03/2025I've been using it for German text. Its been great and surprisingly fast! 010 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 26/02/2025media.tenor.coma woman in a black shirt and pink necklace waves her hand in front of a pink backgroundALT: a woman in a black shirt and pink necklace waves her hand in front of a pink background 010 0
Reposted by Sheila HobeckBob Georgiou @bobgeorgiouto.bsky.social · 25/02/2025You know that amazingly-detailed 1893 Bird's Eye View map of Toronto? Someone went through it and annotated it! www.research-lab.ca/2023/06/toro... 25717 0
Reposted by Sheila HobeckPast To Present Genealogy @janeroberts.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Strathclyde Institute for Genealogical Studies leads on the creation of new ‘Papal Dispensations for Marriage’ database. #FamilyHistory 👇🏻 www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...strath.ac.ukPapal Dispensations for Marriage Database | University of Strathclyde 042 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 21/02/2025I did two remarkable things today. I voted in the Ontario election's advance polls and donated blood. #OntarioElection #GiveBlood 000 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 17/02/2025When I was expecting, both times, blood work came back to say I was not immune to measles. I was told to stay away from the unvaccinated and anyone who may have the measles. I am one of a few that the vaccine doesn't work on. I still got a booster but I am counting on herd immunity for protection. 010 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 16/02/2025We had a bit of snow. One line of ancestors came from the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. This is what their first winter would have looked like. 010 0
Reposted by Sheila Hobeckex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 15/02/2025The measles outbreak in Texas is reminding me of the public letter Roald Dahl wrote about losing his daughter to measles in 1962, just before the vaccine was publicly available. 3972657511681 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Genealogists find the truth. www.aptnnews.ca/national-new... #genealogy #geneticgenealogyaptnnews.caDanielle Smith says she has Cherokee roots, but there's no record of themDanielle smith has claimed her family has Cherokee roots many times, but APTN was not able to find proof of Cherokee ancestry. 031 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 12/02/2025Is anyone having issues with Ancestry.com this morning? Pages are asking to be reloaded, only they do not reload. #genealogy #geneticgenalogy #familytree #ancestryancestry.comAncestry® | Family Tree, Genealogy & Family History RecordsAncestry® helps you understand your genealogy. A family tree takes you back generations—the world's largest collection of online family history records makes it easy to trace your lineage. 010 0
Reposted by Sheila HobeckMarcus Rediker @marcusrediker.bsky.social · 26/01/2025I’m a lucky man. My new book, *Freedom Ship* (May 2025) has received generous blurbs from Ed Baptist, Angela Y. Davis, Drew Faust, Eric Foner, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Amitav Ghosh, Adam Hochschild, Robin D.G. Kelley, and Naomi Wallace. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/566407... 2376993 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 10/02/2025I'm working on a migration assignment for the University of Strathclyde, Genealogical, Palaeographic & Heraldic diploma! But the rest of the family is watching the game—lots of screaming at the TV. 120 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Do you have a source for this data? I would like to pass this along. 010 0
Sheila Hobeck @shobeck.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Yes, we are great neighbours. We have always helped whenever needed. This is unwarranted. Something must change. #standstrongcanada 000 0
