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Taneya Y. Koonce, MSLS, MPH

@taneyakoonce.bsky.social
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Professional career: health information/knowledge management scientist at an academic medical center in Nashville. Also into genealogy, memory keeping, junk journaling. linktr.ee/taneya | Tampa Bay area, FL

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Barbara at Projectkin @projectkin.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Such an incredible program tonight, "Genealogy Storytelling and Junk Journals with Taneya Koonce." You won't want to miss this recording, just out: open.substack.com/pub/projectk... #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Storytelling #GenHour @taneyakoonce.bsky.social
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Genealogy Storytelling and Junk Journals with Taneya Koonce
The remarkable Taneya Koonce of 🌳Academy of Legacy Leaders has left all of us gobsmacked with the freedom and joy of using ephemera and the concept of “Junk Journals” to tell our own stories.
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Taneya Y. Koonce, MSLS, MPH @taneyakoonce.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Definitely great to have these reporting standards for studies evaluating LLM performance!
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Taneya Y. Koonce, MSLS, MPH @taneyakoonce.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Reading www.digitalnc.org/blog/celebra... on DigitalNC...
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Celebrating a Historic North Carolinian With A New Partner
South Main Street in Lexington, circa 1910 With the help of our new partner, Davidson County Historical Museum, we are ecstatic to announce that prints and negatives from the photographer and filmmaker Herbert Lee Waters, better …
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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
$9.5 billion of biomedical research support, 2,100 grants, have already been terminated at NIH www.statnews.com/2025/05/27/n...
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A Harvard scientist built a database of 2,100 NIH grant terminations. Then his own funding was cut
Harvard's Scott Delaney helped build a database of NIH grant terminations that is being used in litigation against the Trump administration.
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Alt NIH Bluesky 🧪 @altnih4science.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
The reality is: Kids’ health is poor in the US because Republicans have systematically defunded hospitals and medical care for kids, and Republicans’ corporate allies have gutted parents’ pay, left many areas as food deserts, and concentrated wealth into a billionaire oligarchy.
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ConferenceKeeper Free Calendar of Genealogy Events @conferencekeeper.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Check out this week's What's New list of 172 new #genealogy events added to our calendar (webinars, seminars, conferences, calls for papers, etc.). The post also includes a few current genealogy news tidbits (with NO affiliate sponsor links). I hope you find it useful! www.conferencekeeper.org/blog
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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
Chasten and I are relieved that Governor Shapiro and his family are safe. While we wait to learn more, this much is clear: the targeting of a public official and his family - especially a prominent Jewish official on a major Jewish holiday - is unconscionable and has no place in our country.
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Kenneth Marks @marksology.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Free United States Online Church Records - Updated Church Records are an excellent source of #genealogy information. They provide birth, baptism, marriage, death, burial, and membership records. Check out the 9,730 Free Church Record Collections for the country at buff.ly/AXe4maC
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WikiTree @wikitree.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Check out what is happening around #WikiTree in April! www.wikitree.com/g2g/1876155/... #genealogy #familyhistor
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ACLU @aclu.org · 26/03/2025
BREAKING: An appeals court rejected the Trump administration's request to overturn a court order blocking the use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport people without due process. This is a win for immigrants' rights and the rule of law.
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Taneya Y. Koonce, MSLS, MPH @taneyakoonce.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
I've been enjoying using the clipping feature on NewspaperArchive by Storied as of late. Today is the anniversary of my grandmother's death in 2006 and I added the clipping from her obit to my family history archive; also @wikitree.bsky.social & FamilySearch Family Tree profiles. RIP grandma! 💔
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Urgent: Illegal Activity Underway Many undocumented immigrants file tax returns with the IRS, providing details about their residences, families, employers, and earnings. The IRS has historically encouraged tax compliance by issuing ITINs to those without Social Security numbers.
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Taneya Y. Koonce, MSLS, MPH @taneyakoonce.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Love a little profile bling! I'm starting to add these genealogy labels from Black Pearls of Genealogy onto my online genealogy work. This is one I've just added to a profile I'm working on at @wikitree.bsky.social and FamilySearch.
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Taneya Y. Koonce, MSLS, MPH @taneyakoonce.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Speaking of BillionGraves - this is a visual representation of many of the headstones I've photographed at a historic black cemetery in Nashville. I am very much wanting to get back and take more! #genealogy #gravesites
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Taneya Y. Koonce, MSLS, MPH @taneyakoonce.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
The BillionGraves team had a monument company bring actual headstones to their booth at RootsTech so demos could be done on how to use the app - ha! Read more in their blog post recap blog.billiongraves.com/billiongrave.... Pretty cool. I LOVE using this app to take GPS-tracked headstone photos!
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Open Library @openlibrary.org · 21/03/2025
As part of an MLIS internship, @jordanfrederick.bsky.social has been working to refine Open Library’s catalogue and collections.
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Refining the Open Library Catalogue: My Internship Story | The Open Library Blog
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ACLU @aclu.org · 12/03/2025
BREAKING: We're suing the Trump administration for removing medical research by private doctors from a government website. Our clients are Harvard Medical School doctors whose work was removed because of the words "LGBTQ" and "transgender." The government cannot censor science.
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Taneya Y. Koonce, MSLS, MPH @taneyakoonce.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
Steve Little's presentation on Generative AI for #RootsTech is a must-watch! www.familysearch.org/rootstech/se.... I enjoy using these tools SO MANY WAYS for genealogy and he gives a very helpful overview! @digitalarchivst.bsky.social #NotAtRootsTech
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Christine McCloud @geneapleau.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I have zero plantation ancestors, but I’m listening to the wonderful Renate Yarborough Sanders about their records. You can always learn something with unfamiliar #genealogy records! #RootsTech #NotAtRootsTech
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Taneya Y. Koonce, MSLS, MPH @taneyakoonce.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Day 1 of RootsTech! More to discover and more to learn! Will post as I have time! #NotAtRootsTech
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Daniel Loftus @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie · 05/03/2025
Remember people, I made a #RootsTech feed so you can follow an array of hashtags relating to RT2025! Follow and pin it here: bsky.app/profile/did:... I’ll be doing my best to post during RootsTech but hopefully this will be of use to others! 😀
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Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) @apgenealogists.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
There are more than 70 APG members speaking at RootsTech 2025! Don't miss their sessions and be sure to stop by APG’s exhibit hall booth when you are in Salt Lake City (or our virtual booth). See the full list of our member speakers: www.apgen.org/docs/APG_Members_at_RootsTech_2025_Full_List.pdf
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Taneya Y. Koonce, MSLS, MPH @taneyakoonce.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
RootsTech sessions - some videos are live and I've just watched the keynote of Ndaba Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela. Beautiful message and memories of his grandfather! Did you watch it yet? #NotAtRootsTech
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Taneya Y. Koonce, MSLS, MPH @taneyakoonce.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
It's time for RootsTech!! I'm not there this year but will be posting over the next several days about it! So excited! What are you looking forward to? #Notatrootstech
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
He nails it.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
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ACLU @aclu.org · 04/02/2025
We'll say it as many times as it takes: Gender-affirming care is life-saving care. We will not back down.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Oligarchy doesn’t even begin to describe what this is
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Elon Musk’s staffers have gained unauthorized access to sensitive government employee data by installing a server at the OPM. They now have access to USAJOBS, the federal hiring portal where applicants submit personal details such as Social Security numbers, home addresses, and employment histories.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
At OPM, Musk’s staffers won’t leave—they work around the clock and have even installed sofa beds in the office. Our access to data systems has been restricted, raising serious concerns about cybersecurity and a complete lack of oversight. We are keeping our heads down and documenting everything.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
It’s official: Elon Musk’s staffers have now illegally obtained classified information from the USAID office. Here’s a recap of what’s happening:
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
No one is above the law. ✊
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ACLU @aclu.org · 30/01/2025
NEW: We sent a letter to Texas public schools warning them not to implement a new curriculum that promotes Christianity over other religions. State-sponsored religion is a violation of the First Amendment.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
He's not blaming DEI, he's blaming women and non white people.
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God @thegodshow.com · 29/01/2025
Thou shalt not let RFK Jr. be in charge of health, or anything.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
We strongly urge you not to resign and recommend seeking legal counsel!
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WHO @who.int · 24/01/2025
#HealthForAll For everyone. Everywhere.
Black text on white background. It reads:

With you, for you.
WHO remains committed to health for all.
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 24/01/2025
“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943
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NPR @npr.org · 24/01/2025
Costco’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposal from a conservative think tank aimed at getting the company to roll back its diversity hiring practices.
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Costco's shareholders overwhelmingly reject anti-DEI proposal
Costco's shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a motion that would seek report on the risks of diversity, equity and inclusion in the company's hiring practices.
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Taneya Y. Koonce, MSLS, MPH @taneyakoonce.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
One of my fav activities - Going live w/ WikiTree for Connect-A-Thon! @wikitree.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/E1KieBw... #CollaborativeGenealogy
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Connect-a-Thon 18 Jan 2025 Midnight Madness (EST) Livecast #ConnectAThonXIII
YouTube video by WikiTree
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Taneya Y. Koonce, MSLS, MPH @taneyakoonce.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
now listening to archivist Gratia Stother, talking about how to navigate Methodist church records. She describes Francis Asbury's role - interesting to learn as there's a connection to Asbury in the history of one of the churches where my ancestors worshipped. #genealogy photo credit: wikipedia
Francis Asbury
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Taneya Y. Koonce, MSLS, MPH @taneyakoonce.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
In this webinar about court records, Chuck Sherril describes the WPA-created transcripts of county court records. These are a great resource in the Tennessee State Library & Archives' collection. They are not always perfect, but can be a good place to start! #genealogy
county court minutes transcriptions
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Taneya Y. Koonce, MSLS, MPH @taneyakoonce.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society seminar starts with Chuck Sherrill talking about Tennessee land grants #genealogy
presentation about Tennessee land grants
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Taneya Y. Koonce, MSLS, MPH @taneyakoonce.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
Breakfast with hubby ✅ Next up? A day of genealogy education at the annual seminar of the Middle Tennessee Genealogical Society. Then tonight, movie with hubby, plus work on my genealogy projects, including an article about using Notion (my fav productivity tool ever!) What are y'all doing today?
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Taneya Y. Koonce, MSLS, MPH @taneyakoonce.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
The very first place I ever called home, in Bronx, New York where my parents brought me home as a baby. Do you have a photo of your first home? #GenealogyPhotoADay prompt #House #MemoryKeeping #FamilyPhotos
Apartment building in New York
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Taneya Y. Koonce, MSLS, MPH @taneyakoonce.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
This morning, in our Nashville Chapter meeting of the Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society, hearing from the Tennessee State Library & Archives about lessons learned as the library aids those researching enslaved individuals. #genealogy
lessons learned for researching enslaved individuals
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