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Kentucky Genealogical Society @kentuckygenealogy.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Achtung, Ahnenforscher! Volumes 34–36 of German Immigrants in American Church Records 🕮🇩🇪 may hold clues to your Vorfahren. Edited by Roger Minert in 2021. No Catholic records, but rich detail. Ask your library or request via Fernleihe! #germanresearch #kentuckygenealogy #genealogy

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Join the Tennessee Genealogical Society for a FREE Genealogy 101 webinar on Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. Central with Melissa Barker and her presentation "Manuscript Collections" Register for this FREE webinar at this link: tngs.org/event-6000101

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

FREE! Legacy Family Tree Webinars, Thursday, April 3, 2025 at 4:00 p.m. Central Diana Elder, AG, AGL and her presentation "DNA Meets the Paper Trail: Pedigree Triangulation Strategies for Early 19th-Century Research" Registration link: legacy.familytreewebinars.com?aid=9440 #genealogy #archives #ad

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Tennessee Genealogical Society FREE webinar Saturday, April 5, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Central with Merle Ilgenfritz and his presentation "Genealogy 101-Using Y-DNA to Find Your Distant Relatives" Register for this FREE webinar at this link: tngs.org/event-6000021 #genealogy #archives

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Tennessee Genealogical Society for a FREE Genealogy 101 webinar on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. Central with Melissa Barker and her presentation "Genealogy 101-Vertical Files" Register for this FREE webinar at this link: tngs.org/event-5999989

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

FREE Webinar! Legacy Family Tree Webinars/MyHeritage Series, Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. Central Ethel Vol and her presentation "Explore Your Ethnic Roots with MyHeritage’s Improved DNA Ethnicity Model, v2.5" Registration Link: legacy.familytreewebinars.com?aid=9433 #genealogy #archives #ad

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Tennessee Genealogical Society FREE Genealogy 101 webinar on Wednesday, March 19, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Central with Craig Scott, MA, CG, FUGA and his presentation "Military Records" Register for this FREE webinar at this link: tngs.org/event-5999217 #genealogy #archives

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Today over on my blog "A Genealogist in the Archives" I am talking about "Preserving the Past, Collecting the Present, for the Future". Check it Out! agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/2025/03/pres...

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Preserving the Past, Collecting the Present, For the Future

What is an archive? What is the purpose of an archive? What do you do all day in an archive? I am asked these questions all the time and I l...

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

You Still Have Time to Register! Tennessee Genealogical Society FREE 2025 Virtual Spring Seminar, Saturday, March 15, 2025. The theme is "The Occupations of Our Ancestors" speakers are Annette Burke Lyttle and Gena Philibert Ortega. Registration link: tngs.org/event-604749...

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Legacy Family Tree Webinars/MyHeritage Series, Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. Central with Daniel Horowitz and his presentation "RootsTech 2025 Recap" Register for this FREE webinar at this link: legacy.familytreewebinars.com?aid=9427 #genealogy #archives #ad

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Tennessee Genealogical Society for a FREE Genealogy 101 webinar on Wednesday, March 12, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Central with Chuck Sherrill and his presentation "Firmly Planted: Finding Ancestors in Land Records"Register for this FREE webinar at this link: tngs.org/event-5999209 #genealogy #archives

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Today over at my blog "A Genealogist in the Archives" I am talking about "RootsTech 2025: Genealogy Education at It's Best!" This Friday is the start of RootsTech 2025! Anyone can attend virtually for FREE! Check it Out! agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/2025/03/root...

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RootsTech 2025: Genealogy Education at It's Best!

RootsTech 2025 starts in 3 days! This is the largest genealogical conference in the United States and possibly the world. This conference is...

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Tennessee Genealogical Society FREE Genealogy 101 webinar on Wednesday, March 5, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Central with John Ware and his presentation "Probate Records" Register for this FREE workshop at this link: tngs.org/event-5999172 #genealogy #archives

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

This is a wonderful story for Black History Month. Comes from KHOU Channel 11 out of Houston, Texas. Notice the lady in the piece is using an archival photo album/box to house her records and photos. Love it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT6l...

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Plantation to family album: Genealogist traces ancestor's journey from slavery to land ownership

YouTube video by KHOU 11

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Today over at my blog "A Genealogist in the Archives" I am talking about "Black History Month: Julius Rosenwald and the Rosenwald Fund" Check it Out! agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/2025/02/blac...

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Black History Month: Julius Rosenwald and the Rosenwald Fund

February is Black History Month and I want to talk about my favorite African American subject, the Rosenwald Fund. 1963 Graduating Class at...

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

FREE webinar! Legacy Family Tree Webinars/MyHeritage Series, Tuesday, February 25, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. Central James Tanner presents "Enhance your family tree accuracy with MyHeritage’s Timeline and Consistency Checker" Registration link: legacy.familytreewebinars.com?aid=9420 #genealogy #archives #ad

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Join the Tennessee Genealogical Society for a FREE webinar on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. Central with Chuck Sherrill and his presentation "Of Vital Importance: Finding Your Family’s Vital Records" Register for this FREE workshop at this link: tngs.org/event-5999135

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Legacy Family Tree Webinars/BCG Series, Tuesday, February 18, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. Central with Diane MacLean Boumenot, CG and her presentation "Applying Research Standards to the Census" Register for this FREE webinar at this link: legacy.familytreewebinars.com?aid=9415 #genealogy #archives #ad

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Tennessee Genealogical Society for their FREE 2025 Virtual Spring Seminar, Saturday, March 15, 2025. The theme is "The Occupations of Our Ancestors" and the speakers will be Annette Burke Lyttle and Gena Philibert Ortega. Register for the FREE Virtual Seminar at this link: tngs.org/event-604749...

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Enjoyed chatting with my GenFriends and my good friend Thomas MacEntee about his recent retirement announcement and how we as genealogists and professional genealogists should prepare our records for such an event. Check it Out! www.carolinagirlgenealogy.com/2025/01/genf...

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Register for tomorrow's FREE webinar Tuesday, January 14, 2025 at 1:00 p.m. "MyHeritage: Your Family Stories are Just One Click Away" Register at this link for this FREE webinar: legacy.familytreewebinars.com?aid=9388 #genealogy #archives #ad

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

You still have time to register for tomorrow's FREE webinar Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. "Genealogy Meets AI: Panel Discussion" Register at this link for this FREE webinar: legacy.familytreewebinars.com?aid=9385 #genealogy #archives #ad

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Today over on my blog "A Genealogist in the Archives" I am talking about "Storing 3-Ring Binders to Protect Your Records". Many of you are making plans to get more organized with your genealogy research. Check out my blog post! agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/2025/01/stor...

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Storing 3-Ring Binders to Protect Your Records

One aspect of organizing that I would like to address is how to store 3-ring binders. Now, this may seem like a very simple idea and you mig...

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Today over at my blog "A Genealogist in the Archives" I am talking about "The Mercantile: Where Our Ancestors Shopped". Many local mercantile or general store records exist in archives! Check it Out! agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-...

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The Mercantile: Where Our Ancestors Shopped

Ever thought about your ancestors and their shopping experience? The Mercantile or sometimes called The General Store is where many of our a...

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Just your typical day working in the archives! People will use anything to clip records together. In this case, we have a safety pin clipping together newspaper clippings dating from the 1910s.

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Register for tomorrow's FREE Legacy Family Tree Webinar, Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. Central w/ Mary Kircher Roddy, CG presenting "Lost and Found: Locating Ancestral Origins with FAN Club and DNA" Registration link legacy.familytreewebinars.com?aid=9358 #genealogy #archives #ad

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Enjoyed chatting with my GenFriends about a new genealogy podcast! Check it Out! www.carolinagirlgenealogy.com/2024/12/genf...

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Today on my blog "A Genealogist in the Archives" I am talking about "Documenting Your Family Christmas Traditions". Most of us have Christmas family traditions. Are we documenting these traditions? We should be! Check it Out! agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/2024/12/docu...

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Documenting Your Family Christmas Traditions

With only a couple of weeks until Christmas 2024, I started thinking about how my family has celebrated Christmas my entire life. Then I tho...

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Register for tomorrow's FREE Legacy Family Tree Webinar, Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. Central with Ran Sir and his presentation "Leveraging MyHeritage DNA Tools to Make New Discoveries" Registration link: legacy.familytreewebinars.com?aid=9354 #genealogy #archives #ad

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Tennessee Genealogical Society FREE webinar on Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. with Elissa Scalise Powell and her presentation "Deeper Analysis: Techniques for Successful Problem Solving" Register for this FREE webinar at this link: tngs.org/event-5571878

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Register for TODAY'S FREE Legacy Family Tree Webinar, Tuesday, December 4, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. Central with Paula Williams and her presentation "Challenging Some DNA Myths: Learn to Separate DNA Fact from Fiction" Registration link: legacy.familytreewebinars.com?aid=9352 #genealogy #archives #ad

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Today over at my blog "A Genealogist in the Archives" I am talking about "Finding Christmas and Your Ancestors in the Archives". There are some great Christmas records, that could include your ancestors that can be found in many of our archives. agenealogistinthearchives.blogspot.com/2024/12/find...

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Finding Christmas and Your Ancestors in the Archives

We are now only 22 days away from Christmas 2024! Many of us are scrambling to get the grocery shopping done, present shopping completed and...

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Subscription Sale! Get a 1 year unlimited access to recorded webinars at Legacy Family Tree Webinars for ONLY $24.98 (regularly $49.95) Sale price valid for new memberships only (discount ends Friday, December 6, 2024). legacy.familytreewebinars.com?aid=9344 #genealogy #archives #ad

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Register for tomorrows FREE Legacy Family Tree Webinar Down Under Series, Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. Central "Finding Your British WWI Soldier – Dead or Alive" Register for this FREE webinar at this link: legacy.familytreewebinars.com?aid=9343 #genealogy #archives #ad

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Melissa Barker @tharchivelady.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Tennessee Genealogical Society's Discussion group "Let's Discuss It!" with John Ware on Saturday, December 7, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Central. This session will cover the counties of Benton, Humphreys, Perry and Maury in Tennessee. Register at this link: tngs.org/event-5568535

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