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Lina G.

@thecuckootree.com
1.3K followers 806 following 713 posts

Glasgow. Semi-recent MA in History of Family. Researcher, genealogist, pressed penny collector, dog lover, Italian learner, gourmand. She/her.

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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 29/09/2026
The quoted student is from England.
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 27/09/2026
What a great idea! Did you add it to your Ancestry tree?
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 26/09/2026
Unable to give any suggestion of where the info came from, yet 100% sure it's correct in the face of (actual) conflicting evidence.
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 26/09/2026
I've started using Wikitree because some egregiously incorrect information about an ancestor is getting constantly regurgitated onto Ancestry and Find a Grave, and am amazed at how attached people are to their completely wrong and unsourced trees. #genealogy
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 22/08/2026
Someone hasn't seen Poltergeist! 🪦
Carol Ann of Poltergeist (adorable little girl with long blond hair) eerily lit by the light of the television that will soon attack her, which we later learn is because her house is BUILT ON TOP OF AN OLD CEMETERY
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 18/08/2026
Update! I'm genuinely thrilled about this addition to the Glasgow Subway www.instagram.com/p/DcI3HYOETpd
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 12/08/2026
This article by Annemarie Hughes and @jeffmeek.bsky.social was really interesting, in that deserted women in Scotland made some gains during WWI, particularly if they had been deserted by a soldier. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 10/08/2026
theguardian.com
‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom
Education is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back?
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 05/08/2026
I knew I didn't like him!
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CSketch @csketch.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Oh my god I think I found the video.
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 31/07/2026
🚨the pope does genealogy🚨
edition.cnn.com
Pope Leo says his ancestors were both ‘slaves and slave owners’ | CNN
Pope Leo XIV has delved into his family history, revealing his ancestry included both enslaved people and slave owners.
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 29/07/2026
big fan of Scottish Opera over here
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 23/07/2026
It's wonderful that you are offering open access, that's so important! It's incredible how much you are doing for others while dealing with a CSF leak. 💓
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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Okay, so with seemingly no prospect of a job anytime soon whatever I do or say, I am once again asking: For freelance RA work suitable for a contemporary historian, for research and writing, for journalism… which I already do on a regular basis as a newspaper columnist…
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 23/07/2026
Congratulations, that's such an incredible accomplishment! (and a nice mug to go with it)
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The Tonearm @thetonearm.com · 21/07/2026
"90% of the artists, singers, musicians, composers, and industry professionals were murdered; studios, master recordings, equipment, contracts, and legal documents were lost or destroyed." Preserving Cambodian Album Art:
theartofcoverart.substack.com
Preserving Cambodian Cover Art
A look into the work of The Cambodian Vintage Music Archive
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 21/07/2026
I think "Dara" is similar, it's a name in several cultures, all with different origins.
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 21/07/2026
I've seen the same in my genealogical research. No evidence the full name was Solomon.
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 21/07/2026
I will just add, for anyone looking for a sensational baby name, Lina is a very international choice. I was named after a German relative, but Cambodians couldn't believe that I had a Cambodian name. Same in Italy. Put it on your list. #babynames
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 21/07/2026
Lina is a nickname for at least a dozen names, but because there are so many you can't assume that I must be one or the other.
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 21/07/2026
No, I'm Lina free and clear. My friend made a baby name spreadsheet which she shared with me, and I saw she had ranked Lina a 2 of 10. Heartbreaker.
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 21/07/2026
Are you trying to diplomatically tell me my name isn't a name?
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 21/07/2026
High-traffic carpets, Mitchell Library, Glasgow.
Two different patterned carpets meeting at an open wooden doorway. In the foreground, the carpet is a vibrant, textured pattern of swirling red, orange, and purple hues resembling abstract floral or marbled motifs. Beyond the threshold of the open double doors, the second carpet features an intricate, geometric interlocking Celtic knot or trellis pattern in shades of green, gold, and black.
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 21/07/2026
For example, is Lina a name or just a nickname for Carolina/Angelina/Pasquelina? She argues that they are all essentially the same name. I disagree.
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 21/07/2026
I had an extended argument with a friend recently (extended because she was pregnant and the argument lasted the duration) about whether a nickname and the root name are the same name.
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 20/07/2026
And is Hersz the Polish version of the same?
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 20/07/2026
I think the Yiddish name would have been Hershel, or the Polish version, Hershlik, both of which I forgot to include in my list. Herman was a very common Anglo variation!
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 20/07/2026
It was just a lot for a fledgling genealogist to keep straight!
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 20/07/2026
It was hard for me to come to terms with the fact that Henyek, Hertz, Hersh, Gersh, Tzvi and Henri were all the same guy. Gersh is the most infuriating, though.
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 02/07/2026
Get a load of Rita www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Vatican excommunicates conservative SSPX followers
Around 600,000 followers of the Society of Saint Pius X, a Catholic sect, are affected.
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Clodagh Tait @clodaghtait.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Never thought I'd ask this question but: Irish placenames peeps, how regularly was P.W. Joyce wrong, and how reliant are current translations on just his assertions?
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 01/07/2026
Really positive news for the genealogy community
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 01/07/2026
Impressive! I found this in one of my walls recently
Large square cut out of a wall to reveal dozens of pieces of drywall wedged into the space behind it.
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 19/06/2026
I'm really enjoying watching this process. I hope you will keep your public informed of new developments.
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 14/06/2026
Why did they block out the face of the man giving the Nazi salute, I wonder?
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Douglas Cheape @douglascheape.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
It appears my countrymen have arrived in the Americas and culturally appropriated a statue of George Washington.
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 14/06/2026
Love it! Thanks for tagging me, Liz.
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 31/05/2026
Glasgow subway update: mysterious screens, devoid of information.
New screens affixed to the ceiling in a Glasgow subway station.
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 27/05/2026
I told my partner the other day if I ever complain about anything to just shout PHARMACY FIRST in my face, because it's just an incredible service and I need to be reminded of it when I'm complaining about litter.
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 20/05/2026
I've only read one chapter so far (and I skipped to 'The End of Marriage', my favourite part), but the rest looks fascinating as well.
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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Scottish history column: Working Class Courtship, Marriage and Divorce, 1855-1939. How a narrative of the ‘traditional’ family is challenged by the complexity of familial and domestic experience. www.thenational.scot/culture/2611...
thenational.scot
The new book charting Scotland's history of marriage
THERE’S a milestone to mark. This history column has now been running for nearly a year and now has reached 25 instalments. It is believed to be…
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 20/05/2026
Thanks for posting this! I was wondering when this would be released. I just read the chapter 'The End of Marriage' and it's a belter. There's a full book's worth in just that chapter.
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 10/05/2026
That must have been so gratifying!
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Dr. Lindsay Stallones Marshall (she/her) @lindstorian.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
One of the most important parts of archival research is understanding the relationship of documents we discover to other documents we find them near. That’s why we go sit in reading rooms for days at a time instead of just asking archivists to scan individual documents. 2/
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 10/05/2026
Where was it?
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 02/05/2026
And they say we'll have subways running at 8 p.m. on a Sunday next year! The mind boggles.
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 02/05/2026
At the subway, a young man was about to buy a ticket from the machine with a card, when a subway employee in the booth rapped on the glass, shouting "Tap awn, tap awn!" Contactless has come to Glasgow Subway.
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 30/04/2026
Hovis Seed Sensations has added sugar and preservatives, the in-store Tesco sourdough bloomer has neither. There's a reason Warburton's has a no-sugar-added loaf, it's because all of the other packaged supermarket breads have added sugar.
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Andrew Martin @familytreeuk.co.uk · 08/04/2026
Obviously it can never can be undone, but i'm glad that at least an apology is coming. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #FamilyHistory #ancestry #genealogy
bbc.co.uk
Church of England to apologise for role in historical forced adoption
Tens of thousands of babies were taken from their unmarried mothers in the three decades after World War Two.
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Lina G. @thecuckootree.com · 27/03/2026
Same. I hate that we're being pushed to dumb down our work to "prove" we aren't AI.
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