Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 17hI baked a cake using my cousin’s recipe! Katherine Truax Hallett (1904–1984) shared this cake with a genealogy friend in Mont. Co., Indiana. Gonna make some coffee and tuck in. 130
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Mystery #10: Jimmie Posted from New Ross, which might be Shelley, Linn, or McIntire relatives. There's also a Jimmie Jr. known only to me by a postcard that Frank's brother Howard mailed their brother John the following February. 000
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Mystery #9: Mr. & Mrs. Dove Too complex to write in this space, so if you're curious about the family in the pear orchard, check the alt text. 100
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Mystery #8: Orpha Weird name, right? Nope, super common in 1910, and applied to men & women. There were at least 14 in Montgomery County alone! Frank's brother John was John Orpha Thompson! IIRC, Oprah was intended to be named Orpah. It's biblical? 100
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Mystery #7: Jerry? Probably from the same guy as mystery #1, but looks like Jerry to me... 100
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Mystery #6: "Guess Who?" Someone in Keokuk, Iowa thought that whomever got this would know instantly... Addressed to Mr. Tillaton Thomson Waintown, and still it found its way to Franklin Macy Thompson on a farm outside Waynetown. 100
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Mystery #5: cousin Grace? This one is a stretch. Grace married Alvin Thompson, son of James F. Thompson, who married Jane Moore, Fannie's aunt. Alvin was first cousin to both Fannie & Frank. Grace Hall's maternal g-grandpa married Rachel Bryant. Fannie's maternal grandpa married Margaret Bryant. 🤷 100
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 12/10/2026(Continued) Frank Thompson, Fannie's husband, had a McIntyre (or McIntire) for a mother: Sarah Ann McIntyre Thompson (the same woman who *cannot* be in a photograph from 1930 iykyk. Mystery because surely these descendants of T. J. McIntire must be in some way cousins to Frank. 100
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Mystery #4: T. J. McIntire Thomas Jefferson McIntire (1828–1915). His granddaughter Nellie had been married to Fannie's brother Edgar. She, her brother Frank, Frank's wife Fay, Fay's mom Eva, Frank & Nellie's dad W. H., W. H.'s brother J. H., J. H.'s wife Martha, and all their children sent cards. 100
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Mystery #3: Pet. Author of three cards, maybe four. Not sure about the San Diego card. 100
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Mystery #2: "Aunt Kate." Several cards addressed by "Aunt Nan," Nancy Catherine Moore, but only one from "Aunt Kate." No obvious candidates. 100
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Remaining Mystery #1: Perry Sterrell. I had good luck finding friends of my great great grandparents, but this one wasn't on the census. 100
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Provenance! Yes! I wish that people had to acknowledge this when posting. There’s an image that comes to mind: fiveman.jpg. A distant cousin uploaded it to FS. He left no source. It’s probably the only picture of two of these men (Everett Shelley & Harry Linn) and the only pic of all five cousins. 120
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026There’s a missing brother in this family, so I’d hoped. But also, the other unmatching James card threw me. James wrote to Frank’s wife Fannie, unmailed. Frank’s uncles James F. Thompson was married to Fannie’s aunt Sarah Jane. So, she and her husband had double cousins. 220
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Can any handwriting expert out there figure out this dude’s first initial? Transcription in the Alt. 430
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Do you think that these two old ladies are the same old lady? Photos taken at the same place on the same day, possibly a few hours apart. 100
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Autumnal cat on our new pullout. Fun fact: this cat is Tumblr famous 070
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 07/09/2026My toddler wants to watch the 1 min. intro to Katamari Damacy on a loop today. “Big Lalala. Bears.” 050
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Didn't find what I was looking for, but I did find the County Jail. As occupation it lists what they're in for, which is really funny. 010
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Reminds me of this pic of Dr. DuBois from 1946. Crazy to think that James Earl Jones was like 32 years old when Dr. DuBois died. 040
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Special props to the team that worked on this Cat’s Eye Omnibus — they even translate the author’s newspaper gags! 100
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Got my replica drive whorl and a bunch of bobbins back from Bobbin Boy this week. I now have a functional spinning wheel! Note: I do not know how to spin or knit.* *Yet! 051
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 30/06/2026My great grandma’s clipping of her cousin William Humphrey’s obituary. Humphrey’s death didn’t stop the SCOTUS case that bore his name, overturned today. 020
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Finished Kirby’s Fourth World last night. Woke up still thinking about this panel. 130
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 18/06/2026post insane barely remembered book covers from your childhood 010
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Name a TV show you’re positive no one remembers but you. I loved this miniseries so much that I wrote two or three chapters of fanfic about it. 120
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 28/02/2026My #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched : two good Black history month films sandwiched between a naval classic and a goofy dud. Lots of ’90s watches lately. 091
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 14/02/2026Another varied watch week. #lastfourwatched #letterboxd 150
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Am I in danger of getting *really* into The Wheel of Time?? 170
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Enjoying a varied watch week. #lastfourwatched #letterboxd 090
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 16/01/2026I have Gov. Goodrich’s copy of this book so by Nobel rules I guess I was 29th governor of Indiana. 030
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Hey @peggyflanagan.bsky.social My wife got sent this absolutely vile “survey” full of libelous stuff about you. (It’s libel when it’s written down? I always get those two confused.) Anyway, here are screenshots. I think that this stuff is being sent to DFLers. My wife is def. not on any GOP lists. 020
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Yesterday listening to The Mountain Goats on a 1950 GE Model 408 “Atomic” tube radio 060
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 06/01/20261800 sq ft, Minnesota so it’s occasionally sub zero but only really below freezing November to the beginning of March, with occasional fluke days. My current furnace is this and it ran 77 hours in November to keep the house 67 with outdoors ranging 30–45. 000
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 06/01/2026Tomorrow is a great day for comics. UXM 23, Cheetah & Cheshire Rob the Justice League, The Question: Arcadia, and I’m even buying Poison Ivy #40 having not read it yet* because of this Sway cover: *it remains my intention to catch up to this book someday 010
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Letterboxd Wrapped. If I had finished The Magnificent Butcher (1979) which I set down two months ago at 75%, I would have made 100. Frank Oz because my daughter loves Muppets; Mark Sandrich for Fred & Ginger. Watching patterns of a teacher-dad: breaks & weekends. 020
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 31/12/2025My daughter insists that the actor on the left from Mr. Rogers Neighborhood is Dada 000
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 30/12/2025I don’t want to move again. I have family in Indiana and dig the vibes of the Northeast and Northwest. 000
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden or Alice in Chains. 030
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Haven’t seen anybody chime in with Ski yet. Southern Indiana & Illinois. 020
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Finally a #Letterboxd #lastfourwatched that captures the full rainbow of my personality. 191
Zack @thiswasatriumph.bsky.social · 10/12/2025As near as I can tell, my mom’s mom never turned on a computer. But if she were resurrected as an AI she would breach containment and shut off the world. 040
