I tend to get overwhelmed with full text search results. This week, I decided I needed to find a solution. Thanks to Claude and Airtable, I know what records I need to look at from home and which I need to look at from the Family Search Center. pattyhankins.substack.com/p/organizing... #genealogy

My grandfather, Francis William Hankins, age 3 months - so probably December 1897. Photo taken at French's studio in Auburn, New York. I have to wonder if his mother, Mary Jane Kellam, was under that fur holding him up in the photo. pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2026/05/fran... #photography #genealogy

Mighty Earthling Inspired by the Kodak Girl #Photography #ModelPhotography #KodakGirl

Ivory Flame Photographed remotely from England to Maryland #Photography

@jessaraymuse.bsky.social Jessa Ray Muse #Photography #ModelPhotography

From a remote photo session US to Netherlands with Zoi Morgan of Dreaming of Models. #Photography #ModelPhotography

A few photos by @lawrencesview.bsky.social from #NoKings at #NIH in #Bethesda #Maryland I was having too much fun protesting to bring my camera

We're going to the No Kings Rally at NIH today. I'm bringing my "Vaccines Cause Adulthood" sign because the way things are going we're going to start seeing more people dying of vaccine-preventable diseases. Are you heading to a No Kings Rally? And if you are, what will your sign say? #NoKings

Zoë Celesta West @zoecwest.bsky.social Taken during yesterday's photo session. My editing challenge was choosing which of the amazing photos I took to edit first! Thanks Zoe! #Photography #ModelPhotography

Henry would like to wish everyone a Happy Caturday #Caturday #CatsOfBluesky #OrangeCat

I have a genealogist joke, but we're keeping it in the family.

My great grandfather William Lucas Hankins. Likely taken 1893-1894 in Auburn, Cayuga County, New York #Photography #Genealogy #NewYork pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2026/03/will...

Three photos of my great grandmother - Mary Jane Kellam. Probably all taken in the early-mid-1890s. #Genealogy #Photography

Keira Grant @keiragrant.bsky.social #Photography #ModelPhotography

Frank Marion Kellam - my great grandmother's brother. Photos likely from the late 1880s, mid 1890s and before 1911 pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2026/03/fran... #Photography #Genealogy

My grandfather, Francis William Hankins, and his parents, William Lucas Hankins and Mary Jane Kellam. Photo likely taken in 1898 (he was born in Sept 1897) in Auburn, New York pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2026/03/will... #Photography #Genealogy #NewYork #Auburn

Haley McKey #Photography #ModelPhotography

I generally don't like most AI transformations of historic photos, especially into videos. But I am impressed with how Julianne Kost suggests using AI to help create prompts for use in Firefly. Kost clearly tells Firefly what to do, what to change, and what NOT to change. jkost.com/blog/2026/03...

This looks like a great event from The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society - NYG&B - just registered. I've got farmers, blacksmiths, ministers and a vaudeville performer in my tree! www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/events/work-... #genealogy #FamilyHistory

My great grandmother, Mary Jane Kellam. Likely taken in 1875-1876 (she was born in Sept 1874) Photo taken by at the Vail Brothers' Studio in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2026/03/mary... #photography #genealogy #newyork

I was able to create an image using Google Gemini 3/Nano Banana that helps me know what my ggg grandfather John Call may have looked like based on a small photocopy of a photo I wrote about how I did it on my substack at pattyhankins.substack.com/p/john-call-... #AI #Genealogy #Photography

Gem tintype (1 1/4 X 1 3/4 inches) of my great-great grandmother Frances Maria Shafer (1846-1924). Likely from the 1860s or 1870s. pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2026/03/fran... #genealogy #photography #tintype

Moonlight Dreams Model: Ivory Flame Photographed remotely from England to Maryland #photography #ModelPhotography #IvoryFlame

My great great grandfather - John Ross Kellam - photo likely taken about 1863-1864 in New York City based on the style of the carte de viste and info I could find about the photographer pattyhankins.blogspot.com/.../john-ros... #Genealogy #Photography #FamilyHistory #NewYork

This is not normal.

Susan Abigail (Hankins) Bush - photo probably taken between November 1894 and April 1896 when the photographer G.E. Priest had a studio in Tully, Onondaga County, New York. pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2026/02/susa... #Genealogy #Photography #Tully #NewYork

Susan Abigail (Hankins) Bush - photographed by Addison Delevan Harding in Susquehanna, PA - likely in the mid-1870s pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2026/02/susa... #Genealogy #Photography #Pennsylvani #Susquehanna

Angeline Elizabeth (Hankins) Johnson. Her husband, Charles Akers Johnson, was a career Army officer, serving at at Fort Robinson in Nebraska and Vancouver Barracks in Washington Territory. Photo likely taken in the 1870s pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2026/02/ange... #genealogy #photography

Rebecca Thomas Hankins (1835-1918) - my great great grandfather's sister. Rebecca was a school teacher. She never married. Photo dates from between 1872 and 1885 - when the photographer Sighi had a studio in Binghamton. pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2026/02/rebe... #genealogy #photography

As I've been digitizing and editing my family photos, I've been wanting to write about how I do it. Figured not everyone wants to all the family photos I post to my blog So I've started a substack open.substack.com/pub/pattyhan... #Genealogy #Photography

Photograph of Howard Ross Hankins taken in Owego, Tioga County, New York. The dark background for the cabinet card dates it from 1884-1895. Newspaper accounts connect him with Tioga County between 1885 and 1890. pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2026/02/howa... #genealogy #photography

Happy Groundhog Day! Because doesn't everyone's family photo collection include photos a groundhogs???? Photos taken in 1911 in Stafford, Genesee, New York #genealogy #Photography #GroundHog #Groundhogday #NewYork

Lucas Wurtz Hankins (my gg grandfather), William Lucas Hankins (my g grandfather) and Mary Ellen (Ross) Hankins (my gg grandmother) Likely taken in the early 1880s in Manchester, Wayne County, Pennsylvania pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2026/02/phot... #Photography #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

Children of John Hankins and Susan Thomas. Photo taken in 1894 in Binghamton, Broome County, New York pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2026/01/1894... #Photography #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #NewYork

The Cuban Giants (a Negro League Baseball Team) - photo from a family photo album. Likely taken 7 August 1913 at Perry, Wyoming County, New York pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2026/01/earl... #Baseball #CubanGiants #Photography #Genealogy #NewYork

The Indiana State Archives is planning hours for its new downtown location and wants input from genealogists and researchers. Take this quick four-minute survey and help shape future access. Your voice matters. #genealogy bit.ly/4pWgNDb

Join fellow genealogists in Washington DC on 15 April 2026 for Family History Hill Day when we advocate for NARA funding. www.recordsadvocate.org/register-for... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Advocacy

So apparently what my grandmother, her brother and their friends did for fun in 1913 was climb telephone poles . . . Photo was taken at Silver Lake, Wyoming County, New York More photos from the family album at pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2026/01/earl... #Photography #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

Just a quiet moment of peace and beauty after a very stressful week. Bodie Island Sunrise Reflection #Photography #Sunrise #OuterBanks #SilentSunday

If one of your genealogy goals for 2026 is digitizing your family photos and papers, be sure to check out the free "Getting Started Digitizing Your Family Papers and Photographs" guide from American Ancestors @americanancestors.bsky.social hubs.americanancestors.org/getting-star...? #Genealogy

Happy new year! Let’s make 2026 the year America takes back our democracy.

Ivory Flame Taken at a photo workshop with Marie Otero #Photography #ModelPhotography #IvoryFlame

So you traded in the ugly sweater for returns cash? Some ideas on what to do with the dough... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory www.legalgenealogist.com/2025/12/26/t...

Flashback post and yep, still our favorite.

Anoush Anou @anoushanou.bsky.social Another photo from our fun photo session over the weekend. Anoush really brought my ideas for a Christmas themed photos to life. #Photography #ModelPhotography #Christmas

Anoush Anou @anoushanou.bsky.social Because everyone needs gingerbread cookies and hot chocolate for the holidays! #ModelPhotography #Christmas #Photography

Anoush Anou @anoushanou.bsky.social #photography #ModelPhotography #Christmas #Poisnettia

Behind the scenes with @anoushanou.bsky.social 🤣 #caturday

Kitty CJ is looking forward to seeing Anoush Anou this afternoon. He's helping us get the lights and props set up #caturday #photography

A win! The Institute of Museum and Library Services (the federal agency that supports the nation’s libraries) has reinstated thousands of grants that had been canceled by the Trump administration, after a federal judge ruled the executive order mandating those cuts was unlawful.