Exciting #Genealogy news! The War of 1812 pension files are for "U" and "V" are now digitized by #fold3 - As you may know these records are #FREE to use. They are now starting on "W" Thank you to all those from #FGS years ago who donated to make this happen.

Blog post with an 1835 letter from John Hankins to his wife Susan. John was in Philadelphia selling lumber he had rafted down the Delaware from their home in Sullivan County, New York hankinsnewyork.blogspot.com/2025/09/1835... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #NewYork #SullivanCounty

Ivory Flame photographed remotely from U.K. to Maryland #Photography #ModelPhotography #IvoryFlame

EXCELLENT ! @wtopnews.bsky.social wtop.com/maryland/202...

@bannermoco.bsky.social Is there an RSS feed for the Montgomery County page on the Banner site? www.thebanner.com/montgomery/ I still like to read the morning news in an RSS reader. Thanks

So happy to see a source independent local news for MoCo Maryland! We just subscribed this morning! #MoCo #Maryland

Found a great newspaper article from Australia about my grandmother's cousin Floyd Christy #Vaudeville #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Australia

DON'T MISS YOUR CHANCE TO QUACK BACK 🐥‼️ Duck deliveries are incoming, but you still can put $3 to letting your Congressional representative know via. duck messenger to #ImpeachRFK and remove the Quack! act.standupforscience.net/fundraising/...

Nothing like a photograph of an unidentified woman and a previously unheard family story to send me down a rabbit hole... pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

Yeah!!! Fall camp for genealogists starts today! Really looking forward to the class on Repository Research from IGHR. Instructors include @cyndingle.bsky.social of @cyndislist.bsky.social @cataplin.bsky.social and @paulastuartwarren.bsky.social #IGHR #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

Shadows in the Sand #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Shadows #NorthCarolina #OuterBanks

More family photos from 1911. What I to know is what is going on with the groundhog? It's in 3 photos in the album so far pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2025/09/earl... #Photography #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

Helen Elizabeth Call with Cat - 1911 - Cyanotype Topaz Photo AI Facial enhancement tool used on this photo. Cat's face reconstructed in Photoshop #Photography #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #CatsOfBluesky #Cyanotype #AltProcess #AlternativeProcess

Orange & Yellow Dahlia #Photography #FlowerPhotography #BloomScrolling #Dahlia #MacroMonday

Zoe West @zoecwest.bsky.social #Photography #ModelPhotography

Keep 'em coming

Breaking News: Saying the CDC has become “a political tool,” California, Oregon and Washington announced plans to form an alliance that would coordinate vaccine recommendations for the three states.

Little Girl (probably Helen Elizabeth Call) with groundhog! From 1911 I never know what I'm going to find in my family photo collection! More photos at pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2025/09/earl... #Photography #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #GroundHog #WoodChuck

Dahlia Petals #Photography #FlowerPhotography #BloomScrolling #Dahlia

It's one of the most famous rock songs ever — Bohemian Rhapsody — and now, for the first time, it's been translated with Queen's blessing into Zulu.

Feeding the chickens! Irving Joslyn Call and Helen Elizabeth Call - about 1911. More photos at pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2025/08/earl... #Genealogy #Photography #Chickens

Ivory Flame #Photography #ModelPhotography #IvoryFlame

Center of a Chrysanthemum #Photography #FlowerPhotography #BloomScrolling #MacroMonday #Chrysanthemum

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

Center of a dahlia #Dahlia #Photography #FlowerPhotography #BloomScrolling #MacroMonday

Hidden for centuries: a medieval library resurfaces in Romania #Genealogy Source: institut-gouvernance.org search.app/tzhr2

Vivian Cove @viviancove.bsky.social #Photography #ModelPhotography #TimeForTea

Coe Family of Pavilion, Genesee County, New York. November 1887. My great grandparents are in the middle of the back row, and my great great grandparents are the older couple seated with children on their laps. #Genealogy #Photography #NewYork #GeneseeCounty

Big Shot Hilo Spike Oncidium Orchid #Photography #FlowerPhotography #Orichid #BloomScrolling

Anoush Anou ( @anoushanou.bsky.social ) and Kitty Jackson Checking out some photos she has to view on her stereoscope #Photography #ModelPhotography #VinatageCamera #Stereoscope #Caturday

Does anyone know where I can find an outline map of New York that is in the public domain? I want to use it for something for my local genealogy society. Ideally something like this one at Almay which isn't in the public domain www.alamy.com/new-york-ny-... #genealogy #map #newyork #publicdomain

Zelmira Lilies #Photography #FlowerPhotography #Lily #Bloomscrolling

Augusta Monroe Inspired by the Kodak Girl #Photography #ModelPhotography #KodakGirl

Pink Root - Spigelia marilandica #Photography #FlowerPhotography #Wildflowers #NativePlants #Bloomscrolling

Ivory Flame Photographed remotely England to Bethesda, MD #Photography #ModelPhotography #IvoryFlame

Teatime with scones #Photography #StillLife #Scones #Tea

Elle Rose #Photography #FlowerPhotography #Bloomscrolling #Rose

Now THAT's a cease and desist letter

This article, by Oxford's @richove.bsky.social, may be the most important article you read about NARA, IMLS, LC, ...all of it. observer.co.uk/news/interna...

First cyanotype in about a decade! Photo 1 is the digital negative. Photo 2 is the exposed but not washer print. Photo 3 is the final print. Still needs work on exposure and contrast but not bad for a first draft #Photography #BloomScrolling #AltProcess #Cyanotype

Ivory Flame Photographed remotely from England to Bethesda, MD #Photography #ModelPhotography #IvoryFlame

Bertha May (Hotchkiss) Call and her daughters Helen Elizabeth and Marion Amelia. Bertha married my grandmother's brother Charles Arthur Call. Photo was taken in August 1911 when Marion was about 2 months old. pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2025/07/earl... #Genealogy #Photography

Blog post with list of deaths in 1874-1875 in from Fremont, Sullivan County, New York from the 1875 NY State Census hankinsnewyork.blogspot.com/2025/07/deat... #Genealogy #SullivanCounty #NewYork #OnePlaceStudy

Blog post with list of marriages in 1874-1875 from Fremont, Sullivan County, New York from the 1875 NY State Census hankinsnewyork.blogspot.com/2025/07/marr... #Genealogy #SullivanCounty #NewYork #OnePlaceStudy #OnePlaceWednesday

Camelia #Photography #FlowerPhotography #BloomScrolling

Art by @karenhallionkenney.bsky.social

More family photos from Genesee County, New York from 1910-1911 including the males in the 1910 Junior Class at Batavia High School pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2025/07/earl... #Genealogy #Photography #GeneseeCounty #NewYork

Blog post with photos from and newspaper articles about the 5 May 1911 Arbor Day Celebration at Batavia High School, Batavia, Genesee County, New York. pattyhankins.blogspot.com/2025/07/earl... #Genealogy #Photography #ArborDay #Batavia #NewYork

Rebecca Lawrence #Photography #ModelPhotography