Steve has recommended three websites for anyone seeking info on railway accidents in, or affecting people from, their #OnePlaceStudies: ✦ Railway Archives ✦ Railway Work, Life & Death Project – @rwldproject.bsky.social ✦ Railway Fatal Accidents – Steve’s own website #OPSConf25

Is there a Judy Blume book to let us know what to expect w perimenopause? Asking for a friend. 🥵

A Compelling and Detailed Case Study #DNA #DNATip #GeneticGenealogy #Genealogy #Ancestry #DavisDNATip www.knowwhowearsthegenesinyourfamily.com/blog/uncover...

Odd question and I'm not sure if there's an answer. In the U.S., once Rural Routes were put in place for post delivery, many people would just have the address "RR1" or "RR5 Box 178". Is there any way to find out these old routes? I do have some land records, but I am looking at people who rented.

Have ancestors from Pennsylvania who claimed Pennsylvania Dutch. What would I look for if I was looking for signs of Braucherei or folk magic coming down the generations? #genealogy #folkmagic

This Is the Holocaust Story I Said I Wouldn’t Write www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/m... @taffyakner.bsky.social

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Resist

Family historians know all about this. #genealogy

📜 Front Porch Tip #4 📜 Use multiple records! No single document is 100% right—cross-check census, vital, and land records for the full picture. Your ancestors left more clues than you think! 🧐 #genealogy #FrontPorchTips

The stands at an eastern Iowa high school basketball game were filled with purple shirts and ribbons in memory of the school’s cheerleader who lost her life in a crash.

This video takes the viewer on a guided tour of the Newberry's "Indigenous Chicago" exhibition, on view from September 12, 2024, through January 4, 2025. youtu.be/1bYbeSMvPEQ?... #genealogy #familyhistory #indigenoushistory #chicagohistory

What????? It is no longer maintained and updated? grrrrrrrr

Iowa Free Online Genealogy Research Toolkit Do you have "go-to" websites for searching for Iowa #genealogy records? Here are 80 free websites for you to use for your research. Maybe there are a few you don't use or haven't heard of. Get this Free Downloadable Toolkit at https://buff.ly/3dlwtR2

OK, was finally able to get into this and OMG the treasure trove. 69 PAGES. #militaryhistory

Louisiana Free Online Genealogy Research Toolkit Do you have "go-to" websites for searching for Louisiana #genealogy records? Here are 80 free websites for you to use. Maybe there are a few you don't use or haven't heard of. Get this Free Downloadable Toolkit at https://buff.ly/3dfg5BD

So just got some records from the VA....on CD. So, now I need to find a computer w a CD reader. What is this - 2005?

The Forensic Genealogy Behind a Netflix Hit. Genetic genealogists helped solve a 16-year-old double-murder that inspired The Breakthrough. See how it happened. https://buff.ly/4g9Q80P? #DNAtesting #Genealogy #GeneticGenealogy #Crime

Are we losing the ability to write by hand? www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ja...

Random thought as I am browning up some ground pork sausage. When you're doing old family recipes take into account what was normal in their region. 1/

How is it that Schindler's List is not streaming somewhere? I want to show it to my kids.

Texas--with one of the country's strictest abortion bans, highest maternal mortality rates, and the most women without health insurance--faces an "epidemic" of abandoned babies, some being found in ditches and dumpsters wapo.st/3ZXDbks

For day 4 of our 12 Days of Preservation we highlight expanding The Liberty Trail outside of South Carolina, laying the groundwork for future digital guides that connect Revolutionary War sites across the nation. 💡 Learn more about the milestone: bit.ly/3DJbC6Y 📱 Explore the app: bit.ly/4guukxK

Marie Curie's notebooks are still radioactive & must be kept in a lead-lined box. If you visit the Pierre & Marie Curie Collection at the Bibliotheque Nationale in France, many of her personal items—from her furniture to cookbooks—require protective clothing to be safely handled. #histsci

/u/uncovered-history explores the traditional Christmas narrative of Jesus’ birth, and the different biblical sources we have on it. #Christmas

Over the years, textile conservator Gwen Spicer, who owns and operates Spicer Art Conservation LLC in Upstate New York, has used her talents to help save and conserve over 300 American flags from the American Revolution all the way to the Vietnam War and 9/11. www.battlefields.org/learn/articl...

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was conceived for a purely Scrooge-like reason — to make money.

Would love to include some ancestral traditions and recipes in holiday celebrations going forward. Looking for some traditional things from Norway, Ireland, and Northern Germany. Anyone? #genealogy #traditions #familyhistory

So how safe is your genetic information anyway??? wreg.com/news/investi... #DNA #DNATip #GeneticGenealogy #Genealogy #Ancestry #DavisDNATip

Free United States Online School Records An often neglected source of genealogy information is School Records. They can provide age/birth, parental, and other useful data. With recent additions, there are 2,755 Free Online School Record Collections to research. https://buff.ly/3BNakHu #genealogy

Free Online Genealogy Website of the Day The Patriot Research System is a website provided by the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR). It provides several databases of interest to Revolutionary War-era #genealogy researchers. Check out the details at https://buff.ly/3CngdIj

Great thread. 👇🏼

Railway 200: Searching for the UK’s oldest railway family #FamilyHistory #genealogy www.railstaff.co.uk/2024/12/18/r...

Ottawa Police Use Genetic Genealogy for First Time to ID Suspect in 1996 Homicide www.forensicmag.com/3594-All-New... #DNA #DNATip #GeneticGenealogy #Genealogy #Ancestry #DavisDNATip

Playing with this new beta tool Ancestry has to add DNA matches to your tree and it is pretty slick. #genealogy

Timely, as one of my cousins and I are in a deep dive in colonial Virginia and Georgia. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

Free Online #Genealogy Website of the Day – AncientFaces AncientFaces is a community-driven collection of historical photos. You can search by name but also browse by themes, people categories, date ranges, and places. Check out the details at theancestorhunt.com/blog/free-on...

Forensic Friday - using genetic genealogy #genealogy #forensicfriday #geneticgenealogy www.forensicmag.com/3594-All-New...

#genealogy Tip for Today — All databases are not created equal. The database you cite as source should point to a specific public record. Look for original record. Some databases are a collection of various records, including unsourced pedigree files.

Have you found where your ancestors are buried? #genealogy #FamilyHistory #tips

Really interesting investigative story.... youtu.be/1pO_nERBqKo?...

All my #Iowahistory people: where can I find bankruptcy records from the 1980s? Looking at Johnson County or Cedar county most likely #genealogy #familyhistory #1980sfarmcrisis

"What [Clark] has done for the sport is tremendous...What she did for the state and for the sport is incredible." www.espn.com/womens-colle...

What Happens When Your Family History Throws up an Unwanted Truth? Dealing with the unexpected #NWKFHS #Genealogy #Kent https://buff.ly/41d7je0

8:45 AM and I really just want to do genealogy research instead of working.

Today's #genealogy tip of the day: a reminder about original, derivative, primary, and secondary. In a nutshell: sources are original or derivative. Information is primary or secondary. genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/20...

100+ archives/special collections on Bluesky! Welcome to this week's new arrivals: @bishopsgateinst.bsky.social @kresenkernow.bsky.social @heritagewshc.bsky.social @catalystarchives.bsky.social @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social @soas-speccoll.bsky.social & catch up with the others at go.bsky.app/4EpKvv2

A Christmas miracle? Archaeologists uncover tomb of 'Santa Claus' inspiration Saint Nicholas www.euronews.com/culture/2024...

Spencers: How the weirdest store at the mall survived the retail apocalypse thehustle.co/originals/ho...

Those using #GoogleMaps in #genealogy blogs or online #genealogysoftware ( #Gigatrees Next Generation of Genealogy Sitebuilding, #webtrees etc.), there are changes coming to Google Maps in March. It shouldn't affect most of us, should still be free for many. genealogysoftware.net/online/genea...

With Christmas just around the corner and lots of offers around on #DNA kits are we really prepared for what we find? #Genealogy #FamilyHistory DNA Kits - Should They Come With a Warning? buff.ly/47nq9yX… via @chiddickstre#FamilyTreee#BloggersTribeb#Blogog