Once again, I'm sharing a list of #genealogy URLs websites that are available from me in exchange for a donation to Reclaim the Records. I'm so delighted with the new homes for the 3 that are crossed out! Please consider being the 4th. 🙏 Thank you! (shares welcome)

I've taken some PTO time next week to be #NotAtRootsTech again in real-time from the comfort of the couch. Filling out my schedule. What are some of the online sessions that you are most looking forward to? #genealogy #familyhistory #rootstech

#Genealogy #FamilyHistory #FREE I'm excited to present a live webinar on March 24 hosted by the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center: "Free Genealogical Resources for New York (and Beyond)" - Please mark your calendar, watch for registration soon! acpl.libnet.info/event/15848150

@thisone0verhere.bsky.social knows what's up. #genealogy #familyhistory

Another bop for the #FamilyHistory playlist. 😂

In-person Family History Workshop in #CNY in November. Registration required, limited spots available. #familyhistory #genealogy

I'm fascinated by #shipwrecks so it's really interesting to virtually watch as researchers explore the NOAA's #LakeOntario Marine Sanctuary after they left port in Oswego, NY. #CNY #history #NewYork

Some sad confirmation from @bcgl.bsky.social while I was at UW last week—the National Digital Newspaper Program—which builds Chronicling America—has been shut down Historical newspapers are probably the archival material most used by the general public—for genealogy, local history—it’s such a loss

Some very good news for NY State #genealogy researchers. www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/blog/nygb-st...

I've been reading "Ancestor Trouble: A Reckoning and a Reconciliation" by @maudnewton.bsky.social & listening to @adeemtheartist.bsky.social's "Heritage of Arrogance" on repeat this week. Powerful stuff.

Awkwafina's episode of #NoTasteLikeHomeWithAntoniPorowski was incredibly moving. Have you watched this 'ancestral gastronomic roots' show yet? #genealogy #familyhistory

Currently reading historical fiction novel "The Women" by #KristinHannah. Loved the old "China Beach" TV series & "Healing Wounds" memoir by #DianeCarlsonEvans as well. #Booksky

Food as a source of #FamilyHistory storytelling is something we so easily overlook. Then you take a bite and savor the loss of a loved one. 🍽️ 😢 Take the time to share the recipes and the stories. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/m...

At least it's staying in the press. #genealogy #familyhistory #newyork

Just found a 1944 US Naturalization Petition for a Danish man in the 16th Med Depot Co., stationed in England with the US Army. 2 company mates were witnesses, one of them is my grandfather. Might need to use Ancestry’s new Networks feature sooner than I had anticipated! #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

Wishing the #genealogy community another fun and informative #rootstech! I'll be attending from my couch. #notatrootstech

Some snaps from this #history nerd's recent trip downstate to Greenwich Village in NYC.

Are you a journalist, genealogist or historian who has ever used records from the National Archives? It's time to step up and take some simple steps to preserve federal records. And save our nation's history. Please visit this website. And share widely. fundnara.com

A little peek into my personal life: I'm a genealogist and podcaster by night, but by day, I work at USAID. Yes, that USAID-the one that Trump, Elon Musk, and DOGE are illegally dismantling right now. And for the past 2 weeks, I've had a front row seat to an oligarchy in practice. (/1)

Alrighty, #genealogy and #familyhistory folks with any ties to the state of New York. Let's get LOUD!

#Genealogy tip that might surprise you: Do you have a distinctive name, an address, or some other bit of distinguishing info for your family? Set up an ebay search and let it run. You never know what might come up. This is a trade card for my 3x great grandfather Benjamin Huppler. Cost me ~$20.

Happy Birthday to American folk musician Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (1893 - 1987)! #CNY

Psst, are you listening to the @lowancestry.bsky.social podcast yet? Interesting stories, entertaining commentary - they are a real gem. Highly recommend. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

I doubt it will do much in the long run, but I'm glad that NY's ridiculous backlog is getting some press coverage in Albany. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

So I have an extraordinary story for you. Vilunya Diskin is an 83-year-old retired women’s health advocate best known as a co-author of the iconic book "Our Bodies, Ourselves." She is also a Holocaust orphan who was hidden in a gentile home in Poland during the war and later adopted. 1/9

When you realize that Sir Winston Churchill's maternal great-grandparents & L. Frank Baum's parents & the previous 3 generations of your own paternal line are all buried in the same CNY #cemetery. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

Taking a few days of vacation next year to virtually attend #RootsTech again (in sweats from the couch). Registered a moment ago. Looking forward to attending sessions by several of my Bluesky folks! Be a lifelong learner. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

Just bought a new car! It's gray so I'm thinking of christening her #EdithBouvierBeale in honor of #GreyGardens. (She's the eccentric 1st cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis & Lee Radziwill.) #Genealogy #History

"Death is a debt / To nature due / Which I have paid / And so must you". Headstone of Joel Gay (1746 - 1821) in Walnut Grove #Cemetery, Jamesville, NY. Still digging, but Joel appears to likely be my 6x great-grandfather. Offering a reminder from beyond the grave. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy

Another badass of CNY! I ❤️ Doctor #MaryEdwardsWalker. Brb, gonna go polish her recently minted commemorative quarter. 😉

Death is indeed a thief. Take the pictures! #thanksgiving #family #friends #NoRegrets

Although this is not a part of my own family's #history, I had ancestors in this area in 1835. I love the idea of my ancestors in rural NY randomly being passed by a 1,400 lbs wheel of #cheese. 🤣🧀

CNY's own #MatildaJoslynGage was such a badass. Radical feminist, suffragist, abolitionist & L. Frank Baum's mother-in-law. Erased from history for being ahead of her time. Without her, we wouldn't have the land of Oz. Seeing the movie #Wicked this weekend? Thank Matilda!

I have NY roots so I'm able to pull a wealth of #FamilyHistory information using this free website. It's currently at scans of over 57 million newspaper pages & growing regularly. It takes some time to learn how to best utilize the search feature, but it's well worth it. #Genealogy

Relatives not US citizens in 1940 (or some who were but weren't sure themselves), you need to check out AR-2s, newly available from NARA. You may get maiden names, arrival info, signatures+more. And you get them quickly! #genealogy #ancestry #familyhistory larasgenealogy.blogspot.com/2024/08/alie...

"You will miss me when I die and at least this way you will be remembering me." This grandma is a boss. Out here absolutely slaying it.

🎶 I'm diggin' up bones (diggin' up bones) / I'm diggin' up bones (diggin' up bones)/ Exhumin' things that's better left alone / I'm resurrectin' memories of a love that's dead and gone / Yeah, tonight, I'm sittin' alone, diggin' up bones 🎶 Creating a #Genealogy playlist, got any bangers to add?

I'm a big #IsabelleHuppert fan, whose great-grandmother was one of 4 sisters that founded French fashion house Callot Soeurs. Her 2024 Met Gala gown (Balenciaga) was a reinterpretation of a Callot Soeurs' couture wedding gown that was on display at The Met. I dig #FamilyHistory tributes like this.

I have to say, I love that the #Genealogy community still manages to find each other even on a different platform. Long may the conversations & learning continue! Hello, friends. ❤️

Finally getting around to listening to Sarah Smarsh's new book! Still deeply upset with the election results, and I'm trying to channel this energy into something better. Rolling up my sleeves.

Alrighty, #genealogy peeps, I've taken the next 2 days off for a staycation to virtually attend Rootstech again this year in real-time. What sessions are you most looking forward to attending? If you're hosting a session, feel free to give it a pitch, too! Filling out my schedule.

I'm giving myself permission to post this article about Taylor Swift's roots several times as I know it's so random who sees it any given time. Plus, it was a fun ride, but a lot of work went into it! #genealogy Bonus points for sharing with your friends! medium.com/@smolenyak/t...

Recently discovered that I descend from Nathaniel Walton of Griswold, CT. Found in the Walton Family Cemetery that was excavated in the early 1990s after 3 boys playing in a sandpit unearthed 2 skulls. 29 bodies in total, but 3 of them were not Waltons. One of the was this guy. History is wild, man.

I'm afraid that my people don't seem to have very much luck when it comes to trains. #genealogy #trainaccidents

I've binged in their entirety the following #genealogy podcasts: Extreme Genes, Generations Cafe, Conversations with Kenyatta, and Family Tree Magazine Podcast. Any suggestions on what genie podcast to listen to next? What are some of your faves?

1855 NY Census lists 4x great-grandfather's occupation as "loafer". Hoping it was just an unfamiliar job title, but no. Add this to a steady stream of newspaper clippings of his drunkenness and his time at Auburn Prison for burglary. At least the bad eggs leave a solid paper trail, eh? #genealogy