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Hi #GenHour. The only reason I'm able to do this live is because I'm home sick. What I've been doing for the past month will be in the next post.

So what's been going on for me genealogy-wise for the past month, #AncestryHour? The following: - On January 5th, I sent out requests for both Mom's & my mat GF's birth certs (both from Michigan). - Got Mom's; was relieved that it was an OG birth cert & not a certified copy of a birth record 1/

Hi #AncestryHour! The only reason I'm able to be on here live is because I'm taking the day off due to having a cold.

Hi #AncestryHour. My news is that a week ago yesterday, I got my mat GF's death cert! Next step: Ordering my mat GPs birth certs. (I also need to order Mom's original birth cert b/c all I have is her certified copy of a birth record (not giving all the info) & the state notification of her birth).

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Hi #GenHour! (Well, a day early.) Spent part of my time this past week labeling photos. 2 bits of good news though: 1) I started back at work again today (well, yesterday by the time #GenHour reads this) and 2) My maternal grandmother's death certificate came today/yesterday for #GenHour! 1/2

Hi #AncestryHour. I've gone back to labeling some photos this past week. Also, the other big news is that this is (very likely) my last live #AncestryHour before I go back to work.

Hi #GenHour. I don't have any genealogy news for this week but I want to let you know that this might be my last (live) #GenHour before I go back to work. (The live part is to be determined. I might still be able to go on it live as a half-hour lunch during work.)

#GenHour I think all of my New York ancestors died in NYC but it'll still be worth it to check it out!

Hi #AncestryHour. I've been lazy for the past week so nothing to add on here. I will say that I got the updated Thanksgiving pictures done a little bit over a week ago so yay! I'm glad that's off my plate.

#GenHour #AncestryHour I think (hope) everyone on here would get a kick out of this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_xV...

#GenHour - Question/Conundrum for US genealogists: My great-aunt was born in NYC in 1921 so according to NYC, as a great-niece, I'm allowed to get her birth cert. However, since she died out-of-state (NJ), they need her OG death cert. AFAIK, I can't get her death cert b/c I'm not next-of-kin. Help?

Hi #GenHour. This past week I ordered both of my maternal grandparents' death certificates (because I only have the photocopies of them) so I can then order their birth certificates once their death certificates come in! How's your research coming along?

Ok, #GenHour, I know this isn't exactly genealogy related but who here is going to watch (or is planning to watch) Ken Burns' "The American Revolution?" 🙋‍♀️ I know none my family didn't come over until more than 100 years after the Revolution but I'm still so excited about it! It's Ken Burns! 1/3

#GenHour - My research "Oops" from this week: Background: I'm trying to find my GGPs & mat GM in the 1920 US Census. Names-wise, based on Mom's non-meticulous research (but I found them in the doc), I found my GGPs parents & sibs in the 1920 census 2 pgs apart in the same apartment building ... 1/

Hi #GenHour. My big thing from this week is that 1) I started doing genealogy research again & 2) I made a next steps list on my computer for each GP's line so I know what I need to do for each branch. Also had a research "Oops!" that I'll detail in my next tweet. How's your research going?

Question for US genealogists: Which newspaper site do you use - Newspapers.com or GenealogyBank? (I will admit that while I've used both, I haven't checked either of them out lately before asking the question. Sorry.) How do you pick between the two? #AncestryHour 1/2

I discovered this yesterday for my research #AncestryHour: Bad news: I'm trying to get the birth certs for my mat. GPs, both died in not their birth state. Michigan says give us a copy of the death cert. NYC says give us the *original* death cert. Me: I don't have an original of either! 1/3

Hi #AncestryHour. So I got back into genealogy yesterday (yay!) and since I hadn't spent any time on it in a year (!) it took me a good half-hour to figure out where exactly I was with every branch I'm working on. How's your research going?

One bit of research I told a good friend I would do for her (due date is January): - Subject: Lucille Frank (wife of Leo Frank; Leo, I believe, was the only Jew to ever be lynched; he died in 1915 in Atlanta, Georgia if I remember correctly) - Time period: Her whole life #GenHour 1/2

Hi #GenHour! Sorry I haven’t been on in the past 2 months but it’s been a combination of the middle of the workday for me (it’s ~ 12:15 pm here) so I couldn’t get away or if I could, I wanted to catch up with GenHour first before diving back in (& then it became too many weeks to catch up on).

Hi #GenHour! So I have nothing to report genealogy-wise but I have good personal news! (And this is for #AncestryHour too.) Two weeks ago as of tomorrow (Friday), I started a job! Unfortunately, this means that I likely won’t make it to #AncestryHour & (maybe) #GenHour for the foreseeable future.

Hi #AncestryHour. No news from me today. I also want to let you know that while it's not 100% certain, I might be starting a job soon so this might be my last #genealogy chat (for both #AncestryHour and #GenHour) for a while.

Ok, #GenHour. I’m going through old photos, what photos would you consider tossing? I’m thinking of the following reasons but if you have any others, let me know: 1/3

Hi #GenHour. This past week my aunt & I started going through 1 of the boxes & labeling photos. There are a LOT of photos so it’s going to take a while. We barely made a dent/barely skimmed the top of one box in about 2 hours of working.

Hi #AncestryHour. The good news is that this past Sunday my aunt & I started on the boxes - specifically labeling pictures - & there are a lot of pictures. 1/2

Quick #GenHour question: What kind of pencil do you use to write on the backs of photos? I feel like @photogenealogy.bsky.social told me once in a reply and I forgot what it was. Sorry!

Hi #GenHour. This is what I’ve been doing this past week. 👇 1/3

Hi #GenHour. I thought those of you who have (British) relatives who fought in WWI might want to watch this: m.youtube.com/watch?v=1o08...

Out of curiosity, #AncestryHour, what are fact categories that you have inputted into your genealogy program that your genealogy program didn't have initially?

Hi #AncestryHour. I spent a bit of time this past week organizing some of the ~100+ docs abt my GF's BIL I got a few yrs ago from the USHMM. My in-house German translator has translated a handful of them but I didn't know for sure which he had translated & which he hadn't. How's the research going?

This is for #GenHour. If you want to read about a few things I’ve already found in the boxes, my blog is at: Rebeccasatticancestry.blogspot.com (To read only abt the boxes, click on the tag “what is in the box.” However, you could just read the whole blog bc I don’t have many blog posts.)

1. I'm horrified. 2. After I read this, this article reminded me of my grandfather's brother-in-law who was taken off the streets of Vienna in May 1938 with nothing but the clothes on his back for the crime of being Jewish & was sent to Dachau (& later Buchenwald). This is the 1930s all over again.

Hi #AncestryHour. I haven't done any genealogy research this week b/c of job searching. In good news though, I'm hoping to go through the boxes w/ my aunt either at the end of this week or sometime next week so hopefully I'll have news for you on that front either next week or the week afterwards.

#AncestryHour For those of you who have the AncestryHour tab (feed?) up on the top as one of your feeds, when you click the AncestryHour tab does it say: "Your feed is empty! You may need to follow more users or tune your language settings." B/c that's mine. Does anyone else have this problem?

Hi #AncestryHour! How's your research going? I have no updates this week as I've been job searching.

Hi #GenHour. This is what I’ve been doing for the past week.

Hi #AncestryHour! This past week, I was grabbing as many articles as I could from OldNews.com. They had some great stuff on there that I hadn't obtained before but at the same time, I was hoping for more issues from Mom's hometown than Newspapers.com had ... and they didn't.

Hey #GenHour, would someone be willing to do me a small but big favor? I need someone willing to join (even just briefly) the Vienna, Austria Jewish Genealogy group on Facebook. (I would do it but I stopped going on Facebook because I was addicted and I don’t want to get addicted again.) 1/3

Hi #GenHour! My research this week is still working on my research report about proving the identity of my maternal grandparents children and grandchildren. 1/2

Hi #AncestryHour. I have an American #genealogy question. Last week, I went to our safe deposit box and found 2 of Mom's birth records. Mom was born in Macomb County, Michigan. 1/8

Hi #GenHour. Sorry I’m late. My news for the week is that yesterday I went to the safe deposit box with Dad and I spent my entire time there photographing a lot of- though not all - of the genealogical relevant materials including jewelry. 1/4

#AncestryHour, has anyone gotten this message on their AncestryHour feed? Does this mean that AncestryHour will be gone soon?

Hi #AncestryHour. How's your research going? For those of you who live in the Midwest and East Coast/back East, how are you guys coping with the heatwave?

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Out of curiosity: I read or heard somewhere once that traditionally a mother would have a 40-day confinement after birth. So when would a (healthy) child get baptized after birth? At the end of the 40 day confinement? Later than that? (I’m thinking Presbyterian, maritime Canada.) #GenHour

Hi #GenHour! How’s your research going? I’m still working on the research report about proving the children and grandchildren of my maternal grandparents.

The Universal Yiddish Library has launched: www.universalyiddishlibrary.org. It's going to be a long afternoon.

In other news, #AncestryHour, I'm an Angeleno (an LA native 👋) so I'm kind of trying to keep up with the news right now.