Cannot stop thinking about the family of the young man with hydrocephalus from birth, who did not have much money, but cared for him at home well enough that he lived to 21. For the turn of the century, that is quite a feat. #genealogist #microhistory

Judge Dugan was arrested for enforcing the law. ICE did not have the correct warrant to make an arrest. Judge Dugan is innocent of hindering a federal investigation as the arrest was not legal. Pass it on. These fucks MUST BE ARRESTED. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/fbi-...

Senator Cory Booker concludes his record-breaking Senate Floor speech after 25 hours Massive applause for Booker

That fun #genealogist moment when you realize one of your lines technically has 5 generations jammed into one century- myself born at the end and a great great grandmother born at the beginning.

Another fun one from this ancestor of mine- a notice posted several times over about 5 years that a “white goat with one horn” has been stolen from his residence. Some sort of criminal code? #Mystery #Genealogy #Historian #Genealogist

I knew that a pair of my 3x g grandparents had divorced (she’s a “widow” in America, but he dies in Warsaw decades later)- but never thought I’d find out why. Well, I’ve now found years of him being arrested for violence in the Warsaw papers… safe to say I now have my suspicions #genealogist

Every. Damn. Day. People insist their names were “changed at Ellis Island” and then come at me with “are you calling my grandma a liar”. I don’t know your grandma. But I do know the facts- and that’s that NO ONE’S NAME WAS CHANGED AT ELLIS ISLAND #genealogist

I am currently writing up a paper I am giving in a few months. It's about the female experience in Glamorgan County Lunatic Asylum. I've just rediscovered a woman who stole an attendant's clothes, escaped by jumping the fence, and was never seen again. I hope she had a good life 🙏

This is Winston Churchill visiting Washington DC to request assistance in the war against Germany. Notice he is wearing a "zip suit" and not a traditional suit. This was to honor the British troops--the same reason Zelensky dresses the way he does.

As a #genealogist I see on a daily basis what the world before vaccines looked like. It horrifies me that we’re going backwards. apnews.com/article/meas...

See whom you might meet: @caitlinhollander.bsky.social @alcalz.bsky.social Jordan Auslander Scott Kalmikoff Joy Kestenbaum Karen Franklin (sorry, if you have handles here, I couldn't find them) or @mdwaas.bsky.social (who's missing from the list at the website) mjhnyc.org/kalikow/kali...

Heard this came up again recently (very sad I missed it!) and need to reiterate- NO ONE’S NAME WAS CHANGED FOR THEM AT ELLIS ISLAND. This is an urban legend. Stop it. #genealogy #genealogist #historian #immigration (Thank you @toldosandtea.bsky.social for the heads up!)

Here is the letter from the Department of Justice ordering SDNY to drop the charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams.

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

Yesterday was #HolocaustRemembranceDay, and the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Today, however, is a very different anniversary- the 81st of my gg uncle Jakob’s murder in Plaszow. #Genealogy #History #Genocide #Holocaust

The next time someone comes at me calling the spelling on a manifest proof of a “name change”, I’m showing them this #Genealogist #NameChange #MythBusting #Historian #Genealogy

Been reading WWII-era consular reports of death. A few things are interesting- the number of citizens reported murdered, the ones who enlisted in foreign militaries, & the occasional one I see, wince at the addresses of next of kin, & have fears confirmed when I follow up on their fates #genealogy

I’m never more conflicted than on frigid mornings like this. On one hand, I love my work and office days are the highlight of my week. On the other, it’s currently 13 degrees out (-11 for my non-US readers) and my commute is partially outdoors.

19th century Church of England burial records tend be a bit lacking in the detail department. Take this 1865 burial of William Sturdy at Spelsbury, Oxfordshire. Boring! Move on... But wait... thanks to a clerk with an obvious interest in people and stories we know a bit more about William... 1/

Nothing like having a longstanding #genealogy theory suddenly proven true by a new DNA match… I’ve been waiting for this day for a long, long time…

Nothing like walking by a bar that announced it had its 100th anniversary in 2021…. (Prohibition, of course, lasting from 1920-1933 😂)

Was recently asked to reshare this by someone online, and had shared it a few times recently while working as well- did your American-born female ancestor have to naturalize as a citizen? This is why… caitlinhollander.medium.com/women-from-n... #womenshistory #genealogy #immigration #genealogist

incredible -- the NYT ran fluff "what i hope to see in 2025" blurbs from CEOs and economists, and then this guy www.nytimes.com/2025/01/02/o...

Some rare good news out of Arkansas & a big L for Sarah Huckabee Slanders 👏👏👏

Just me, not-so-patiently waiting for all of the Ancestry DNA tests people will be unwrapping tomorrow to come online so I get new matches

Get a library card even if you're not planning to use it. It impacts their funding.

"Let me take that off your plate" is a strong love language unless cheese is involved, in which case, and let me be clear, get away from my cheese with your awful hate language

True luxury is found in the simplest moments.

We MUST keep vaccines. have you written your Senator to let them know?

He knows where you are sleeping He knows when you'll awake He knows which veins are bad or good Cos he's got a thirst to slake

Saw this on Threads. Giving it a boost, since GG is not here. 2500 records seems small unless it's the one you need. I'll let the experts comment further. #Jewish #Genealogy #Holocaust @jmendelsohn.bsky.social @pymundgenealogy.com @caitlinhollander.bsky.social mailchi.mp/geshergalici...

Word of the day is ‘forswunk’ (13th century): exhausted by work. I like to add ‘foreswunk’, exhausted before you even begin.

5th person to be cured of HIV “Today, researchers announced the Dusseldorf patient still has no detectable virus in his body, even after stopping his HIV medication four years ago.”

Just found some bad luck during #genealogy research. 20 year old kid comes to America in Jan 1921. May 1921 he gets run over by a truck and dies. Awful.

In non genealogy related, absolutely horrifying news, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield has decided to not cover anesthesia for entire procedures in New York, Missouri, and Connecticut. Stop this ride I want to get off. #publichealth #badnews #dystopia #BCBS www.asahq.org/about-asa/ne...

Resharing for the afternoon crew.

I will never, ever get over this.

100 years ago (Dec 3, 1924) Betsy Pennick of Essex, age 106, was looking for a husband like the men she used to meet in the “good old Victorian days” #history #100yearsago #newspaper #historian #genealogist

“Knock knock” “Who’s there?” (b6)

I frequently have an urge to make some sort of a searchable-by-address Google-maps-Esq historical map of NYC to work around issues with streets/blocks that no longer exist due to development. Any thoughts on how I could do this? #genealogy #historian #maps #genealogist #NYChistory

Word of the day is a favourite, from old Scots. To ‘tartle’ is to hesitate while introducing someone because you have completely forgotten their name.

Anyone remember the day I asked UK #genealogy twitter what the difference between a cookie and a biscuit is?

Occasionally, you come across an entry in the census with a note attached, in this case "See schedule". Unfortunately, the schedules were not retained, so we can't know what this note refers to, can we? Well, yes we can ... #Genealogy

Public service announcement that Charles Booth's 'Maps Descriptive of London Poverty, 1898-9' have been uploaded by LSE archive online to be viewed and reproduced freely. 🗃️ unsplash.com/collections/...

This is your reminder to get a library card. They have so many services and basically all of them are free.

Another #HistoricalTidbit for the feed- One way to handle a man saying somewhere is “No place for a woman”! From the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, April 21, 1912. One of the only articles on the page not about the Titanic. #feminist #herstory #womenshistory #historian #history #genealogist

Daily reminder that closing off access to vital records has essentially NO correlation with preventing identity theft.

A lucky escape for the prospective groom, who might otherwise have been learned the hard way that life with his intended was no picnic.

And of course, because I must, the obligatory repost of my #EllisIsland article. No one’s name was changed for them at Ellis Island. Period. It is an urban legend. www.hollander-waas.com/blog/ellis-i... #Genealogist #FamilyHistory #Historian #Genealogy #History