@yhoitink.bsky.social — saw Ursula’s message re. your Facebook, what a joke! 😕

Registered a child’s death who had died in a Dublin mother and baby home that had over three thousand dead almost 87 years after she died. Will forever be glad that she now has a death record. #MotherAndBabyHomes #Genealogy

Let's all just brag and celebrate each other for a moment: what's the genealogy-related or research win you had this year? Positive vibes only! #genealogy #FamilyHistory

With the release of the 1926 Census now only 108 days away, the wait is going to be absolutely insufferable until then… 😩 But when it does release, I’m writing off my sleep schedule. 🤣

Excited to be discussing the 1926 census for #Legacy next year. familytreewebinars.com?p=58215

In today’s new episode, guest Kathy ( @kathyw.bsky.social ) explains how she ended up researching for adoptees and those who put children up for adoption. familyhistoriespodcast.com/2025/12/09/s... #genealogy #adoption #ancestry #FamilyHistory #AncestryHour

I’m Martin, a Norwegian genealogist and blogger. At “Norwegian Genealogy and Then Some” I write about parish records, bygdebøker, emigrant stories and Norwegian everyday life. Visit: martinroe.com/blog #NorwegianGenealogy #Genealogy #NorwegianHeritage

A hearty thank you to @adultadoptee.bsky.social for letting me speak to their members about the work we do at @projectinfant.ie in trying to restore the names of those who died in mother and baby homes, industrial schools & Magdalene Laundries around Ireland… watch here! ⬇️ youtu.be/eJJ9TjeauJU?...

A hearty thank you to @adultadoptee.bsky.social for letting me speak to their members about the work we do at @projectinfant.ie in trying to restore the names of those who died in mother and baby homes, industrial schools & Magdalene Laundries around Ireland… watch here! ⬇️ youtu.be/eJJ9TjeauJU?...

🧵1/4 The hardest part of recording these #podcasts was the aftermath. I’ve been very open about my experience of #CSA here but I rarely talk about my experience of #DomesticAbuse Part One — open.spotify.com/episode/2A6f... Part Two — open.spotify.com/episode/3T6i...

If you have some time, please do listen to the two parts of Breda’s story. Breda speaks so eloquently, openly & passionately that I can only hope that this will be heard by many people. Trigger warning for both episodes, but it’s compelling accounts like this that make change.

Almost a third of the population of Ireland have experienced #ChildSexualAbuse yet our healthcare system has no Mandatory Trauma Informed Treatment Model Podcast Part 2 explains why an uneducated system is unacceptable @hselive.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/3T6i...

So, went on to the Irish Newspaper Archive website, forgetting the site revamp has gone live and oh, my GOD it's a massive improvement. Way more smooth when trying to view pages with more than 10 results to them. [and the infinite loading screens] - still getting used to the search, but good so far!

In March this year, my niece Caitlin-Rose passed away after she was knocked down after getting off her school bus. Her mummy wants to help other children who need the help of emergency care in Caitlin-Rose’s memory.

For the last day of Transgender Awareness Week, I want to share my 3+ year project Transgender Ancestors, a guide for genealogists on Wikitree (@wikitree.bsky.social). It links ~50 profiles of everyday trans people born before 1930, these trans life stories reconstructed from vital & census records.

Trigger warning ‼️ This is Part 1 of a podcast I did. This is my life story #Adoptee #CSA #DomesticAbuse open.spotify.com/episode/2A6f...

Well, isn't that just dandy. I've just been informed that I have been suspended from using #FamilySearch. No reason given. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

The number of times I know what I want to do but can't think of the term for it. 🙄 Question. When you see on websites, you have like a path? Like: [photo] - what are these called and is this a plugin possible for WordPress? 😅

Library (archives, research) folk, could you give me your best one liners about Why Cataloguing Matters, please? Because sometimes 'Without cataloguing no-one can find or use the stuff' just isn't enough, although it clearly should be. Thank you very. #GLAM #archives #rarebooks #metadata 📚

I’m at the point of the week where I’m just saying “What do you mean it’s only Thursday?” 😟🙂‍↔️🫠

🧵1/4 I’ve mulled over whether to clarify a situation for almost a month now. An advocate for #Bessboro intentionally ‘outed’ my identity on a private FB group, they vindictively mentioned a Campaign that my twitter profile was attached to.

4/4 They caused untold personal harm to me. To breach someone’s trust & ‘out’ their identity is unforgivable. #DoNoHarm applies to peoples privacy.

3/4 I had previously told this person to not add my name to any Group correspondence in relation to advocacy. I received no personal message from this person since this time last year. I had huge misgivings about their lack of commitment to the advocacy of #Bessboro

2/4 They ‘outed’ my identity to over 750 people. They blatantly lied , with scurrilous claims that I was in constant contact with them, had acted without their approval & used the Groups name when advocating with public representatives.

I’d be interested to find the return for EVERY institution out there to see exactly how many were there. For instance, 729 students for Artane Industrial School in 1901, going up to 807 in 1911. I imagine it would be quite a large figure when we do get to finally have a look…

Bought my first digital record image on the UK GRO, hadn't realised it would be there instantly! 😅 (Had noticed there were wait times for records but didn't realise it doesn't apply to images... 🤦🏻‍♂️) Got lucky with the image quality (which I'm grateful for as I know others have had issues with it!)

There is a consultation in progress by Nuala McAllister, MLA — to put a Burial Protection Bill in place to stop the graves of thousands of stillborn children & children from institutions from being repurposed or resold / developed. Share your thoughts: formurl.com/to/burial_pr...

New Podcast! 🔔 In this episode of Best Websites, we sit down with @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie to discuss using Find a Grave ethically. Listen here or wherever you find your podcasts: 🔗 familytreemagazine.com/podcasts/usi... #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #CemeteryResearch #FindAGrave

@danielloftus.projectinfant.ie mentioned this to me this week! Be sure to check out this book!

Do give this a read! I read the book & thought it gave so much food for thought for ensuring your #genealogy work lives on… Get your copy below. ⬇️

www.ancestry.co.uk/c/dna/offer?... AncestryDNA kits on Ancestry UK are £39! #Genealogy

#GenHour ICYMI Looking forward to this article by @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie I suspect we'll agree on so many details of what to do and what NOT to do.

Hot of the press! In this new article by @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie, explore the do's and don'ts for using Find a Grave: 🔗 bit.ly/46VRMBG #genealogy #familyhistory #findagrave

Thank you to @familytreemag.bsky.social for publishing this! You can read my piece below. ⬇️ #Genealogy

I have a lot to say, but can't put it all into one post, so hopefully the image below will express it better than 280 characters could ever. It's a big change for @projectinfant.ie but one that needed to be done. Thank you all who support our work. 🩷🩵🤍 🔗: projectinfant.ie/forster

I have a lot to say, but can't put it all into one post, so hopefully the image below will express it better than 280 characters could ever. It's a big change for @projectinfant.ie but one that needed to be done. Thank you all who support our work. 🩷🩵🤍 🔗: projectinfant.ie/forster

It appears @findmypast.bsky.social is down - I'm getting both 'down for maintenance' and 'invalid SSL certificate' messages. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory

Just when I sit down to work on some Project Infant research, Irish Genealogy goes to hell. 😖🥴 [And this is happening to me on eeeeeevery record I try to look at.]

It reminds me of this post that @genealogybaby.bsky.social had made. 🤭 #genealogy

Just when I sit down to work on some Project Infant research, Irish Genealogy goes to hell. 😖🥴 [And this is happening to me on eeeeeevery record I try to look at.]

🩷🤍🩵 #ProjectInfant

Whenever this happens, it's a good sign... #MotherandBabyHomes #ProjectInfant #NewAdditions

Great day yesterday at the Secrets and Lies conference, lots of lovely comments after my talk on tracing female ancestors, thank you to all who came along. Also enjoyed flying the @afewforgottenwomen.bsky.social flag with @janetfew.bsky.social and @helenshields.bsky.social More of the same today

The Good Shepherd Sisters have announced there’s work underway to update the gravesites of the High Park & Sean McDermott Street Laundries. There’s 327 names due to be added. 3 newly-discovered graves belonging to the congregation have also been found. goodshepherdsisters.ie/news-events/...

The Good Shepherd Sisters have announced there’s work underway to update the gravesites of the High Park & Sean McDermott Street Laundries. There’s 327 names due to be added. 3 newly-discovered graves belonging to the congregation have also been found. goodshepherdsisters.ie/news-events/...

Good to see this is now in production... #MotherAndBabyHomes www.rte.ie/entertainmen...

And, I guarantee you - it is going to be worse than this - if Ireland's mother and baby homes are anything to go off of. www.itv.com/news/2025-08... #MotherAndBabyHomes

Our grandson did a double-take as we drove by this sign. “Skeleton Cemetery?!” 👀 🩻 #genealogy