Happy 100th Birthday today to @mlb.com player Bobby Shantz #BobbyShantz The last player from the 1940s, and last Philadelphia @athletics.com player. Also played for @yankees.com @pirates.com @cardinals.com @cubsbot.bsky.social @phillies.com and old Colt 45's

#RootsTech Registration is now open for 2026! Attend this incredible conference on March 5-7, 2026 in Salt Lake City, UT. Register at familysearch.org/en/rootstech/ Attending from home and register for #FREE at familysearch.org/en/rootstech/ #FamilySearch #genealogy #familyhistory

#Ancestry in a legal bid to access Scottish family records from @scotlandspeople.bsky.social #Scotland #Genealogy bbc.com/news/article...

Exciting #Genealogy news! The War of 1812 pension files are for "U" and "V" are now digitized by #fold3 - As you may know these records are #FREE to use. They are now starting on "W" Thank you to all those from #FGS years ago who donated to make this happen.

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How many points do you have? And what is the most wild one you have done. RT

RIP #RobertRedford (1936-2025) the true Hollywood Natural - What was your favorite Robert Redford movie? Mine has long been his portrayal of #RoyHobbs in #TheNatural - RT, Remember and share your favorite

One man’s memory sparks search for US soldiers he saw executed in #WWII www.militarytimes.com/news/your-mi...

Just saying... #Archivist #Genealogy

How old were you on May 25, 1977 when #StarWars Episode IV - A New Hope was in the theatre? And did you see it that year?

Archaeologists find remains of Isaac Newton's mother's 17th-century house | Fox News share.google/6AoH8ZRhzdbz...

Cambridge historian seeks recognition for first English king - BBC News share.google/on2aYHdb7d6y...

Technology reveals the stories erased from ancient manuscripts | Technology | EL PAÍS English #Genealogy share.google/QxJKZlbkGlWk...

Iwo Jima #WWII Marine Reunites With Sherman Tank After 80 Years > #USMC United States Marine Corps Flagship > News Display www.marines.mil/News/News-Di...

What is your earliest memory about attending school? #YourStoryGenealogy

A Batch of Undelivered #WWII Letters Intended for Japanese Soldiers Ended Up in an Oregon Museum Decades Later. Now, Experts Are Returning the Lost Correspondence to Their Families share.google/xDgDAyDfAo9B...

Remains of Maryland Founding Family to be Reburied Along with Rare 17th-Century Lead Coffins #Genealogy www.chesapeakebaymagazine.com/remains-of-m...

Wreck of #WWI German U-Boat Raised From the Wadden Sea share.google/LyzBuGYaZgKQ...

80th Anniversary Commemoration of End of World War II www.c-span.org/program/publ...

She Found a Tattered Logbook in the Trash. It Turned Out to Be a Rare Record From the 1941 Pearl Harbor Attack - #WWII www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s... @smithsonianmag.bsky.social

Mother and baby home archives to become digitised - BBC News share.google/7KlsOU7dNhCT...

#WWII @USNavy veteran, remaining survivor of U.S.S. Yorktown to celebrate 101st birthday in Polk County share.google/EGWK4HM7xXVv...

Ancient #DNA finally solves the mystery of the world’s first pandemic www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...

40 Cities That Had Different Names in Medieval Times - Medievalists.net share.google/Gg17Fu879Ahf...

Join @americanancestors.bsky.social at our FREE open house tomorrow 8/29 in Boston. Learn more with my colleague @shamrockgen.bsky.social !! New Boston exhibit kickstarts journey to uncover family history #Genealogy www.wcvb.com/article/bost...

International Day for Remembrance of Slave Trade: ‘Time to abolish exploitation once and for all’ news.un.org/en/story/202...

The 10 Largest Cities of the Medieval World | TheCollector share.google/N9kJQiwFCHqP...

Find Out How #TaylorSwift and #TravisKelce are Distantly Related from @americanancestors.bsky.social #Genealogy share.google/y0OXMiFQ0OE1...

Historic Airco DH.9 G‑CDLI: The Only Airworthy World War I Bomber for Sale vintageaviationnews.com/warbirds-new... via @WarbirdsNews

Happy Birthday to my friend and colleague Melanie McComb @shamrockgen.bsky.social - May all your birthday wishes come true!

If you could only choose one band or musician's song in a Time Capsule - what song would it be? RT

Nicholas Cullinan, director of the @britishmuseum.bsky.social : ‘We can’t give things away, but there is nothing preventing us from sharing the collection’ english.elpais.com/culture/2025... via @elpaisinenglish

One of my cherished aviation history items - Vernon Lee Burge (1888 – 1971) he was an @usarmy.bsky.social aviation pioneer. He was the 1st American enlisted man to be certified as a military pilot. Burge was commissioned officer during World War I and World War II. @usairforce.bsky.social

#CivilWar veterans to be given official US war graves - BBC News share.google/fhaJpDIXakIo...

#WWII’s last American ace dies at 103 www.militarytimes.com/veterans/mil...

Read the Dramatic 17th-Century Memoirs of Alice Thornton, Who Wrote Four Versions of Her Life Story - www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/r... @smithsonianmag

#WWII vet celebrates 100 years. You might wonder I have been posting so.many this year? My #WWII hero would have been 100 in October this year - my dad. Source: KLTV.com search.app/ksmK2

Treasure hunters stealing from Wales' historical sites - BBC News share.google/eYW5nhhrGURt...

Sad to hear a longtime colleague Stephen White has passed away. An author and leading scholar on #Acadian Families #Genealogy www.frenettefuneralhome.com/obituaries/1...

Do you love a particular local #library? Give them a shout out and help to destroy the myth that libraries are no longer relevant. Please share and add your library to the thread!

Today I adopted this unknown couple. The ancestors of hundreds, perhaps thousands. The #daguerreotype was copied as a carte de viste ca. 1860s. But no name or photographer... Word to the wise PRINT OUT & PUT NAMES on your photos or they may be sold on #ebay someday for $4.00 someday too! #Genealogy

Local 103 year old Massachusetts @usarmy.bsky.social veteran shares #WWII memories at Hudson museum share.google/vbmzeXreC71J...

Do you relate? #70sFlashback

Two #WWII Navajo Code Talkers remain alive. Here’s what they want America to know share.google/LRA1vVEPI5lD...

Grave by grave, a new project in divided Cyprus tries to mend mistrust | AP News share.google/XWO2HMcKF3DL...

New legal protections to preserve #WWI shipwrecks | The Independent share.google/ATxhc0g5ddkj...

Ancient #DNA Studies Find Black Africans in England, in the Early Middle Ages - Archaeology - Haaretz.com share.google/U3SXPOuGp1fp...

Timbuktu’s famed manuscripts return home after 13 years in Mali’s capital | PBS News share.google/8cJcy9SkmfJY...

Hidden for centuries: a medieval library resurfaces in Romania #Genealogy Source: institut-gouvernance.org search.app/tzhr2

114-year-old Michigan woman celebrates birthday with giant Idaho potato - East Idaho News share.google/x1276PvytihW...