#genealogy

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings 1 ) I made my first #Genealogy blog post in 3 years. Turns out is was my 200th. Gonna try and keep going because I need to get back to writing. https://familyhistorynuggets.blogspot.com 2) Watched Lemmon and Matthau in "The Fortune Cookie" for the first time. Can't go wrong with Wilder and Diamond writing. 3) Went shopping for birthday gifts for my twins. They turned 41 a week ago. Meeting them for breakfast tomorrow.

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings 1 Had a nice long nap 2 Finished another Sherlock Holmes Bookstore mystery novel 3 Downloaded 2 more pages of my Dutch 2xggf's military records #Genealogy

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings 1 Got some more details from someone in the Dutch #Genealogy Facebook group on my Dutch 2xggf's military service record 2 Cleaned the bathroom finally so that's no longer hanging over my head 3 Went to Trader Joe's and got some mint chocolate chip ice cream, which I am enjoying at this very moment

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings 1 #Genealogy Found a surprise Dutch military record for 2xggf. Who knew? I can figure out the printed parts on the pre-printed form but I'm gonna need help deciphering the handwriting in Dutch 2 Added a pair of Dutch 4xggp's to #WikiTree 3 Worked on getting a refund on tickets for an event we can't attend

On which #PeerTube instance would one post #genealogy content? #Fedihelp #Fediverse

Recommendations for some open source #genealogy software?

I've started using mind maps for tracking the progress of my various client cases. I've been using a spread sheet to keep track of where I am with them, but it doesn't quite work as an overview. I tend to think in hierarchical formats anyway, so I think this might be helpful. #genealogy #geneadons #productivity #organisation

2/2 I think I'm going to export my family tree and just use GRAMPS (which I had already started doing as a backup), then start logging into actual heritage sites, like Scottish People, to do the heavy lifting. Yes, slower work, but no slop. #Genealogy #AiSlop #ScottishPeople #GRAMPS

1/2 Genealogy is getting worse, in my opinion. Ancestry and MyHeritage use AI to push so many incorrect family links, that in my mind, it has to be creating a feedback loop a bad data from all the people adding incorrect links. These companies just don't care about accuracy as much as letting us replicants create a made-up past. And the data is less and less based on actual documents. Links to Scottish People site is generic at best. #Genealogy #AiSlop

I was talking with a doctor last week about my early fascination with #genetics (due to a documentary I saw decades ago about the search for the genetic basis of Huntington's). I said that if I had been scientifically minded, I would probably have pursued a career in genetics. The doctor said it could be argued that, by becoming a #genealogist, in a sense I did exactly that. Hadn't thought of it that way. I just ended up studying how genes are passed down rather than how they go wrong. #genealogy #geneadons #dna

Story time (and probably over sharing): I am super English. Like, all of the DNA tests (Ancestry, 23andMe, etc) basically say "You're English AF." Since then, I have been able to trace family history back to maybe the 9th Century Viking invasions from basically Denmark (Ubba's Great Heathen Army). My ancestors basically immigrated in the 17th century for religious freedom to Virginia. 23andMe likes to tell me they were Central Appalachian Mountains Colonial Americans. Before learning all of that, because of not knowing my father's side of the family and having a French surname, we always thought I was pretty French. So, in high school and into college, I was a bit of a Francophile. Probably just not understanding where I came from, plus a love of history. I took French in college. I learned a ton, but never became fluent. I can read and understand a lot of it, but I'm shit at writing it. There's never been a need for it in my life, so any use felt forced. It isn't useless, just hasn't been useful to me. Lately, I have been thinking German might've been the smarter route. So many people I interact with are German. A lot of my favorite artists are German (I listen to a lot of Acid Techno and Power Metal). Watching Easy German videos now. Not sure if I will commit but thinking about it. Lets just say I really appreciate my Deutsch friends. #LanguageLearning #German #DeutschLernen #Genealogy

Storm & Sovereignty Season Two Episode One – Tdr Now & The Heritage Hunters Podcast is NOW AVAILABLE #timelines #genealogy #geneadons #dna #ancestry #nativeamerican #history #nickens #caulder #revolution #podcast #blog https://tdrnow.family.blog/2026/06/30/storm-sovereignty-season-two-episode-one/

#3GoodThings #ThreeGoodThings 1 #Genealogy Found another source for the parents of my Canadian-born ggf: license for his 2nd marriage 2 Figured out a way around a disconnect between Sheets and Excel so I don't lose a ton of data I had entered and saved 3 Went to my 12-step meeting and talked about Awareness. Acceptance, Appropriate Action

PapersPast has a fresh addition of several smaller provincial newspapers in June. These include publications such as the Hawera Star (1936-1950), Hutt News (1949-1960), and the Matamata County Mail (1953-1965), but there are a number of others as well. Happy researching! #genealogy #PapersPast https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz

#Introduction that I'm never happy with (really, you don't know how many times I've edited this): I joined Mastodon during the Second Great Twitter Migration of 2022, if that's what we're calling it. #fedi22 I'm a neurodivergent (AuDHD / GAD / cPTSD), agender, aroace (ok, that's enough labels), 40s year old from #Ottawa, #Canada. 🇨🇦 Interests include: #scifi (including #StarTrek & #DoctorWho), #Linux, #history, #genealogy, #politics, #travel (when I can afford to), let's just say way too many special interests. You may know me from: @alexicon@tech.lgbt (Oct 2022-Sept 2023)@alex@ottawa.place (was my backup)@alex@​firefish.lgbt (RIP) (Aug 2023)@alex@​xim.ca (Sept 2023-May 2024)@alex@kitty.social (May 2024-Oct 2024)@alex@anarres.family (Oct 2024-Aug 2025) (Please don't reply to the introduction post. Mentions or DMs are OK.)