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🧵1/3 In the mid 90’s I was living in England. I became pregnant & I wanted to move back home to Ireland. I phoned my parents, my mothers reaction - “If you darken our door we will send you to #Bessboro. We did everything to rid you of your engrained genes, you’ve brought shame on us,

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The path to the graveyard at #Bessboro this morning but no one can tell you where the children are buried. #MotherAndBabyHomes

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Alright genies, I really need help finding Robert J. Lynch. He was a Pvt. in the US Army during WW2 and DOW. His service number was 36263735 and he was from Polk, WI. It's a really common name, so I've had trouble finding more than a few sources on Fold3. #genealogy #WW2

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Huge THANK YOU to whoever it was that just pressed play on an episode of our show - you tipped us over another big download number! Thanks for all the ears ❤️ #podcasting

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One of my amazing cousins… ⬇️ #SpéirGorm #SpeirGorm

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One of my amazing cousins… ⬇️ #SpéirGorm #SpeirGorm

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Today’s office view… 📚📝

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ICYMI - Can you help Daniel Loftus ( @danielloftus.projectinfant.ie ) find a missing couple from Co. Mayo after 1911? #genealogy #IrishHistory #ancestry #FamilyHistory familyhistoriespodcast.com/2024/12/17/s...

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Hey, #Genealogy community, assuming I am competent enough to have done this right. (😅) with #RootsTech2025 not too long away, any post relating to RootsTech [which will pick up various hashtags], that'll be the one-stop feed to pin to keep up with it all! bsky.app/profile/dani... Please RT!

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A man with a conscience John Furlong helped #Bessboro girls escape. RIP John 💐 www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

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4 years ago the Govt in the High Court acknowledged that 8 women who gave evidence to the #MotherAndBabyHome Commission of Investigation had been treated unlawfully. There were parts of the Report that didn’t represent the lived experiences&other parts had been incorrectly 1/6

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Looking at @projectinfant.ie's site stats, and trying to understand how best people are finding my site. But strangely enough, I'm seeing traffic coming from Google Classroom? How'd I end up there? 😅

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RootsTech🔗 is is nearly here, with lots to interest #OnePlaceStudy researchers including talks on finding/analysing different record types from countries around the world; how to plan, conduct, record and present research; and of course #genealogy websites and tech! Which talks will YOU be watching?

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#Genealogy And all you have to do to pin it is clicking on this link: bsky.app/profile/dani... and press the pin button (and ❤️ it too!) If the post contains (and you only need one of these things for it to appear), it’ll be in the feed: #RootsTech #NotAtRootsTech #RootsTech2025 #RootsTech25

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Some wood carvings at Malahide Castle Dublin

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#GenHour There is no evidence that immigration officials changed the names of arriving immigrants at Ellis Island. This is an urban legend which started in the 1970s around the time of the movie The Godfather. Let's unpack this a little. 🧵

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#Genealogy And all you have to do to pin it is clicking on this link: bsky.app/profile/dani... and press the pin button (and ❤️ it too!) If the post contains (and you only need one of these things for it to appear), it’ll be in the feed: #RootsTech #NotAtRootsTech #RootsTech2025 #RootsTech25

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Hey, #Genealogy community, assuming I am competent enough to have done this right. (😅) with #RootsTech2025 not too long away, any post relating to RootsTech [which will pick up various hashtags], that'll be the one-stop feed to pin to keep up with it all! bsky.app/profile/dani... Please RT!

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And the initial 12.15 restore time has been shoved back to 16.15, so we’re off to a fantastic start.

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In the space of a minute we had heavy hail, very loud thunderstorm and a flash of lightning which has knocked out our power… 😐🫠 Now, it’s completely calmed down as if it never did anything. 😑 #SpéirGorm #SpeirGorm

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Trying to see something. Laptop users! How long do you get out of a charge? What make is it? What kind of activity do you do on it? [i.e. browsing the internet, Microsoft Office etc.]

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Found out that my laptop has a smaller battery capacity than my phone. (iPhone 11 Pro Max) How the heck? I thought it would’ve had a bigger capacity than my phone. 😐

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Trying to see something. Laptop users! How long do you get out of a charge? What make is it? What kind of activity do you do on it? [i.e. browsing the internet, Microsoft Office etc.]

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For example, this is how I'll do new blog post releases now: My latest post 'Juggling Act' is out now. Read it on: Substack: danielloftus.substack.com/p/juggling-act My Blog Archive [WordPress]: danielmloftus.wordpress.com/2025/02/18/j... #Genealogy

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Feeling very lucky that I’ve got 400 people following my blog: Dan’s ThinkTank (danielloftus.substack.com) — thank you to all those who have subscribed and follow on with my ramblings & research. ❤️ As a small blogger, this is huge for me. 🥰 (HOWEVER, what I’m also going to do is… #Genealogy

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Sent off a message to a close enough #DNA match of my Mum’s. I’m excited to see where this might lead! 🤩 (plus, this match is super active on Ancestry so, I’m staying hopeful!) #Genealogy

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Update your #Bluesky apps, people! 🙂 Some good things in this update.

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OFFICIAL RELEASE DAY for "The Quest for Annie Moore of Ellis Island"! 😊🗽 (only took 22 years 😏) All shares appreciated!

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