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Long-time amateur genealogist; volunteer Archivist in my area of Middle TN, USA (https://www.stewartcountyarchives.org/) I enjoy my local #genealogy discussion group and my area genealogy society (https://mtgs.org/)
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I'm calling them the Gulf of Denali and Mount McMexico. #geography

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The word I've been looking for to describe him is moronster

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Full-Text Search on #FamilySearch led me to a 1791 record in Davidson County, Tennessee, confirming that my ancestor Samuel Feland had been in the "Cumberland Settlement at Nashboughrough" since about 1781 (the year after Nashville was founded).

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

Wow, @npr.org really missed the mark on this one. I was in IT then, and we busted our be-hinds for months to evaluate/rewrite our company's software, and upgrade thousands of PCs, so that the rollover would become a non-event. The intent of all that effort was for there to be "no hype."

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A brief resident in my home county in the mid-1800s was Armstead Fourqurean. It was probably pronounced FER-kwin, but I like how the last court clerk here chose to spell it. #genealogy #Archives

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My friend tested with FtDNA, copied her results to GEDMatch, and matches her cousin (who tested at Ancestry) at 67cM. The friend then tested with Ancestry but only matches that cousin at 13cM. Why such a difference? On paper, they are 2C1R, so the 67cM seems much more realistic than the 13cM.

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I had a chance to see a 1935 'coffin capsule' at my #Archives yesterday, without a clue what it was. We first speculated it was for cremains - until we saw the family record to be kept in the tube, in the casket. The record had been filled in, but the family apparently decided not to bury it.

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

That wasn't a #manifesto, it was a minifesto.

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

Very well stated. At my archives I have been digitizing our not-online-or-even-microfilmed court cases for 10 years, and I have years to go to complete the task. We are all-volunteer, too.

submitted 97 days ago • 1 comment

I found a Tennessee Delayed Birth Certificate that has an extra treat on it - the birthdates of the parents! #genealogy

submitted 100 days ago • 1 comment

My nose itches when I floss my teeth. Is there a #StarterPack with my people in it?

submitted 102 days ago • 1 comment

What's transforming my #genealogy research these days is Full-Text Search on FamilySearch. I'm finding original records I've never found in 45 years of research. Wow.

submitted 110 days ago • 5 comments

Archivists use metal spatulas to carefully manipulate documents. We also use them when it's sweet corn season and we can't wait to get home from the #Archives.

submitted 113 days ago • 2 comments

Favorite find @ my #Archives: "Clarksville, Tenn., July 27, 1894 I hereby promise to pay Thomas J. Slinkard, ten (10) months from date, the sum of one hundred $100.00 dollars at 6% interest, being balance due on a petrified man, with lien retained until this is settled in full and all claim is paid"

submitted 113 days ago • 0 comments

I'm a long-time amateur genealogist with deep roots in the Southern US. I retired from a nice career in IT, but now I read microfilmed county records for fun, and visit the occasional cemetery. "We're talkin' about a Phi Beta Kappa from Vanderbilt who still knows why Hee-Haw is funny."

submitted 115 days ago • 1 comment

While processing a personal collection at my local #Archives, I found this November 1899 photo from California Street, San Francisco, depicting a parade honoring the 1st Regiment, Tennessee National Guard, for their service in the Philippines. #genealogy #California

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