Sean Vanderfluit
@deckofancestors.bsky.social
I've been doing #genealogy since I was eight. I created this account along with "A Deck of Ancestors" blog, for participating in Amy Johnson Crow's #52Ancestors Challenge. (I'm also @vanderfluit.bsky.social)
Canada - https://deckofancestors.wordpress.com/
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I started the #52Ancestors Challenge in January 2022 over at the dead bird site, so Week 1 of my first year of participating isn't here. So I thought I should re-share the genesis of this account and provide a bit of a reintroduction. #genealogy
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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!
November 20, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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!
Happy Saturday - time for this week's crème de la crème via @genealogyalacarte.bsky.social #genealogy #FamilyHistory
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genealogyalacarte.ca?p=46617
This week's crème de la crème - November 29, 2025 - Genealogy à la carte
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsHow to decipher the secret codes to quickly find microfilmed vital records for B.C. by Linda Yip on Past Presence. The Loyalist Gazette by Brian Mc...
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November 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Happy Saturday - time for this week's crème de la crème via @genealogyalacarte.bsky.social #genealogy #FamilyHistory
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genealogyalacarte.ca?p=46617
I spent most of the year months behind in the #52Ancestors Challenge 2025, but suddenly seem to have gotten ahead of myself! So while it's not yet Week 49, I'm going to post about my Gx3 Grandfather, Jacob Anton, anyway. 😋 #genealogy #FamilyHistory
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November 30, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I spent most of the year months behind in the #52Ancestors Challenge 2025, but suddenly seem to have gotten ahead of myself! So while it's not yet Week 49, I'm going to post about my Gx3 Grandfather, Jacob Anton, anyway. 😋 #genealogy #FamilyHistory
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/5...
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/30/5...
More trying to "level up" my research as part of the #52Ancestors Challenge, this time with my Great x3 Grandmother, Margaretha Bechler. Not only is there much I don't know, some of what I did know was likely wrong. #genealogy #FamilyHistory
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November 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
More trying to "level up" my research as part of the #52Ancestors Challenge, this time with my Great x3 Grandmother, Margaretha Bechler. Not only is there much I don't know, some of what I did know was likely wrong. #genealogy #FamilyHistory
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/5...
deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/5...
The DNA cousin reveal is always my favourite part of Finding Your Roots. If the episode doesn't have one, I get grumpy. 😁 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
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The Most Shocking Celebrity Cousin Matches EVER on Finding Your Roots | Ancestry®
YouTube video by Ancestry
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November 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
The DNA cousin reveal is always my favourite part of Finding Your Roots. If the episode doesn't have one, I get grumpy. 😁 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
youtu.be/0Z-09Q5iBGU?...
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"In the solitude of a book, we find ourselves a little more willing to be vulnerable to having our mindset challenged." - Nick Raines
The main difference between people who want to ban books and me:
They would feel threatened by that quote.
I feel *energized* by it.
The main difference between people who want to ban books and me:
They would feel threatened by that quote.
I feel *energized* by it.
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 AM
"In the solitude of a book, we find ourselves a little more willing to be vulnerable to having our mindset challenged." - Nick Raines
The main difference between people who want to ban books and me:
They would feel threatened by that quote.
I feel *energized* by it.
The main difference between people who want to ban books and me:
They would feel threatened by that quote.
I feel *energized* by it.
Oh, right, I forgot what day it is today. It's Thursday. Happy Thursday, everyone!
a man stands next to a woman wearing a turkey head and sunglasses
ALT: a man stands next to a woman wearing a turkey head and sunglasses
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November 28, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Oh, right, I forgot what day it is today. It's Thursday. Happy Thursday, everyone!
Fewer kids makes it easier to identify the heir apparent. #genealogy #pun
November 25, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Fewer kids makes it easier to identify the heir apparent. #genealogy #pun
While I'm ostensibly doing @amyjohnsoncrow.bsky.social's #52Ancestors Challenge, this year it turned into @yhoitink.bsky.social's #LevelUp Challenge. For example, my Gx3 Grandfather, Valentine Schmidt, went from 1+ to a 2-. 🤣 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
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deckofancestors.wordpress.com/2025/11/23/5...
November 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
While I'm ostensibly doing @amyjohnsoncrow.bsky.social's #52Ancestors Challenge, this year it turned into @yhoitink.bsky.social's #LevelUp Challenge. For example, my Gx3 Grandfather, Valentine Schmidt, went from 1+ to a 2-. 🤣 #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
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Offering my hearty congratulations to my friend, colleague and author Melanie E. McComb @shamrockgen.bsky.social of @americanancestors.bsky.social on her contribution to the scholarship with her chapter in the Genealogica & Heraldica XXXVI just published.
November 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Offering my hearty congratulations to my friend, colleague and author Melanie E. McComb @shamrockgen.bsky.social of @americanancestors.bsky.social on her contribution to the scholarship with her chapter in the Genealogica & Heraldica XXXVI just published.
Seems to be a quiet week this week but there are still some real gems here! #genealogy #FamilyHistory via @genealogyalacarte.bsky.social
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genealogyalacarte.ca?p=46586
This week's crème de la crème - November 22, 2025 - Genealogy à la carte
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsTop tips for researching Ukrainian and Russian immigrants on Canada’s free national archives portal by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian...
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November 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Seems to be a quiet week this week but there are still some real gems here! #genealogy #FamilyHistory via @genealogyalacarte.bsky.social
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genealogyalacarte.ca?p=46586
I've renewed mine - and our son's!
It's time to renew your #BCGS membership for 2026! (And if you're not a member, what a great time to join!) #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
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www.bcgs.ca/memberships-...
November 15, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I've renewed mine - and our son's!
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SUPPORT YOUR LIBRARY
November 15, 2025 at 8:23 PM
SUPPORT YOUR LIBRARY
For some reason, yesterday is sure didn't feel like Friday to me. But it sure feels like Saturday today, thanks to the weekly crème de la crème! @genealogyalacarte.bsky.social #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
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genealogyalacarte.ca?p=46562
This week's crème de la crème - November 15, 2025 - Genealogy à la carte
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsResearching Military History in the Canadiana Collections by Francesca Brzezicki on Canadian Research Knowledge Network. Richmond’s Early Chinese C...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
For some reason, yesterday is sure didn't feel like Friday to me. But it sure feels like Saturday today, thanks to the weekly crème de la crème! @genealogyalacarte.bsky.social #Genealogy #FamilyHistory
genealogyalacarte.ca?p=46562
genealogyalacarte.ca?p=46562
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Cards Against Humanity made a rather large donation to support libraries 📚
That is so punk rock
That is so punk rock
ALA Explains the Donation: Creative Fundraising Effort Benefiting the American Library Association Supports Efforts to Address Censorship and Protect the Right to Read
Longtime supporter of libraries, Cards Against Humanity (CAH), organized a creative way to support the American Library Association.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Cards Against Humanity made a rather large donation to support libraries 📚
That is so punk rock
That is so punk rock
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FREE Heritage History Hour – 160th Battalion Case Study 🇨🇦
Historian Kent Kraemer shares discoveries from his research on the 160th Bruce Battalion and its soldiers’ lives.
📅 Thu Nov 13 2025 · 7 PM PT (Zoom)
🎥 Recording 30 days.
Register: bit.ly/4nLV7ID
#Genealogy #History #VGS #VictoriaBC
Historian Kent Kraemer shares discoveries from his research on the 160th Bruce Battalion and its soldiers’ lives.
📅 Thu Nov 13 2025 · 7 PM PT (Zoom)
🎥 Recording 30 days.
Register: bit.ly/4nLV7ID
#Genealogy #History #VGS #VictoriaBC
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
FREE Heritage History Hour – 160th Battalion Case Study 🇨🇦
Historian Kent Kraemer shares discoveries from his research on the 160th Bruce Battalion and its soldiers’ lives.
📅 Thu Nov 13 2025 · 7 PM PT (Zoom)
🎥 Recording 30 days.
Register: bit.ly/4nLV7ID
#Genealogy #History #VGS #VictoriaBC
Historian Kent Kraemer shares discoveries from his research on the 160th Bruce Battalion and its soldiers’ lives.
📅 Thu Nov 13 2025 · 7 PM PT (Zoom)
🎥 Recording 30 days.
Register: bit.ly/4nLV7ID
#Genealogy #History #VGS #VictoriaBC
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
I just noticed that my blog (A Deck of Ancestors - deckofancestors.wordpress.com) has been featured the main page of the BCGS website! Thanks, @bcgs.bsky.social, I will enjoy my fleeting moment of fame as long as this is up. 😁 www.bcgs.ca #genealogy #FamilyHistory
November 13, 2025 at 3:44 AM
I just noticed that my blog (A Deck of Ancestors - deckofancestors.wordpress.com) has been featured the main page of the BCGS website! Thanks, @bcgs.bsky.social, I will enjoy my fleeting moment of fame as long as this is up. 😁 www.bcgs.ca #genealogy #FamilyHistory
The @bcgs.bsky.social participates in The Holten Project, writing biographies of Canadian soldiers with BC as their home province who are buried at the Holten Canadian War Cemetery in The Netherlands. Here's a recent contribution by my son and me. Private Willard Ellison, RIP. #RemembranceDay
November 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
The @bcgs.bsky.social participates in The Holten Project, writing biographies of Canadian soldiers with BC as their home province who are buried at the Holten Canadian War Cemetery in The Netherlands. Here's a recent contribution by my son and me. Private Willard Ellison, RIP. #RemembranceDay
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It's now been 80 years since the liberation of the Netherlands, but this @globalnews.ca documentary remains as poignant as ever.
(Reminder - our next #BCGS monthly meeting is about Canada and the Netherlands) #genealogy #FamilyHistory #LestWeForget
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(Reminder - our next #BCGS monthly meeting is about Canada and the Netherlands) #genealogy #FamilyHistory #LestWeForget
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75 Years Later: The Sounds of Freedom
YouTube video by Global News
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November 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
It's now been 80 years since the liberation of the Netherlands, but this @globalnews.ca documentary remains as poignant as ever.
(Reminder - our next #BCGS monthly meeting is about Canada and the Netherlands) #genealogy #FamilyHistory #LestWeForget
youtu.be/WYyvyDrdD64?...
(Reminder - our next #BCGS monthly meeting is about Canada and the Netherlands) #genealogy #FamilyHistory #LestWeForget
youtu.be/WYyvyDrdD64?...
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Not all veterans are honored equally. Let's take time today to honor those most often overlooked. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory www.legalgenealogist.com/2025/11/11/v...
Veteran’s Day 2025
Honoring the forgotten veteran So many of The Legal Genealogist's family members are being honored today in the United States. Today. November 11. Veterans Day. First proclaimed in November 1919 by President Wilson,[1. “Veterans Day,” WWPL Blog, posted 22 March 2019, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum (https://www.woodrowwilson.org/blog/ : accessed 11 Nov 2025).] Armistice Day [...]
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November 11, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Not all veterans are honored equally. Let's take time today to honor those most often overlooked. #Genealogy #FamilyHistory www.legalgenealogist.com/2025/11/11/v...
Kudos to @globalnews.ca in Vancouver, which for many years has provided exemplary coverage of the Remembrance Day ceremonies at Victory Square. Thank you.
a field of red poppies with the words `` lest we forget '' written in the background .
ALT: a field of red poppies with the words `` lest we forget '' written in the background .
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November 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Kudos to @globalnews.ca in Vancouver, which for many years has provided exemplary coverage of the Remembrance Day ceremonies at Victory Square. Thank you.
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Did you miss Linda Yip's "Getting started in Chinese genealogy: Chinese surnames for beginners"? Watch before Dec 7!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQaf...
#WikiTreeSymposium2025
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#WikiTreeSymposium2025
#WikiTreeSymposium2025 feat Linda Yip
Getting started in Chinese genealogy: Chinese surnames for beginners
Linda Yip
Handout:
Summary: Do you struggle to get started in Chinese Canadian genealogy? Are you baffled by the information on…
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November 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Did you miss Linda Yip's "Getting started in Chinese genealogy: Chinese surnames for beginners"? Watch before Dec 7!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQaf...
#WikiTreeSymposium2025
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQaf...
#WikiTreeSymposium2025
I agree with the sentiment, but they just gotta be done.
When I get around to it. 🤣
#genealogy #FamilyHistory
When I get around to it. 🤣
#genealogy #FamilyHistory
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I agree with the sentiment, but they just gotta be done.
When I get around to it. 🤣
#genealogy #FamilyHistory
When I get around to it. 🤣
#genealogy #FamilyHistory
So many #genealogy gems!! #FamilyHistory via @genealogyalacarte.bsky.social
genealogyalacarte.ca?p=46493
genealogyalacarte.ca?p=46493
This week's crème de la crème - November 8, 2025 - Genealogy à la carte
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsTheGenealogist releases 1 million First World War casualty record by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES. Expanded Links on FamilySearch.org by James Tan...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:05 AM
So many #genealogy gems!! #FamilyHistory via @genealogyalacarte.bsky.social
genealogyalacarte.ca?p=46493
genealogyalacarte.ca?p=46493