Graveyard Snoop
@graveyardsnoop.bsky.social
Deep-dive research into the people under the headstones. Interested in hidden & obscured histories. #genealogyforall #inclusivegenealogy 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
The Ancestry ads are running, the price is low, and again people are buying #DNA kits as #Christmas gifts. Just this week on Reddit, there was a guy planning to surprise his wife with a DNA kit. 😣
Before you make grandma spit in a tube so you can send it off to #Ancestry, some things to consider: 🧵
Before you make grandma spit in a tube so you can send it off to #Ancestry, some things to consider: 🧵
December 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The Ancestry ads are running, the price is low, and again people are buying #DNA kits as #Christmas gifts. Just this week on Reddit, there was a guy planning to surprise his wife with a DNA kit. 😣
Before you make grandma spit in a tube so you can send it off to #Ancestry, some things to consider: 🧵
Before you make grandma spit in a tube so you can send it off to #Ancestry, some things to consider: 🧵
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We are now up to 98,000 (!) names recovered from the lost censuses of Ireland.
We have found people from every county - and the detective work continues… 👀📜🔎
Search for your family between 1766 and 1891 on our Population Portal
www.virtualtreasury.ie/portals/popu...
Spread the word ! 😀📢
We have found people from every county - and the detective work continues… 👀📜🔎
Search for your family between 1766 and 1891 on our Population Portal
www.virtualtreasury.ie/portals/popu...
Spread the word ! 😀📢
December 4, 2025 at 10:05 AM
We are now up to 98,000 (!) names recovered from the lost censuses of Ireland.
We have found people from every county - and the detective work continues… 👀📜🔎
Search for your family between 1766 and 1891 on our Population Portal
www.virtualtreasury.ie/portals/popu...
Spread the word ! 😀📢
We have found people from every county - and the detective work continues… 👀📜🔎
Search for your family between 1766 and 1891 on our Population Portal
www.virtualtreasury.ie/portals/popu...
Spread the word ! 😀📢
New documentary idea/story prompt. I want to learn more about THIS funeral, because that is one hell of a pallbearer lineup.
How is this whole scenario not already a movie or play or something?
The Memphis Press-Scimitar; Sat, Jan 01, 1955 #blues
How is this whole scenario not already a movie or play or something?
The Memphis Press-Scimitar; Sat, Jan 01, 1955 #blues
December 4, 2025 at 12:28 PM
New documentary idea/story prompt. I want to learn more about THIS funeral, because that is one hell of a pallbearer lineup.
How is this whole scenario not already a movie or play or something?
The Memphis Press-Scimitar; Sat, Jan 01, 1955 #blues
How is this whole scenario not already a movie or play or something?
The Memphis Press-Scimitar; Sat, Jan 01, 1955 #blues
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In the CofE the Sunday before Advent is known as Stir-up Sunday because of the collect:
Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
November 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
In the CofE the Sunday before Advent is known as Stir-up Sunday because of the collect:
Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Stir up, we beseech thee, O Lord, the wills of thy faithful people; that they, plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works, may of thee be plenteously rewarded; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Researchers have analyzed the genome of a man in Egypt who lived around 2855 B.C., the earliest days of ancient Egyptian dynasties. His ancestry may settle some key disputes in archaeology …
archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2025/digs-discoveries/the-egyptian-sequence/
archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2025/digs-discoveries/the-egyptian-sequence/
November 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Researchers have analyzed the genome of a man in Egypt who lived around 2855 B.C., the earliest days of ancient Egyptian dynasties. His ancestry may settle some key disputes in archaeology …
archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2025/digs-discoveries/the-egyptian-sequence/
archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2025/digs-discoveries/the-egyptian-sequence/
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What is the 25th amendment for if not this??? 🤬
The President of the United States just called for Democratic members of Congress to be executed. "HANG THEM", he posted.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
If you're a person of influence in this country and you haven't picked a side, maybe now would be the time to pick a fucking side.
November 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM
What is the 25th amendment for if not this??? 🤬
The onslaught of cheery Ancestry com ads is coming. Stuff those ads leave out, both seen today:
How to mentally process a census record that shows a 35-yr-old grandmother of a 3-yr-old; or an "out of wedlock birth" where the parents aren't married... but they do share the same surname. #genealogy
How to mentally process a census record that shows a 35-yr-old grandmother of a 3-yr-old; or an "out of wedlock birth" where the parents aren't married... but they do share the same surname. #genealogy
November 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The onslaught of cheery Ancestry com ads is coming. Stuff those ads leave out, both seen today:
How to mentally process a census record that shows a 35-yr-old grandmother of a 3-yr-old; or an "out of wedlock birth" where the parents aren't married... but they do share the same surname. #genealogy
How to mentally process a census record that shows a 35-yr-old grandmother of a 3-yr-old; or an "out of wedlock birth" where the parents aren't married... but they do share the same surname. #genealogy
Genealogy continues to mess with me: I'm researching a woman whose name is Charlotte. She was born in a town called Charlotte Courthouse, VA, which is in Charlotte County VA.
I don't think that should be allowed. Authorities should have stepped in. #genhour
I don't think that should be allowed. Authorities should have stepped in. #genhour
November 13, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Genealogy continues to mess with me: I'm researching a woman whose name is Charlotte. She was born in a town called Charlotte Courthouse, VA, which is in Charlotte County VA.
I don't think that should be allowed. Authorities should have stepped in. #genhour
I don't think that should be allowed. Authorities should have stepped in. #genhour
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For all of my #genealogy and #ancestryhour peeps - you should know that recently Ancestry has changed its ToS to prevent searching of public records hosted on the Ancestry site to keep investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) practitioners and forensic genealogists (FGs) OUT. (Please read the whole 🧵)
November 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
For all of my #genealogy and #ancestryhour peeps - you should know that recently Ancestry has changed its ToS to prevent searching of public records hosted on the Ancestry site to keep investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) practitioners and forensic genealogists (FGs) OUT. (Please read the whole 🧵)
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Rescued this teddy from the sidewalk near Sheridan and Winona
If you live in the area, share to help it find its owner
If you live in the area, share to help it find its owner
November 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Rescued this teddy from the sidewalk near Sheridan and Winona
If you live in the area, share to help it find its owner
If you live in the area, share to help it find its owner
Me scolding my cat for breaking rules he cannot actually comprehend.
Sow & her 6 piglets on trial in 14th Century France for the murder of a 5 year old boy. (Unsuspecting animals used to be prosecuted as if they had the same capacity as humans)
November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Me scolding my cat for breaking rules he cannot actually comprehend.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Story prompt/sweater scandal, 1920s style.
From the personals section. Why they didn't just go get the sweater is a mystery.
Belvidere Daily Republican; Nov 7, 1925
From the personals section. Why they didn't just go get the sweater is a mystery.
Belvidere Daily Republican; Nov 7, 1925
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Story prompt/sweater scandal, 1920s style.
From the personals section. Why they didn't just go get the sweater is a mystery.
Belvidere Daily Republican; Nov 7, 1925
From the personals section. Why they didn't just go get the sweater is a mystery.
Belvidere Daily Republican; Nov 7, 1925
November 9, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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This spring, new AI photo tools arrived. Genealogists experimented. Then quickly we realized: these tools don't "restore" historical photos—they may fabricate new faces.
By August, these "restorations" were everywhere, unlabeled, corrupting our shared historical record. #genealogy
By August, these "restorations" were everywhere, unlabeled, corrupting our shared historical record. #genealogy
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This spring, new AI photo tools arrived. Genealogists experimented. Then quickly we realized: these tools don't "restore" historical photos—they may fabricate new faces.
By August, these "restorations" were everywhere, unlabeled, corrupting our shared historical record. #genealogy
By August, these "restorations" were everywhere, unlabeled, corrupting our shared historical record. #genealogy
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Border Patrol's Greg Bovino likes to say his agents are welcomed by 99 percent of people in Chicago but as they drive around the city, they're met with constant shouts of "get the fuck out of here!"
October 28, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Border Patrol's Greg Bovino likes to say his agents are welcomed by 99 percent of people in Chicago but as they drive around the city, they're met with constant shouts of "get the fuck out of here!"
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This is real. Chicago today.
Yeah, that is a tear gas canister being fired toward the retreating couple holding the baby
October 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
This is real. Chicago today.
I mentioned a few years ago that the spread of AI identification + history would mean the eventual ability to ID the faces of crowd members in 1920s lynching photos. This is pretty close.
We're coming for your dead racist grandpas and grandmas.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... #history
We're coming for your dead racist grandpas and grandmas.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... #history
Historian uses AI to help identify Nazi in notorious Holocaust murder image
Jürgen Matthäus has for years been investigating the killer – and is confident he has finally solved the mystery
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I mentioned a few years ago that the spread of AI identification + history would mean the eventual ability to ID the faces of crowd members in 1920s lynching photos. This is pretty close.
We're coming for your dead racist grandpas and grandmas.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... #history
We're coming for your dead racist grandpas and grandmas.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o... #history
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Is there anything more tantalising than the promise of an early 19th-century letter with the postscript "Burn this immediately"?
September 30, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Is there anything more tantalising than the promise of an early 19th-century letter with the postscript "Burn this immediately"?
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I expected things to get very stupid, but I’m not sure I expected things to get this stupid this quickly.
September 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I expected things to get very stupid, but I’m not sure I expected things to get this stupid this quickly.
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I can't offer a gift link, but if you can read this article about NPEs, you should. It's a *lot* - not to mention a stroll down memory lane. #GeneticGenealogy
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Family Fallout of DNA Surprises
Through genetic testing, millions of Americans are estimated to have discovered that their parents aren’t who they thought. The news has upended relationships and created a community looking for answe...
www.newyorker.com
August 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
I can't offer a gift link, but if you can read this article about NPEs, you should. It's a *lot* - not to mention a stroll down memory lane. #GeneticGenealogy
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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the problem with “norms” is they’re just held together with common sense and a fear of shame. when people have neither, it all collapses.
August 14, 2025 at 5:38 PM
the problem with “norms” is they’re just held together with common sense and a fear of shame. when people have neither, it all collapses.
Doing some fascinating digging in the National Desertion Bureau Database, intended to keep track of those who abandoned their spouses. This guy must have been one hell of a smooth talker. 150yearsofcare.org/ndb-database #genealogy
August 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Doing some fascinating digging in the National Desertion Bureau Database, intended to keep track of those who abandoned their spouses. This guy must have been one hell of a smooth talker. 150yearsofcare.org/ndb-database #genealogy