J. Paul Hawthorne
@jphawthorne.bsky.social
Genealogist, desert trekker, world traveler, music lover, book reader, classic movies.
Genealogy Blog: https://www.geneaspy.com/
Social sites: https://jpaulhawthorne.carrd.co/
Genealogy Blog: https://www.geneaspy.com/
Social sites: https://jpaulhawthorne.carrd.co/
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GeneaSpy
Genealogical sightings from around the web and elsewhere.
www.geneaspy.com
Back in 2016, I created a 5-gen color chart that went viral. I'm glad that people are taking it to the next level. www.geneaspy.com/search/label... #Genealogy #GeneaSpy #MyColorfulAncestry
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I tried Google's NotebookLM for the first time the other day.
I turned a short 1902 newspaper article into an infographic.
Alex Hawthorne is my great-grandfather. Hiram Castleberry is an African-American. The info is one-sided.
#Genealogy
I turned a short 1902 newspaper article into an infographic.
Alex Hawthorne is my great-grandfather. Hiram Castleberry is an African-American. The info is one-sided.
#Genealogy
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
I tried Google's NotebookLM for the first time the other day.
I turned a short 1902 newspaper article into an infographic.
Alex Hawthorne is my great-grandfather. Hiram Castleberry is an African-American. The info is one-sided.
#Genealogy
I turned a short 1902 newspaper article into an infographic.
Alex Hawthorne is my great-grandfather. Hiram Castleberry is an African-American. The info is one-sided.
#Genealogy
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ATTN GENEALOGISTS: Please read and share this post - important info on #AI and #photo regeneration. @craigenorg.bsky.social #craigen #artificialintelligence
Excellent piece by The Quantum Record on #AI and photo regeneration that cites Coalition for Responsible AI in Genealogy photo policy. #craigen #quantumrecord #artificialintelligence
@craigenorg.bsky.social
thequantumrecord.com/science-news...
@craigenorg.bsky.social
thequantumrecord.com/science-news...
Genealogists Warn that AI Image Generators Threaten Historical Records - The Quantum Record
AI is useful for piecing together fragmented historical records, but genealogists warn that image generators distort old and damaged photos.
thequantumrecord.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
ATTN GENEALOGISTS: Please read and share this post - important info on #AI and #photo regeneration. @craigenorg.bsky.social #craigen #artificialintelligence
RIP Reggae legend, Jimmy Cliff.
I will be listening to my 1976 album of his, "In Concert The Best Of Jimmy Cliff" today.
I will be listening to my 1976 album of his, "In Concert The Best Of Jimmy Cliff" today.
November 24, 2025 at 2:31 PM
RIP Reggae legend, Jimmy Cliff.
I will be listening to my 1976 album of his, "In Concert The Best Of Jimmy Cliff" today.
I will be listening to my 1976 album of his, "In Concert The Best Of Jimmy Cliff" today.
I'm in!!! "Researching Your South Carolina Roots: Finding Family in the Palmetto State" at #IGHR
Course Faculty:
Cheri Hudson Passey, Coordinator
#IGHR2026 #GGS #Genealogy #SouthCarolina @ighrgenealogy.bsky.social
Course Faculty:
Cheri Hudson Passey, Coordinator
#IGHR2026 #GGS #Genealogy #SouthCarolina @ighrgenealogy.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I'm in!!! "Researching Your South Carolina Roots: Finding Family in the Palmetto State" at #IGHR
Course Faculty:
Cheri Hudson Passey, Coordinator
#IGHR2026 #GGS #Genealogy #SouthCarolina @ighrgenealogy.bsky.social
Course Faculty:
Cheri Hudson Passey, Coordinator
#IGHR2026 #GGS #Genealogy #SouthCarolina @ighrgenealogy.bsky.social
#WeirdWednesday: A classic joke I heard back in the 90s. I turned it into a visual using ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 3:32 PM
#WeirdWednesday: A classic joke I heard back in the 90s. I turned it into a visual using ChatGPT.
I created this visual from a joke using ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I created this visual from a joke using ChatGPT.
#TicketStubTuesday: Randy Newman – August 9, 2006 – Humphrey’s Concerts by the Bay, San Diego, California. (Ticket stub missing!)
Pic not from me.
Pic not from me.
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
#TicketStubTuesday: Randy Newman – August 9, 2006 – Humphrey’s Concerts by the Bay, San Diego, California. (Ticket stub missing!)
Pic not from me.
Pic not from me.
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Visit the Newspaper Research Academy at buff.ly/qTFcAkO #genealogy
November 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Visit the Newspaper Research Academy at buff.ly/qTFcAkO #genealogy
Experiment with #AI.
Prompt: "Generate a family tree diagram with pedigree collapse."
1. CoPilot couldn't even figure it out.
2. ChatGPT was simple and to the point.
3. Perplexity was better, but also gave an excellent description of pedigree collapse. See below in comments.
#Genealogy
Prompt: "Generate a family tree diagram with pedigree collapse."
1. CoPilot couldn't even figure it out.
2. ChatGPT was simple and to the point.
3. Perplexity was better, but also gave an excellent description of pedigree collapse. See below in comments.
#Genealogy
November 16, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Experiment with #AI.
Prompt: "Generate a family tree diagram with pedigree collapse."
1. CoPilot couldn't even figure it out.
2. ChatGPT was simple and to the point.
3. Perplexity was better, but also gave an excellent description of pedigree collapse. See below in comments.
#Genealogy
Prompt: "Generate a family tree diagram with pedigree collapse."
1. CoPilot couldn't even figure it out.
2. ChatGPT was simple and to the point.
3. Perplexity was better, but also gave an excellent description of pedigree collapse. See below in comments.
#Genealogy
#ThrowbackThursday: Sunday, November 16, 1986, Carreg Cennen Castle, Trap, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK.
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
#ThrowbackThursday: Sunday, November 16, 1986, Carreg Cennen Castle, Trap, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK.
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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#Genealogy #NewYork #FamilyHistory #ColonialNewYork Looking for early New York ancestors? Check out this #Free Legacy Family Tree Webinar on Wednesday! familytreewebinars.com/webinar/colo...
Colonial New York Research - Legacy Family Tree Webinars
New England, British, Dutch, or German, your early New York ancestors can be difficult to identify and trace. Where did they settle, and why? Where did they move...
familytreewebinars.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
#Genealogy #NewYork #FamilyHistory #ColonialNewYork Looking for early New York ancestors? Check out this #Free Legacy Family Tree Webinar on Wednesday! familytreewebinars.com/webinar/colo...
A great course for me to attend! I have several family lines in Colonial South Carolina!
#IGHR #Genealogy
#IGHR #Genealogy
We were so pleased to be at the 2025 York County Library Genealogy & Family History Expo in South Carolina! We are currently putting all the final touches on our planning for 2026 including our IGHR 2026 South Carolina course with Cheri Hudson Passey.
October 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
A great course for me to attend! I have several family lines in Colonial South Carolina!
#IGHR #Genealogy
#IGHR #Genealogy
Today, in 1863, my 2nd. Great-Grandmother, Martha McMahon, was born in Madison County, Texas.
Daughter of James Daniel McMahon & Narcissa Neeley.
I paid my respects at her grave last year.
#Genealogy
Daughter of James Daniel McMahon & Narcissa Neeley.
I paid my respects at her grave last year.
#Genealogy
October 29, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Today, in 1863, my 2nd. Great-Grandmother, Martha McMahon, was born in Madison County, Texas.
Daughter of James Daniel McMahon & Narcissa Neeley.
I paid my respects at her grave last year.
#Genealogy
Daughter of James Daniel McMahon & Narcissa Neeley.
I paid my respects at her grave last year.
#Genealogy
#TicketStubTuesday: 1. Ratt – Opening act, Fastway and Mama’s Boys – August 7, 1984 – SDSU Open Air Theatre, San Diego, California.
October 28, 2025 at 1:55 PM
#TicketStubTuesday: 1. Ratt – Opening act, Fastway and Mama’s Boys – August 7, 1984 – SDSU Open Air Theatre, San Diego, California.
October 16, 2025 at 11:22 PM
#ThrowbackThursday: My brother and I after a hard night of trick-or-treating.
#Halloween, October 31, 1979, San Diego.
Homemade Gene Simmons costume. My brother is Ace Fehley of #KISS.
#Halloween, October 31, 1979, San Diego.
Homemade Gene Simmons costume. My brother is Ace Fehley of #KISS.
October 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
#ThrowbackThursday: My brother and I after a hard night of trick-or-treating.
#Halloween, October 31, 1979, San Diego.
Homemade Gene Simmons costume. My brother is Ace Fehley of #KISS.
#Halloween, October 31, 1979, San Diego.
Homemade Gene Simmons costume. My brother is Ace Fehley of #KISS.
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Hi #AncestryHour. I'm super excited to see that MyHeritage have announced a switch to WGS (see: finance.yahoo.com/news/myherit...). I have a spare MH test so really hope that MH are doing WGS for all new samples 😀
MyHeritage Upgrades Its Consumer DNA Tests to Whole Genome Sequencing
TEL AVIV, Israel & LEHI, Utah & HOUSTON & FREMONT, Calif., October 14, 2025--MyHeritage is first major DNA company to fully adopt Whole Genome Sequencing. Upgrade uses technology by Ultima Genomics & ...
finance.yahoo.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Hi #AncestryHour. I'm super excited to see that MyHeritage have announced a switch to WGS (see: finance.yahoo.com/news/myherit...). I have a spare MH test so really hope that MH are doing WGS for all new samples 😀
I "come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow"! Led Zeppelin.
Yes, Iceland!
October 2025 #AncestryDNA update.
#Genealogy
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow"! Led Zeppelin.
Yes, Iceland!
October 2025 #AncestryDNA update.
#Genealogy
October 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I "come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow"! Led Zeppelin.
Yes, Iceland!
October 2025 #AncestryDNA update.
#Genealogy
From the midnight sun where the hot springs blow"! Led Zeppelin.
Yes, Iceland!
October 2025 #AncestryDNA update.
#Genealogy
#TicketStubTuesday: [Missing Ticket] The Beach Boys – December 27, 1976 – The San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California. NOTE: My first concert! Also, note the Olympic rings; the summer games just finished in Montreal four months earlier.
October 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#TicketStubTuesday: [Missing Ticket] The Beach Boys – December 27, 1976 – The San Diego Sports Arena, San Diego, California. NOTE: My first concert! Also, note the Olympic rings; the summer games just finished in Montreal four months earlier.
I joined a new #genealogy society: Mobile Creole Cultural and Historical Preservation Society.
I am descended from some of the original Creoles in Mobile, #Alabama.
Website: mobilecreolesociety.weebly.com
I am descended from some of the original Creoles in Mobile, #Alabama.
Website: mobilecreolesociety.weebly.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I joined a new #genealogy society: Mobile Creole Cultural and Historical Preservation Society.
I am descended from some of the original Creoles in Mobile, #Alabama.
Website: mobilecreolesociety.weebly.com
I am descended from some of the original Creoles in Mobile, #Alabama.
Website: mobilecreolesociety.weebly.com
Find a Grave Tip: Make sure your reflection isn't on the stone! 🤣
This was a trip I took in 2022 to Conecuh County, Alabama. Not a relative, just thought it was cool with a picture of him with a guitar.
#FG #FindaGrave #Genealogy #FindaGraveFriday
This was a trip I took in 2022 to Conecuh County, Alabama. Not a relative, just thought it was cool with a picture of him with a guitar.
#FG #FindaGrave #Genealogy #FindaGraveFriday
October 10, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Find a Grave Tip: Make sure your reflection isn't on the stone! 🤣
This was a trip I took in 2022 to Conecuh County, Alabama. Not a relative, just thought it was cool with a picture of him with a guitar.
#FG #FindaGrave #Genealogy #FindaGraveFriday
This was a trip I took in 2022 to Conecuh County, Alabama. Not a relative, just thought it was cool with a picture of him with a guitar.
#FG #FindaGrave #Genealogy #FindaGraveFriday